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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


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.

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

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
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
Monday, 22 June 2015
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Eric Turner.
12:02 PM

I have previously got BBC news he, aljazeera had, BBC 4 hd, thought signal quality is often poor. Re BBC news, channel number has always been 107. Today there was message on TV that new channels had been found, so these were retuned as on previous occasions. Now, when I try to get channel 106 or 107, it says "invalid channel." I can still get BBC news on channel 130, but this, of course, isn't HD. Can you help, please.

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Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

HANNINGTON transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]

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Dave Lindsay
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6:39 PM

Eric Turner.: Well your reception of the COM7 HD multiplex which carries BBC News HD and others is obviously marginal. Maybe you would benefit from a replacement aerial or amplifier.

In an effort to restore COM7, try a manual tune of UHF channel 32.

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Monday, 29 June 2015
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Paul Thornton
5:16 PM

Eric Turner.:
A lot of people are having problems with channel 32 from Hannington, including myself, it has started in the last month, and seems to be affecting Humax users in particular, check out the MyHumax user forum.

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Paul Thornton's 3 posts GB flag
Saturday, 11 July 2015
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Paul
8:48 AM

We are moving to Spencers Wood. Which aerial do I need. Is the SLX Compact 3in1 Omni Directional Aerial a good option. Would like to install in the loft area.

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jb38
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7:05 PM

Paul: Although aerials of the type mentioned may seem appealing as far as ease of installation is concerned, especially where loft installations are involved, but though they are really a take off from a standard omni directional caravan aerial, insomuch the receiving element is not much more than a loop of wire being fed into a high amplifier.

A problem with these type of aerials when "not" used in a caravan site environment, is that they are prone to picking up interference from all around, sources of interference being somewhat limited by the very nature of caravan sites.

Therefore, although some users of these aerials do give give them the thumbs up, I would recommend using a Log periodic type aerial in your loft, one known as a Log36 being ideal, link for provided below.

Online FM DAB TV Aerial sales


By the way, indications are that your area can receive Freeview from either the Hannington transmitter (13 miles) or Crystal Palace (40 miles), although the majority of aerials seen in the area of Spencer's Wood Post Office (used as a test p/code) are seen to be facing towards the latter.

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Monday, 13 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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10:30 AM

HANNINGTON transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]

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Saturday, 25 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

HANNINGTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:43 today to 01:46 today. [BBC] MainPossible weak signal [DUK]

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Sunday, 26 July 2015
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HANNINGTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:43 yesterday to 01:46 yesterday. [BBC] MainPossible weak signal [DUK]

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Monday, 27 July 2015
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HANNINGTON transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:43 on 25 Jul to 01:46 on 25 Jul. [BBC] MainPossible weak signal [DUK]

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