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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) mast?

Hannington transmitter - Hannington transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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
Channel icons
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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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?

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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

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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
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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Wednesday, 29 June 2011
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Matt
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7:18 AM
Marlborough

It's maintenance.

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Mike Dimmick
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

3:06 PM

Phil Harwood: There is a fault shown on the Marlborough transmitter page on Sunday between 1:44pm and 4:46pm. It's possible that the problem occurred earlier and the BBC only found out about it at 1:44pm.

No maintenance work is currently happening at Hannington, as far as we know. Nothing was planned for last week and nothing is planned for this week.

We need a full postcode to identify which transmitter you might be using, and what the problem might be.

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Saturday, 2 July 2011
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Mike Dimmick
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4:04 PM

Whoops, I forgot about the power boost that happened on Wednesday morning. (I'm in the area, but my aerial points to Crystal Palace, not Hannington.) Mux C and D were boosted to 20 kW. This is to offset the potential for interference from Sudbury BBC A and D3&4 when they go to high power on 6 and 20 July respectively.

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Sunday, 3 July 2011
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ATaylor
8:46 PM
Alton

All signals were fine until 10 days ago.

BBC still fine, but have lost ITV / C4 to heavy interference/break-up.

Using roof top aerial with signal booster to digital tv with built in feeeview (have tried retune to no avail - just in case). No other TVs connected.

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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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