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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 18/03/2024 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?

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.

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Thursday, 10 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:31 AM

HANNINGTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:05 on 08 Mar to 12:39 on 08 Mar. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Thursday, 24 March 2016
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Alain DEMARCQ
3:22 PM

Dear Sirs

For the last 2 weeks when watching BBC One HD, the sound is cutting off often and to get it back, by switching to another channel and back, the sound will come back. It can start again after another 20 minutes and again.
It is only happening on BBC One HD.
A friend living near Cold Ash has experienced the same problem as another friend leaving next door, he thought that it's TV was going wrong but it is not the case. It does not do it on BBC One SD and any other HD or SD channels.
Can you please check what could cause this problem and come back to me?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Alain

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Thursday, 31 March 2016
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David Williams
3:05 PM
Basingstoke

My post code is RG22 5QW.
I cannot receive channel 108HD on either my Humax 1800T freeview box or my Samsung TV model LT24D390S. In accordance with instructions from Humax I have manually tuned the freeview box but it cannot find any programmes on Channel 32 even though this appears on the list of channels transmitted from Hannington. Can you please advise.

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MikeB
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6:04 PM

David Williams: The Samsung monitor is simple - it hasn't got an HD tuner. The Humax has two, and Al Jazeera is on Com 7, so if your getting BBC4 HD, you should get it as well, especially since your just 10km from the transmitter. If you have no C32 at all, check that your tuned into that transmitter.

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KMJ,Derby
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7:33 PM

David Williams: a couple of things spring to mind that could affect your ability to receive C32 from Hannington. Firstly is interference affecting the required frequency, either from the rf modulator of a vcr or Sky box set on or arround C32, or radiation from a poorly screened HDMI cable? Secondly is the Hannington aerial connected directly to the receiver, or is it combined via a diplexer with a second aerial pointing to Crystal Palace? If the latter, a diplexer made for the UK would probably split the frequencies to be combined at C38. This would result in the group A leg of the diplexer letting through what little, if any, of the C32 signal that is seen by the aerial pointing to Crystal Palace, whilst rejecting any signal below C39 on the feed from the Hannington aerial.

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Friday, 1 April 2016
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john
6:02 PM
Aldershot

Location - Ash Vale GU12 5HS

Hello, since early March, myself and neighbours are now getting some from of interference on all 5 programs on the Multiplex where the BBC1 is, from Hannington ( Hannington is the only Transmitter we can see from this particular location )
The Multiplex of 5 channel where ITV is, there are no problems
The Multiplex where SKY News is has the same problems of interference, so it seem to be OK on some and not others. I changed the Aerial to one of the Same ( Wideband Fringe Reception Labgear ) as I thought the old aerial may of got rain ingress. The down lead was new 3 years ago and is a foam filled type.

This happens when the aerial is plugged directly into the back of the Samsung HD TV. I have tried other TVs and the results are the same. I even place a temporary aerial about 15 feet away and use another down lead but it made no difference. ( and yes the TV it has been retuned )

Since the complete change over to Digital I have received perfect Freeview with Strength indications of GOOD and on strength of 96% and Quality of 85%. Even now I get the same reading but get the intermittent sound and blocky picture... It is not a 4G problem as I have tried a filter. Clearly something has changed to a transmission somewhere and the only other nearest station is Guildford which is on a lower power and V polarised.

The only thing I can see is that DAB has come on full power from Hannington but it is a much different frequency and would not of thought it would offer co-channel..

Any guidance would be appreciated... Thanks

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MikeB
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6:56 PM

john: I dont know about anything else, but a signal strength of 96% is way too high - search for 'too much of a good thing' on this site.

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Saturday, 2 April 2016
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john
11:38 AM

Hi Mike... Well, on a Sig Strength meter ( the cheap one with 4 green LEDS) , I get 2 Green light on the roof with a 1mtr fly lead direct into the aerial which is about midway (60uV) I remember from the old Analogue days I used to look for 1mV :). If I plug just the inner core into the TV socket, I get ITV MUX Ok but BBC 1MUX is obviously blocky. I also have a variable attenuator and have tried that on the main TV input and it makes not difference to the BBC1 MUX... I thought at first it was the High Pressure weather ( I am a radio Amateur ) and I know that with some weather patterns you get what we called lifts so you can contact countries on 2mts frequency when normally you can't...As the neighbours are also getting the same problem and the weather has change a lot since early March I am not sure what to try next. I am not sure if a dedicated Group B would solve it but as it has always been fine I dont see why the aerial I have now should not be OK.. It is trying to find out what has change wit transmission......

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Saturday, 9 April 2016
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John Bolton
2:14 PM
Aldershot

I have checked again with neighbours and we are all being affected with this interference on certain channels ( as in my last posts ) It is not Atmospherics as the weather has changed dramatically . If anyone else is in the Ash Vale area ( GU12 5HS ), it would be helpful to learn if they are also having poor receptions on certain channels.. Thanks for a hopeful reply John

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Roy Andrews
3:34 PM

For the past 2 days the signal strength keeps going up and down 71% = ok then fall as low as 0% no picture at all ten
it's OK for a few minutes then does it again. Alton area Hannington transmitter. Any one else having this problem?

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