Full Freeview on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter
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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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
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.
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 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C41 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C66 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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Dave7:13 PM
Update on reception problems. No signal at all on Com5 and Com6 today. Same for other friends in the Yateley area. Retune did not help as all channels on those two COMS vanish completeley. All other COMS still working well. There is clearly a problem as all Freeview has been working well since switchover untill this occured.
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Joan7:17 PM
Winchester
Hi...The analogue signal here was always fine, the digital signal here has always been lousy. In winter the signal has survived as long as there isn't any rain anywhere between transmitter and here. In the summer, all but the BBC channels were stopped by leaves on the trees. The signals only get through again when the leaves fall, as long as there isn't any rain.
I have had people out here to check the aeriel on the roof, just in case, but they just say it is fine. I am just on the extremity between Rowridge and Hannington, and unlucky. The signal I get (or don't get) is apparently just the way it is. And I just gave up on it.
What I have noticed now on looking at this site, though, is that I'm supposed to not have a problem. I'm theoretically supposed to get all the channels all the time. That's just not what really happens in practice, though.
My big aeriel is on the roof and it is tuned, as it has always been tuned, to Hannington. I retuned sucessfully, on changeover, although the limited 10K weak com5 signal for with Dave and E4+1 etc never returned afterward, although fine before. Now, however, the spec on this site has changed re the transmitter I should be looking to has changed. Since it has always been Hannington before, though, this strikes one as just passing the buck. A few weeks ago it said Hannington, now it is suddenly saying that I should be looking to Rowridge instead. But Rowridge is actually further away, and the maps etc claim that, even so, everything should still work fine from Hannington. That just isn't true, though.
After the changeover, then, since the signals are supposed to be stronger, I had hoped the higher 50,000W level would mean I would get to keep more channels during the summer. Leaf buds are now breaking, though, and signals are starting to be affected. And rather than more left working, conversely it is looking as if they are all failing this year. Whatever the changeover has done, the BBC signals are breaking up just as the others are. The 10K ones have gone completely already. So it looks as if, in a couple of weeks when leaves are fully out, nothing will be left at all.
Is there an official position? Advice appreciated.....J
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Reposting because I think the original got lost:
I live on the boundary between Crystal Palace and Hannington. My aerial is pointing at Crystal Palace but I do occasionally like to watch BBC South Today off the Hannington transmitter.
After Hannington digital switchover, I did an explcit manual tune on C45 and managed to pick up a decent BBC South signal, even though my aerial was pointing the wrong way. My digibox placed it on LCN 800 which was perfect. This worked fine up to, and including (from memory) last Saturday. This week I tried to watch BBC South and my box reported bad/no signal.
I tried to repeat the manual retune but now the box reports no stations found on C45. The diagnostics screen says C45 signal strength around 60-70% but signal quality zero or, occasionally 10%.
Has anything changed in terms of the Hannington transmitter in the last few days or is it likely to be a fault my end? I have two (different makes) digiboxes and the problem is the same on both. Both decoders were able to receive BBC South last week but neither box can pick it up any more.
Any suggestions what to try next?
Keith Sheppard
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jb388:54 PM
Joan: On having a check at your reception possibilities indications are that from March 21st Rowridge stands out as being the best by far for reception, and with this being indicated whether using its horizontal or vertically polarised transmissions, that said though vertical does have a slight edge.
By the way should you wish to give it a try from March 21st onwards then its located at 22 miles away on a heading of 185 degrees from your location.
Hannington by the way (22mls @ 8 degrees) although not being indicated as good as Rowridge is still shown as possible, but however this never applying at any time as far as the HD service is concerned, as its shown permanently with the status of being variable.
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Problems in the last few days may just be due to the weather (slow moving high pressure) carrying distant co-channel signals into our area.
It is rather disappointing to have problems with so many channels (the worst for years) so soon after changes (DSO) that were supposed to improve things.
