Full Freeview on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter which serves 470,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Hannington transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Hannington transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 46km south-southwest (194°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 48km south (179°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
| E | E | E | B E T | W T | |||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C41 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C66 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 8 Feb 12 and 22 Feb 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-6.2dB) 60kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50kW | |
| com7 | (-8.3dB) 36.7kW | |
| com8 | (-9.8dB) 26.2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 25kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-11dB) 20kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area
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Sunday, 6 December 2020
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Chris.SE12:05 AM
All:
As it's a while back since last mentioned for this transmitter, some of the details at the top of the page are incorrect/not been updated recently. In the list dated 18th April 2018 - C32 & C34 are used for Local multiplexes.
COM8 on C56 has closed for commercial reasons, COM7 on C55 is still broadcasting and will continue to do so until at least sometime probably mid-2021 at the earliest (depending on MNO usage after the auction), but by 30th June 2022 at the latest according to the current OFCOM Licence.
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Wednesday, 15 September 2021
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Mike Seaton9:22 PM
We have been experiencing "pixellation" and loss of signal at times, mainly in the evenings, for the past few weeks. Our aerial is a roof-mounted specialist high-gain unit (40 elements), pointing at Hannington. but 30 years old so before digital.
Typically, is a change to a modern digital high gain aerial, e.g. TELEVES DAT Tforce LR (Ch21-60) likely to provide improved reception.
Any suggestions will be welcome.
Thank you.
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Chris.SE10:44 PM
Mike Seaton:
Let's just clear up one thing - there is NO such thing as a digital aerial! Aerials are aerials that pick up RF transmissions be they digital or analogue, there is no difference.
The only things of significance about your existing installation is 1) it is old and therefore the downlead cable and aerial connections have probably degraded which will make a big difference to reliability of reception, and 2) what group is the aerial?
It's also worth noting that in some recent weeks there have been periodic weather conditions that might have caused intermittent interference and disruption to reception.
The other thing worth pointing out is that as the installation is that old, ie pre-DSO, if you are in a bit of an "awkward" area, you may well have needed a highly directional aerial to minimise ghosting, also pre-DSO when digital transmission started the signal levels were much lower than they are now, and ghosting is not an issue when it comes to digital reception.
Unless you are some considerable distance from Hannington and in a bad reception area, having an aerial with too high a gain can result in front-end overload which can also result in pixellation.
Do you know how far away you are? If you provide a full postcode we can look at the predicted reception in your locale.
The aerial you have mentioned is 1) a very high gain and very very high gain in its active mode 2) has very high windage - likely to put more considerable strain on the mast and chimney mounting, and 3) is very very expensive. Frankly, unless you are in a particularly bad spot (and you can't compare quality of previous analogue reception with current digital) that aerial sounds that it could be somewhat of an overkill.
Whatever new aerial might be appropriate, a new downlead that is double screened should be provided. Do you have any splitters/distribution amp supplying more than one set?
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Thursday, 30 September 2021
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Richard Souchard10:44 AM
I live west of Guildford on the north side of the Hogs Back. As a result we cannot get reception from the Guildford transmitter, which is on the south side of this large hill. Our aerial currently points towards London and we pick up signal from the Crystal Palace transmitter. However we lose the signal on a reasonably regular basis - this appears to be weather related, especially on clear nights. On most occasions the signal strength is good. I've looked at the map for the Hannington transmitter which is NW of us and it appears to provide reception to the north side of the Hogs Back. Would it be worth redirecting our aerial to Hannington?
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Chris.SE12:48 PM
Richard Souchard:
If you provide a full postcode, we might be able to provide some comment on that. The Predicted reception database needs a postcode. Precisely which signals do you lose periodically?
Which way do neighbouring aerials point? Are they more "complex" aerials (more elements etc.)? How old is your installation, it may have deteriorated?
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Sunday, 17 October 2021
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John Sllen9:40 PM
Com7 Hannington has no signal 10pm 17/10/21. All other coms Ok.
Freeview says no problems with transmitter. There is clearly an issue.
Another odd issues is that ch 114 Quest HE has been transmitting as Quest + 1.
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Chris.SE11:34 PM
John Sllen:
The issue is most likely to be current weather conditions - temperature Inversion/tropospheric ducting to be precise, there is current some quite strong conditions affecting parts of the S of the UK.
It sometimes comes with high pressure How does good weather affect my television? | Help receiving TV and radio & Effect of tropospheric ducting on Freeview | Help receiving TV and radio
This type of ducting affects different frequencies by differing amounts in different locations, which is probably why you are only currently seeing an issue with COM7. It can vary by the second or be stable for much longer periods. It can also affect FM & DAB radio & probably mobile phone signals but not to an extent that people have realised.
As for the Quest issue, if it's persisting, it could possibly be a Hannington issue as I'm not getting that at time of posting (not on Hannington) but there may have been some connection with the Snooker overrunning. If it's persisting at Hannington, suggest you contact Quest.
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Sunday, 5 December 2021
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Michael Walton12:30 PM
Dear Sir,
Your website says there are no problems with transmission HOWEVER last night all itv channels
were UNWATCHABLE due to very persistent and heavy BREAK-UP and SEVERE INTERFERENCE',
can you explain for me please. We missed some of our favourite regular programmes.
Thank you
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Tuesday, 7 December 2021
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Chris.SE7:29 AM
Michael Walton:
As you can imagine, recent weather conditions have done lot of damage to various things, however there don't seem to be any reported faults for Hannington. There was Planned Engineering but as far as we know that work was completed. Have your signals returned? Check in your TV's tuning section that they appear to be normal strength and 100% quality.
I would check that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old).
Also check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. will affect reception.
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Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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P.Davis9:34 PM
The interference is so frustrating, with continual lines,flickering and pixilating. Voices sound as though they are under water. This has been occurring for nearly two weeks. I have returned 20times at the weekend. In the end the television stopped working altogether. I have a new one being delivered. I receive my signal from hannington. transmitter (which is reported as good). My question is, what is interfering with the signal by the time it reaches me???. I am amazed with all the knowledge and technology that this can occur.
How long will this continue???
Is this a ploy on behalf of virgin/sky to force free view watchers into buying tv programmes.
Please help
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