menuMENU    UK Free TV logo Freeview

 

 

Click to see updates

Full Freeview on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter

first published this on - UK Free TV
sa_streetviewGoogle Streetviewsa_gmapsGoogle mapsa_bingBing mapsa_gearthGoogle Earthsa_gps51.308,-1.245 or 51°18'28"N 1°14'43"Wsa_postcodeRG26 5UD

 

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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
_______

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.

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), 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
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Dave
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

9:49 PM
Brighton

Is it you usually after the last programme on BBC 2 the switch off occurs ? I've got a snowy black and white picture here in Brghtton...

Is any annoumencent made before also ?

link to this comment
Dave's 126 posts GB flag
Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
M
Mike Dimmick
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:51 PM

Kieran R: As has previously been explained, Hannington has a 'notch' in its low-power digital coverage, with seriously reduced power transmitted to the east. This may be the cause of your current problems, though you have previously mentioned trees between you and the transmitter.

The high-power digital services will eventually transmit from the new main antenna, which does not have this notch. The notch is designed to protect reception of analogue channels from Guildford, so it cannot be fully removed until the London region switchover in April. The power will be increased to the maximum permitted, and the modes will be changed on 22 February, as advertised, however.

BBC A (Mux 1): 8 February (retune tomorrow after 6am)
D3&4, BBC B (Mux 2, B): 22 February
ArqA (Mux C): 4 April
SDN, ArqB (Mux A, D): 18 April

If you don't get all the muxes after retuning on 22 February, you will need to retune on the April dates to get them.

Digital UK's predictor continues to predict a good service for you on all multiplexes; between 22 February and 18 April the commercial muxes are predicted to be worse than now, as the power increase doesn't offset the additional margin needed after the mode changes. After the restriction is removed, 99-100% of locations in your grid square are predicted to get near-error-free reception 99% of the time. That figure *is* calculated on the basis of a good quality, reasonably high-gain, fairly directional roof-top aerial, with reasonably short downlead, without too many obstructions.

You've previously used Crystal Palace. That should be a good option for the PSBs but is expected to be poor for the COMs, as they will use the same frequencies as Rowridge. You're in the zone where Rowridge is too weak to be usable but still too significant a source of interference. The model used in predictions isn't as directional as most aerials actually are, so it may be better than predicted.

Do be aware when retuning that many boxes store the first version of the channels that they find, and any Hannington viewer may find that Crystal Palace is stored first - particularly when retuning after April, when CP will be 10 times its current power level.

link to this comment
Mike Dimmick's 2,486 posts GB flag
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:53 PM

Dave: Have you not seen the messages about switchover that have been popping up on your digital channels and being shown in-vision on your analogue ones for the last several months?

link to this comment
Briantist's 38,915 posts GB flag
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:57 PM

Dave: It most unlikely that you will be getting a signal from Hannington in BN1.

link to this comment
Briantist's 38,915 posts GB flag
Dave
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

11:29 PM
Brighton

I have a 92 elelemt triax on a rotator actually so it is Hannington I am geting though weak...I use to receive many regions all ove the UK wth analogue years ago, grain free from Yorkshire and Central etc

I can not get anything digital currently only when there is a lift from Rowridge

link to this comment
Dave's 126 posts GB flag
Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:15 AM

Dave: It's so much easier to watch the regions on Freesat!

link to this comment
Briantist's 38,915 posts GB flag
R
Richard
9:20 AM

Just a quick question:

Does the hannington mast transmit the digital freeveiw HD channels.
And if so why can`t I receive them?

link to this comment
Richard's 2 posts GB flag
Andy Fraser
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:30 AM
Fleet

Richard,

It will transmit HD channels from 22nd February.

link to this comment
Andy Fraser's 54 posts GB flag
Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
R
Richard
9:32 AM

Thank you Andy

:)

link to this comment
Richard's 2 posts GB flag
Select more comments

Your comment please
Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

UK Free TV is here to help people. If you are rude or disrespectful all of your posts will be deleted and you will be banned.








Privacy policy: UK Free Privacy policy.