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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?

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), 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

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

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
Saturday, 7 July 2012
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andrew armstrong
8:43 AM
Newbury

living in chieveley, north of newbury, cannot access anything through either manual or auto tune other than channel 45... all bbc stations present and correct but nothing from any other stations.... why might this be. occasionally get itv through manual tune on 42 but next time tv turns on gone again.

why!!!!!!

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Sunday, 15 July 2012
R
RichardS
4:37 PM

Andrew Armstrong

Is this a recent problem (ie you used to get good reception, but now you don't) or an ongoing problem (ie you've always had bad reception)?

If the former, then it's likely to be caused by recent damage to your aerial or cabling (unlikely to be the TV). From Google StreetView on your postcode, I cannot see any external aerials in your location, which suggests you and neighbours have loft mounted aerials? Check for damage caused by rodents - some years ago I had squirrels gnaw through cables in my loft in the past!

What sort of signal strength/signal quality are you getting on the channel 45 stations, and (when you get them at all) on the channel 42 stations?

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Tuesday, 24 July 2012
D
D Ferguson
8:50 AM
Bracknell

Today (24th July)I have 'no signal' in respect of BBC1, BBC2 and the BBC radio stations on my Freeview setup and the same stations yesterday were problematical.
Is there a general problem in the area?
My address is Shaftesbury Close, Bracknell RG12 9PX.

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Mark Fletcher
sentiment_satisfiedGold

12:12 PM
Halifax

D Ferguson,Bracknell.Is it nice sunny hot with clear blue skies and little or no cloud just recently in your locality ?
The most likely cause appears to be atmospherics or the inversion effect,and as such i would look up Inversion Effect underlined somewhere within my text !


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Wednesday, 25 July 2012
B
Beryl Foote
8:40 AM
Basingstoke

Suddenly lost all channels at 0715 this morning, not had any problems before, both tv's affected.
Postcde is RG22 4XT, Hatch Warren Basingstoke. I have a loft aerial with line of site to the Hannington transmitter

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Beryl Foote
9:19 AM
Basingstoke

Just tried the tv again and it is now working ok

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Steve Latham
9:50 AM

I live in Hedge End, Southampton and receive Freeview via the Hannington transmitter. Reception is OK most of the time but the last 2 or 3 days I have lost signal in the morning. Bad pixellation or complete loss on some channels, BBC and ITV for short periods. I am presuming it may be weather related but is there anything I can do about it.?

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Francis Farrar
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:54 PM

Steve Latham. If things are OK most of the time, your signal is probably on the edge & just using a 15 to 20dB signal preamp will probably make enough difference for a small price. Try Maplin etc. for preamp.

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RichardS
4:17 PM

D Ferguson.

As Mark Fletcher suggests, the problem you are experiencing could be due atmospherics.

If so then:
A) You'd expect see some difference in quality between daytime and nighttime reception - not necessarily just on Channel 45 (BBCA) but also on adjacent channels (Channel 44 - ArqA - shows Dave, Sky News plus other things that I don't watch!)

B) Your neighbours (within a few hundred yards) will be experiencing similar problems. Try asking them?

C) There is nothing you do about it, except point a Group A aerial in the opposite direction (towards London, rather than towards the end of your Close) and receive from Crystal Palace instead. (Actually I'm surprised you're using Hannington rather Crystal Palace - superficially, at your location, the figures for the latter look better than those for the former.)

If it's not atmospherics, then its probably a TV tuning problem - anything with computer chip in it (such as digital TV) can throw random glitches (such as deleting channel information) for unexplainable reasons. (It's what keeps the IT industry going!) Similar problems can be caused by small children or elderly relatives with a remote control, so try its worth trying a re-tune.

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Beryl Foote
6:06 PM

ok thanks
A I'll check
B They all use Sky
C I am near the roundabout, I can see Hannington, I can't see Crystal Palace. Also I want South Today not London news

I'll try a retune, there aren't any children meddling with the remote! But it did affect both tv's suggesting something to do with the aerial or beyond

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