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.
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 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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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Monday, 6 February 2012
HANNINGTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 09:42 on 02 Feb to 15:25 on 02 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 09:48 on 02 Feb to 15:25 on 02 Feb [BBC]
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Mike Dimmick6:18 PM
Bob: The grey and strike-out are simply meant to indicate the services that close down. It doesn't mean it isn't happening.
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Kieran R8:54 PM
when is the D.S.O or has it allready started
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Kieran R: See all the information at the top of the page and also Switchover starts in Berkshire and North Hampshire | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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Roy Hole2:50 PM
Maidenhead
I currently receive Merriden on the analoge channel 7.My postcode is sl6 7nn.
What will be the new freeview channel number??
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Roy's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick3:38 PM
Roy Hole: It looks like you're primarily a Crystal Palace viewer. If you retune on the Hannington dates, you should still get Crystal Palace services on the regular channel numbers. Your receiver should also store Hannington services on other channel numbers, but those numbers are not fixed in the specifications. I believe it's recommended that they are stored from 800 onwards, but some boxes just use the next number available after the first copy of all services have been stored (which will be around 312 or so), or fill gaps (there are gaps at 8, 35, 45, 47, 50-59 if you don't have HD, 53 and 55-59 if you do, etc) or use 1000 onwards. Some boxes don't store them at all.
Only the high-power BBC services from Hannington launch tomorrow morning. ITV1, C4 and C5 launch at high power on 22 February. The order you get may depend on whether you retune on both dates, or only after it completes. It's likely that ITV/C4/C5 channels from the South region would be stored before the BBC South set, as they will be on a lower frequency and therefore be found first.
Analogue television only carried a recommended channel number from the late 1990s, and again, there wasn't really a spec for where additional copies of the same channel should be stored, so different TVs may have behaved differently, or behaved differently in different parts of the country.
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Kieran R7:31 PM
i dont receve the folloing channels
A
horizontal
Low 64QAM 2K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2 20,000
10 ITV 3, 16 QVC, 23 Bid TV, 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 60 The Jewellery Channel, 72 CITV, 92 ADULT Section, 93 Television X, 101 Teletext Hols, 104 1-2-1 Dating, 113 CONNECT 1, 114 CONNECT 2, 115 CONNECT 3, 189 ADULT Section, 724 Capital FM, 727 Absolute Radio, 728 Heart,
as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C40+ (626.2MHz) from 339m datum.
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Is it you usually after the last programme on BBC 2 the switch off occurs ? I've got a snowy black and white picture here in Brghtton...
Is any annoumencent made before also ?
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick9:51 PM
Kieran R: As has previously been explained, Hannington has a 'notch' in its low-power digital coverage, with seriously reduced power transmitted to the east. This may be the cause of your current problems, though you have previously mentioned trees between you and the transmitter.
The high-power digital services will eventually transmit from the new main antenna, which does not have this notch. The notch is designed to protect reception of analogue channels from Guildford, so it cannot be fully removed until the London region switchover in April. The power will be increased to the maximum permitted, and the modes will be changed on 22 February, as advertised, however.
BBC A (Mux 1): 8 February (retune tomorrow after 6am)
D3&4, BBC B (Mux 2, B): 22 February
ArqA (Mux C): 4 April
SDN, ArqB (Mux A, D): 18 April
If you don't get all the muxes after retuning on 22 February, you will need to retune on the April dates to get them.
Digital UK's predictor continues to predict a good service for you on all multiplexes; between 22 February and 18 April the commercial muxes are predicted to be worse than now, as the power increase doesn't offset the additional margin needed after the mode changes. After the restriction is removed, 99-100% of locations in your grid square are predicted to get near-error-free reception 99% of the time. That figure *is* calculated on the basis of a good quality, reasonably high-gain, fairly directional roof-top aerial, with reasonably short downlead, without too many obstructions.
You've previously used Crystal Palace. That should be a good option for the PSBs but is expected to be poor for the COMs, as they will use the same frequencies as Rowridge. You're in the zone where Rowridge is too weak to be usable but still too significant a source of interference. The model used in predictions isn't as directional as most aerials actually are, so it may be better than predicted.
Do be aware when retuning that many boxes store the first version of the channels that they find, and any Hannington viewer may find that Crystal Palace is stored first - particularly when retuning after April, when CP will be 10 times its current power level.
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