Full Freeview on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.308,-1.245 or 51°18'28"N 1°14'43"W

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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.

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

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C45 (666.0MHz)	362m	DTG-	50,000W
	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)	362m	DTG-	50,000W
	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)	362m	DTG-	50,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	362m	DTG-8	25,000W
	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)	359m	DTG-8	25,000W
	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)	359m	DTG-8	25,000W
	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?

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		C5_waves	C5_waves
C39	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C40					SDN
C41				SDN
C42	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C43					ArqA
C44				ArqA
C45	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C46					ArqB
C47				ArqB
C51_{tv_off}				_local
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_off}
C66	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

Hannington Freeview Hannington DAB Hannington AM/FM Hannington TV region BBC South Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Dec 2006	Meridian
Dec 2006-Feb 2009	ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Brian Gregory

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9:03 PM

@StevensOnln1 That explains it. For some reason the TV distribution system in the building where I live doesn't carry the local mux. Luckily my TV also does .

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Ernest King
4:32 PM
Newbury

programs. following re-tuning we are getting lots of on some . strength level 5, other channels are10. Some channels are missing completely .4 TV's in house . All giving same problems. Have reset several times.Post code RG20 9EZ

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Ernest's: E's Freeview map E's terrain plot E's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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Chris.SE

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7:23 PM

Ernest King:

I'm afraid current weather/propagation conditions mean that signals from other transmitters travel further and cause . If you have all the (LCNs) present in your list, then you'll need patience until conditions settle down.

If you are missing complete multiplexes, then try a manual tune for their UHF channel which you may have to do when conditions are more stable. Sometimes (depends on set) you may have to clear ALL previous tuning before doing retunes/manual tunes to get everything satisfactorily, do the clearing by an automatic with the unplugged. HTH.

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John
10:11 AM

Dear UK Free TV.
The information here is a great resource but is it up to date (Aug 2019)?
I am in between transmitters ( and Cristal Palace) and am trying to keep tuned into my local Meridian. Cristal Palace does try and force its way through the back of my B which is quite annoying, therefore I have to keep doing manual tunes, hence the great usefulness of your (this) web site. That is why I ask if it is fully up to date, for instance, I believe that tx 39+ is now channel 39? What else might be different?

Thanks in anticipation of your reply.
Regards John

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StevensOnln1

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1:44 PM

John: According to UK, is now using UHF 39 rather than 39+. You can check current allocations (and planned future changes) by entering your postcode at the link below and ticking the detailed view box.

Digital UK - Coverage checker

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Colin Charman
7:25 PM

I live in Wokingham and receive my from . I have a Samsunbg TV and Humax FVP4000T and both are showing the same problem.

A month or two ago we recorded a lot of programmes from the Paramount channel - the suddenly deteriorated halfway through the series. We later found other with poor .

We retuned the Humax box - and nothing changed except that on a recent re-tune we lost the whole that contains BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD etc. The TV/Humax still appeared to find them but there was zero signal strength.

I've done the reset procedure (unplugged , switched off/on etc) on both devices. I still have no BBC1 HD etc.

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Chris.SE

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6:10 AM

Colin Charman:

I would check that your hasn't moved in recent high winds or been damaged and likewise that your coax is ok. If you have an older group B aerial you should should receive the main multiplexes ok.
You need a aerial to get all multiplexes from as COMs 7&8 are on UHF 55&56 and there are local multiplexes on UHF 32&34. You will need to be in a suitable area to get of those and you can check your predcted reception by putting your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker

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John
2:11 PM

Have just lost HD muxes for BBC & ITV on both my box and the TV's own tuners from . Anyone else?

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John
8:01 PM

John:

And they're back after multiple retunes???

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MikeP

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9:21 PM

John:

In that situation you should unplug the lead, perform a full retune and refit the aerial plug and perform another retune. That clears the redundant memory data and allows new tuning data to be saved afresh.

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