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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.

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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), 71 That’s 60s,

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 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)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
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)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
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?

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;
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

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
Thursday, 2 February 2012
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RGB
9:38 AM
Bracknell

After DSO on 22 Feb the notes mention that "the low power DTT antenna is used" until the London area switches over on 18 Apr. What exactly does this mean? Will the DSO power increase for Hannington be delayed until 18 Apr? Or is just that a less effective antenna is being used at the higher power? What are the likely effects on reception at RG12 8WU when the antenna changes on 18 Apr?

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Lance Spencer
10:18 AM

This morning at 7am I cannot receive any of the MUX2 transmissions with MUX1 being at a lower power than usual(maybe some of the other MUXs as well but didn't have time to go through them all).
As a matter of interest I had a problem several weeks ago when I lost ALL signals for a few hours (this happened twice in a week). It turned out to be crows or pigeons sitting on the aerial tilting it down... I've since had the system tightened up!

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Dave Lindsay
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10:25 AM

RGB: In short, you should get BBC, ITV1, C4 after 8th and 22nd February. If you have issues with any, it will be solely the commercial channels.


Long explanation:

The Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) multiplexes (BBC, ITV1, C4, C5 etc) will be on their full final power from the dates of switchover (8th Feb for BBC radio/TV standard definition and 22nd Feb for the others). These will be at 50kW.

The COMs will remain on low power until 18th April. There is no indication (from Ofcom) of what that power is other than to say that "the low power DTT antenna is used". I take this to mean the same one used before switchover at the same power as before switchover. So if you get the COMs now, then you will continue to do so. If you don't, then you will have to wait until 18th April, if you are ever to get them. I say this because the final power for the COMs will be 25kW (i.e. half that of the PSBs).


Someone who, after 18th April, can receive the PSBs but find that the COMs are not quite strong enough will probably benefit from a more sensitive aerial.

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Brian Gregory
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

10:46 PM
Reading

Where can I go for a straight forward list exactly what happens during switchover, in particular what frequency channels will carry digital from Hannington in between DSO1 and DSO2. I need this to use a manual rescan because the morons who designed the Freeview spec didn't even consider the possibility that some people might live in areas that receive signals from two transmitters.

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Friday, 3 February 2012
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:00 AM

Brian Gregory: See Switchover events 2012
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
. Basically it is

"Wednesday 8th February 2012

Hannington (6am) switchover starts - BBC TWO analogue closes on C45, Mux 1 closes on C50, BBCA starts on C45. "

Also listed on Freeview on Hannington TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

"Wednesday 8th February 2012
BBC TWO C45 closes. BBCA starts on C45. "

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:02 AM

Brian Gregory: If you get a D-Book 7 compatible Freeview receiver (such as Freeview HD box) you are presented with a list of BBC and ITV regions to choose from.

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Lance Spencer
9:59 AM

This cold weather must be the cause of my present poor reception; this morning the MUX 1 channels are only at quality 1 and the MUX 2 and MUX B channels are at 0 (zero) so no reception at all!

MUXs A C and D are at quality 2/3 so mainly watchable.

These numbers are out of a possible 10 on my Panasonic TV set-up menu.

I hope that after DSO the power levels will be such that in a cold spell like this I'll still get quality 2 at the worst... if not the aerial will have to be changed again (and this is with a 10db amplifier in the feeder)!

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:42 AM

Lance Spencer: If you get problem in freezing weather, this is usually because there is water in your cables and when it freezes it expands and prevents reception. If this is the case, replace the cable with satellite-grade coax.

It is not likely that the increased power levels will deal with actual cable damage.

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Darran
6:19 PM
Basingstoke

Would sudden loss of MUX 1 and 2 Channels have something to do with the upcoming switchover? I have suddenly lost them, after working fine and never having any problems? Rescans have not helped. RG22

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tony
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:28 PM

farnborough GU14

Last few Days no reception of Freeview at all
checked cables and reset box no channels Recieved up to 1st only BBC channels were recieved.



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