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Mark Fletcher9:52 PM
Halifax
Brian G.Yes it is atmospherics/inversion that is the cause as while im typing this i am receiving fuzzy analogue signals from Crystal Palace,Heathfield and Dover transmitters up here in Halifax near to the Yorkshire/Lancashire border !
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Thursday, 15 March 2012
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Joan9:53 PM
Winchester
Thank you jb38, your advice is much appreciated. I guess I will have to get someone out to turn the aerial to suit Rowridge instead. But I have to say I am a bit loath to do that, because I remember the tile damage done by the guys who put that aerial up about 5 years ago. The cost isn't just for the job, there's the other couple of hundred quid to mend the tiles they break clambering up the roof.
I don't think I have much option though, because all the channels are now starting to break up intermittently, which will only get worse as leaves come out fully. At least last year, during the summer, the BBC channels survived (and a couple of others some of the time) and there were the analogue channels. This year indications are that there won't be anything left at all. But what I just don't appreciate is how ridiculous it is that nowhere is there official acknowledgement that there are these problems. When I have phoned up to try to get advice, that any rain and leaves on trees are a factor is just completely denied. And not even just denied, the very very suggestion was derided, as I was an idiot. It was disgraceful! And there was no suggestion made then re changing to a different transmitter. The "problem" was just dealt with by deriding the problem.
What I don't understand, also, is why the aerial people that I had out to see if it could be improved, didn't tell me that I should be changing to Rowridge!
And re Rowridge I looked to see what manual tuning to Rowridge used frequencies produced. And there is absolutely nothing. There's no trace of recognition of any signal at all. I know the aerial is pointing the wrong way, and that it will (should) improve after the 21st, but I would have thought there still ought to be something getting through. But I haven't got a choice, I will have to try.
Thank you very much again for the advice....J
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Friday, 16 March 2012
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jb3812:29 AM
Joan: Well its totally inexcusable for any aerial installer to damage roof tiles and not have them replaced at their expense, as they should have insurance that covers this sort of thing. However as far as leaves on trees is concerned and especially if wet, this is something that's common knowledge by anyone involved with the technicalities of reception, as they have a blocking effect on signals whether its analogue or digital, although it always appears worse on digital reception because of it being so critical.
As far as trying tests to see if you can pick up Rowridge on the rear of your aerial is concerned, only try tests using manual tuning on Mux Ch24 as its only the BBC mux that's on 200Kw at present and nothing else.
Although being unaware of the brand / model of TV or box you are using, but when on the manual tuning menu on many devices and you enter the channel you want to scan into the choice box, as soon as you do this the signal level being received on that channel immediately comes on, this meaning that if you are only testing the channel you dont actually require to carry out the scan.
I do appreciate that as you have mentioned yourself you are on the extremities of both Hannington and Rowridge, but the vertical polarity output is officially predicted as being superior for reception, although horizontal should also be possible but just at a slightly lesser strength, but try another scan on Mux Ch24 and see what (if anything) comes up.
A qualification on this though as far as the present is concerned, numerous people have been (and still are) experiencing poor reception across large areas in the UK from the North downwards because of the prevailing current wave of high pressure, and with this causing interference to reception by the fact of enabling distant stations to be received which are in many cases clashing with the local ones, so any tests you carry out are unlikely to have much success until this problem settles down again.
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Malcolm H
10:48 AM
Hook
10:48 AM
Hook
Keith Sheppard, Dave and Brian G. etc,
Same here in Hook. Hannington service significantly degraded since DSO inc PSB multiplexes. Exhausted all options except Ae change. Just waiting now for April DSO and hoping to Rx stable BBC South from then on.
(Message for Keith Sheppard: - Keith Sheppard of NATS??)
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Dave3:12 PM
Further update. Contacted Digital UK and they say that Channel 44 is not now broadcasting in my area (Yateley,Hampshire)and that Channel 47 has variable output. They can only suggest waiting until April updates. They give no reason why the service had declined so badly. Worse now than before switchover. Also strange that Hannington continues to say 'No reported problems' even though we know and Digital UK confirms, that there are big problems.
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