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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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Hannington transmitter broadcast?

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)362mDTG-50,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)362mDTG-50,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)362mDTG-50,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C40 (626.0MHz)362mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 46km south-southwest (194°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1318 Apr 2018
EEEB E TW T
C32com7
C34com8
C35C5wavesC5waves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C40SDN
C41SDN
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C43ArqA
C44ArqA
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C46ArqB
C47ArqB
C51tv_off_local
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C66C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Dec 2006Meridian
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Hannington was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Saturday, 11 June 2011
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saltydog
4:46 PM
Hook

Chris at RG29 1QR. Same problem at RG29HW - signal just stopped some time this morning - I think it was about 10.45. Anybody have a clue why? This is a problem I have been experiencing now for about 4 weeks. Everything is fine, and then the signal just dissappears.



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Chris
6:06 PM
Hook

saltydog: My signal is still off now, I have absolutely no channels at all and can only get very weak analogue bbc 1+2 ITV and C4. It does say elsewhere on this site that there are engineering works going on but only mentions weak signal on certain channels, not a complete loss of service???
My areial is on the roof pointing w-nw as this site says is direction to Hannington. It is also brand new only fitted a couple of days ago!

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Sunday, 12 June 2011
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Richard Bayley
12:11 AM
Winchester

I collect data for an inview panel and I understand that this is transmitted on chanel 93. For the past month it has been difficult or impossible to tune the box onto this frequency due to a weak signal.
The main viewing channels are fine.
Aerial is outside on the chimney and I have an amplifier in the house close to the TV and the set top box which I use. I live at Micheldever. SO21 3BP

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Monday, 13 June 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:59 PM

Richard Bayley: The Inview data is provied on the Bid TV channel, which is Freeview channel 23 on multiplex A, C40+ (626.2MHz).

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Thursday, 23 June 2011
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Brian Moore
6:47 PM
Fleet

I live in Fleet Hampshire, GU51 3DB, and recently had a new digital aerial fitted and pointed at Hannington. We still suffer from picture pixelation and breakup, particularily in the evening on most freeview channels. The aerial supplier tells us that there is work being done on the transmitter, which is running at 18% efficiency, and all will be well in 2012. Is this correct?

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Friday, 24 June 2011
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Roelof Kramer
9:16 AM
Oxford

I am in Oxford, Horspath. OX33 1RJ We use Hannington and not Oxford due to Shotover Hill blocking its signal

After deteriorating signals from Hannington I was forced to replace the old antenna. Last week I installed a new aerial on the roof with a mast head amplifier and it worked fine. Initially! Now it works sometimes, sometimes not. Completely random it seems. Absolutely no signal at all.

We have two aerials, free view set top boxes and two televisions. I can check both sets in case of the absence of a signal. That way I don't have to buy each time new equipment!

What is wrong with Hannington?

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Mike Dimmick
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6:16 PM

Roelof Kramer: Digital UK's predictor reckons you have a slightly better chance of reliable reception from Oxford than from Hannington. While there is a hill blocking line-of-sight from Oxford, there is actually also one blocking line-of-sight from Hannington, it's just further away (Thurle Down, north-west of Streatley).

It is possible to have too much signal. Many people specifying new equipment add amplification completely unnecessarily. I would start by bypassing the masthead amp, and see what the results are.

A professional installer would use a strength meter indicating the Modulation Error Ratio - an indication of how much the signal is distorted from the ideal - to decide what size aerial to use and determine whether any amplification was needed. Digital UK's predictions are based on 10 dBd of gain from the aerial and 3 dB of loss in the cable.

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Sunday, 26 June 2011
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Michael Howard
4:16 AM

Hi
I seem to have lost all BBC channels from my Freeview signal.
I watched the GP quali from Valencia yesterday PM and by the evening all BBC had gone.

Is this a fault or should I start investigating ??
Cheers,
Mike

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Phil Harwood
10:11 AM

Just lost my signal here in Marlborough (using
masthead amp) at 09.45. Seems to be on all channels. Heavy pixellation on BCC, no signal at all on ITV and C4.

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