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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Thursday, 2 February 2012
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RGB9:38 AM
Bracknell
After DSO on 22 Feb the notes mention that "the low power DTT antenna is used" until the London area switches over on 18 Apr. What exactly does this mean? Will the DSO power increase for Hannington be delayed until 18 Apr? Or is just that a less effective antenna is being used at the higher power? What are the likely effects on reception at RG12 8WU when the antenna changes on 18 Apr?
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RGB's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Lance Spencer10:18 AM
This morning at 7am I cannot receive any of the MUX2 transmissions with MUX1 being at a lower power than usual(maybe some of the other MUXs as well but didn't have time to go through them all).
As a matter of interest I had a problem several weeks ago when I lost ALL signals for a few hours (this happened twice in a week). It turned out to be crows or pigeons sitting on the aerial tilting it down... I've since had the system tightened up!
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RGB: In short, you should get BBC, ITV1, C4 after 8th and 22nd February. If you have issues with any, it will be solely the commercial channels.
Long explanation:
The Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) multiplexes (BBC, ITV1, C4, C5 etc) will be on their full final power from the dates of switchover (8th Feb for BBC radio/TV standard definition and 22nd Feb for the others). These will be at 50kW.
The COMs will remain on low power until 18th April. There is no indication (from Ofcom) of what that power is other than to say that "the low power DTT antenna is used". I take this to mean the same one used before switchover at the same power as before switchover. So if you get the COMs now, then you will continue to do so. If you don't, then you will have to wait until 18th April, if you are ever to get them. I say this because the final power for the COMs will be 25kW (i.e. half that of the PSBs).
Someone who, after 18th April, can receive the PSBs but find that the COMs are not quite strong enough will probably benefit from a more sensitive aerial.
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Where can I go for a straight forward list exactly what happens during switchover, in particular what frequency channels will carry digital from Hannington in between DSO1 and DSO2. I need this to use a manual rescan because the morons who designed the Freeview spec didn't even consider the possibility that some people might live in areas that receive signals from two transmitters.
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 3 February 2012
Brian Gregory: See Switchover events 2012
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . Basically it is
"Wednesday 8th February 2012
Hannington (6am) switchover starts - BBC TWO analogue closes on C45, Mux 1 closes on C50, BBCA starts on C45. "
Also listed on Freeview on Hannington TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
"Wednesday 8th February 2012
BBC TWO C45 closes. BBCA starts on C45. "
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Brian Gregory: If you get a D-Book 7 compatible Freeview receiver (such as Freeview HD box) you are presented with a list of BBC and ITV regions to choose from.
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Lance Spencer9:59 AM
This cold weather must be the cause of my present poor reception; this morning the MUX 1 channels are only at quality 1 and the MUX 2 and MUX B channels are at 0 (zero) so no reception at all!
MUXs A C and D are at quality 2/3 so mainly watchable.
These numbers are out of a possible 10 on my Panasonic TV set-up menu.
I hope that after DSO the power levels will be such that in a cold spell like this I'll still get quality 2 at the worst... if not the aerial will have to be changed again (and this is with a 10db amplifier in the feeder)!
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Lance Spencer: If you get problem in freezing weather, this is usually because there is water in your cables and when it freezes it expands and prevents reception. If this is the case, replace the cable with satellite-grade coax.
It is not likely that the increased power levels will deal with actual cable damage.
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Darran6:19 PM
Basingstoke
Would sudden loss of MUX 1 and 2 Channels have something to do with the upcoming switchover? I have suddenly lost them, after working fine and never having any problems? Rescans have not helped. RG22
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Darran's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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tony7:28 PM
farnborough GU14
Last few Days no reception of Freeview at all
checked cables and reset box no channels Recieved up to 1st only BBC channels were recieved.
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