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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Friday, 10 February 2012
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trevor3:08 PM
Alan Philpott:
lots of people are asking the same....you need to wait now until the 22nd feb and retune,the signal will be lots stronger then
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Alan Philpott: Might you be in the "Guildford Notch"; the side of the low power pre-switchover digital transmitter that throws out much less signal in that direction?
See here:
My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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tim w4:23 PM
Hi, thanks for the suggestions. We actually changed nothing with the cabling between when it worked and now that it doesnt, so I am not sure how it can be that. We have two devices: a TV and a freeview recorder.
At no point did we get the TV working but we were assuming that was something to do with how we had the system set up. The recorder though is the interesting one- we only got freeview channels for the first time on the switch over date. We have no amplifiers or splitters. The strange thing currently is that while it still claims to have no signal it always knows what program is on (though this might be residual).
We had perfect signal for several a few hours before loosing it again (indeed it was better than I ever remember)
Any thoughts would be appreciated
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jb384:31 PM
Richard: If you simply have a powered splitter then the amplification obtained from these devices is minimal and as such they can really be looked at as a no-loss splitter, however this may still take the signal over the top if its already very high, so all you require to do is fit an attenuator in line with the splitters input
and that will retain the isolation the outputs have from each other in the same way as at present. (this always being desirable)
I would suggest about a 10dB attenuator should suffice, although variable types are the best as you can trim them to exactly whats required, albeit of course that they are not precision devices and tend to be a bit crude when adjustments are being made. (have to be adjusted really slowly).
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Saturday, 11 February 2012
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tim w12:45 AM
Hi, just thought I would say- its back! there must have been some change at the other end, as we are back to full strength on all bbc channels (BBC mux). Not sure what happened over the last few days. Roll on completion of the switchover
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tim w1:49 PM
There must be something going on with the transponder relay at hannington. We have lost all channels again.
Signal was bad this morning, kept breaking up but we were getting something. Now we are back to 0 signal on all channels. Will assume that come the second switchover date this problem will cease
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Andy Fraser
1:59 PM
Fleet
1:59 PM
Fleet
tim w: I think something else must be causing this. I am just down the road from you and the signal has been 100% since the teething problems on 8th February. I suspect a connection problem somewhere in your aerial system.
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb385:26 PM
Fleet
tim w: You have to appreciate another point concerning the reception problems you are experiencing, insomuch that using Church Crookhams Ridgeway Parade Post Office as a test code of GU52 6NY (yours being unknown) the DRG's reception predictor quite clearly indicates that at present its only possible to receive the BBC Mux and no others, not even with the status of poor.
Reception predictors by the very way they collate and display the information always have elements of potential inaccuracies in what they might forecast, as they cannot take into account any local difficulties that might cause obstructions to the signal path, but when it predicts that its only possible for one multiplex to be received this generally indicates that the area referred to is liable to be of a nature where moving only a few yards or so can result in large variations in signal strength, this possibly why Andy Frazer seems to have reasonable reception whereas you haven't.
However on April 12th all multiplexes are indicated as being OK on the test code used, although as a guide on what to expect come that date use BBC1 as its presently operating on its final power, as will the ITV and the HD service be on Feb 22nd when they also join BBC on high power.
This said of course excluding any possible deficiencies that may (or may not) still be in existence connected to mast feed problems at the station.
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jb38's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Andy Fraser
6:42 PM
Fleet
6:42 PM
Fleet
I have more than reasonable reception on BBC A in Fleet. I tried adding a 12dB attenuator this morning and the signal level still showed 99%.
My postcode (about a mile from tim w) also predicts no reception on other muxes, but I have had adequate reception on all channels for many years.
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:17 PM
Andy Fraser: Yes maybe so, but thats what I meant about large changes in signal strength being possible over relatively short distances when dealing with locations not really officially predicted to receive any signals of any substance, as in areas like that a person on one side of the street can enjoy great reception whilst the person facing from across the street doesnt.
If you were indeed receiving a good signal "prior" to switchover even with the transmitting masts restriction towards the East and which might possibly has been removed now, then you must be fortunate enough to reside in a "gifted spot" for the RF signal path, and its situations like that which would make it interesting to observe the readings obtained from a field strength meter in a service vehicle whilst driving between your location and tim w's, as I am sure there would be some erratic movements seen on the scale.
I am not of course saying that tim w doesnt have some intermittent fault with his aerial / connections, but just pointing out the facts of whats officially stated as the situation regarding reception in that particular area, as even although slight variations in whats actually obtained always exist the predictions given cannot be totally be discounted.
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