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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?

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),

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?

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

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
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Tony
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10:51 AM
Farnborough

tim welby

I Have noticed the signel meter is up and down at moment although not causing Breakup.
No Signel on c41 or 47

Tony farnborough (a325 area near Station)

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Tony
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11:07 AM
Farnborough

Brian

channel 44 you show still low power ,i am getting this ok first time have got this

CH41 You have as 25kw am not receiving this at all

Tony

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Mike Dimmick
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11:23 AM

Tony: This is all governed by trying not to interfere with the Guildford transmitter. The old digital aerials at Hannington only fire to the west, north and south (actually a little to the west of north and south), because most of the digital services were assigned the same channel as a Guildford analogue service and therefore would destroy Guildford analogue, for some viewers, if allowed to fire to the east.

All the COMs are broadcasting at a maximum 25 kW in some direction. Just not your direction.

Last night, as part of the first part of switchover, Guildford low-power Mux 1 was switched off. This allowed low-power Mux 2, previously on C44, to move to Mux 1's old channel C49, to clear C44 for Hannington's use. C44 at Hannington is ArqA - this transmission has now moved to the omnidirectional antenna at the top of the mast, so you should now be able to receive it.

The assignment of which service got which frequency did change a few times over the years - but it's definitely ArqA on C44, not SDN, which remains (with ArqB) on the restricted antenna until 18 April.

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Tony
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11:39 AM
Farnborough

thanks the update.

CHANNEL 44 Working ok.

CHANNEL 41 Sometimes a poor signel then Medium shows most times nothing

Tony

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sharon
2:01 PM

with the switch over my television keeps saying retune and i have but it keeps popping up i need help

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Malcolm H
3:07 PM
Hook

Hannington reception problems finally cured by Crystal Palace DSO:

Since Hannington DSO I have suffered from continuous multiple channel pixellation and audio interference. Following this morning's Crystal Palace DSO and a re-tune I can, at last, receive stable Freeview inc BBC South and ITV Meridian. I simply re-tuned without doing anything to the rig therefore the problems can only have been the result of Hannington service provision, which is is not really acceptable especially since location is only 097/12 from the Tx.

Thank goodness that nonsense is over. I hope other people's reception problems in the Hannington easterly sector are similarly resolved.

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Adrian
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7:06 PM

Sharon:

Where are you located? What is the exact message you see on the screen? what make and model is the television?

Have you tried the 'reset' procedure below:

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 (RG415DA)

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Neil
9:34 PM

I am in Fleet now receiving channels with a decent signal on C44 and C45, however C42 channels are not viewable due to fluctuating signal. No other channels are being picked up. Is it likely that this will improve any further?

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Adrian
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10:04 PM
Wokingham

Neil:

C42 has been at full power since the DSO ended on the 22nd Feb. I'm in Wokingham, and C42 has had no problems with the signal - it's currently showing 10 out of 10 for both signal strength and quality.

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tim welby
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10:56 PM

Neil

I live in Fleet and have an identical problem. The bbcA mux (which i didnt get until the first switchover date) is still available, however the C42 have been on and off all day (currently off). Im sure once the switchover is complete this wont keep happening

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