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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
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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
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Dave Lindsay
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8:21 PM

Bob Sharp: Are you sure that these channels are from Hannington? Bring up the signal strength screen and see if it's tuned to UHF channel 42 (642MHz).

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jb38
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9:09 PM

Peter Groves: Although you will most likely had done something about the situation by now, but what you have reported suggests that your mast head amplifier might have failed or, and the more likely, that the power supply to same has developed a fault even although its LED is illuminated, as some of these LED's only indicate that the device is powered up and not that its supplying any DC output voltage.

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Tuesday, 16 July 2013
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Chris Lusby Taylor
9:32 PM

Regarding the forthcoming switch-on of 800MHz 4G mobile phone services, there does seem a chance that it will interfere with Freeview from Hannington. So at800 (www.at800.tv) claims to have sent postcards to all addresses in Newbury (Speen, Donnington, Shaw, Clay Hill) north of the A4, saying they can have a free 800MHz filter if affected. What I don't understand is that these are called "Channel 59" filters, but Hannington doesn't use any channel above 47 (682MHz) so why would 800MHz signals cause problems?

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Monday, 22 July 2013
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Christopher Trewren
4:50 PM
Newbury

I live at 4 Northview Gardens Newport Close Newbury Berkshire RG14 2BF.itv and channel 4 are fine I can't seem to get a good picture on the bbc channels.The tv crackels alot.I have a digital outdoor roof ariel can you please give me some advice or a reason . Thank you very much . Christopher Trewren.

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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
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jamie stevens
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5:28 PM
Portsmouth

CHRISTOPHER TREWREN

The bbc channels are on a different mux to itv and channel 4 which are both on the same mux.

Although the mux which all these channels are on get outputted at the same strength this does not mean you will receive them the same.

This is determined by aerial location, you can move an aerial simply a few feet and receive mux's differently, this is why when an antenna is fitted the installer should check all mux's prior to mounting the aerial making sure all are working correctly.

If you have been receiving BBC channels with no issues then I can only assume that the reception is marginal, this means that for the most it will be working fine but when there are changes in the atmosphere and changes in temperature your signal will be reduced on the cable and therefor move your signal from marginal to poor. If your signal was very good then the temperature we currently have will only reduce the strength to good, giving you a working channel.

If in fact some of your muxs are very good and some marginal then the only real resolve for this would be to have the antenna mounting in a location where all muxs are very good.

regards

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Friday, 9 August 2013
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Stuart.Lillie
6:51 PM

Dear Sir
I have a BT vision box and have BT sport 1/2 but my picture keeps braking up it also happens on chanel24 can you tell me if BT are having problems transmitting there programs
yours sincerely
Mr Stuart.lillie

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jb38
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7:30 PM

Stuart.Lillie: BT are not involved with the transmission side of the equation and what you have reported indicates that you are receiving a poor quality signal from the COM6 multiplex.

Further advice can only be given with knowledge of your post code, or at least one from somewhere nearby e.g: a shop/post office as it impossible to assess the situation without this info.

If by any chance you are receiving from Hannington then engineering work is in progress at that station.



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Sunday, 11 August 2013
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Carl Amey
6:41 PM
Southampton

We live in Southampton SO18 2QF which is a no go for the IoW transmitter, therefore Hannington has always delivered the goods. Recently (over the past few weeks) all channels which are part of ARQB (channel 47) are extremely low quality and sometimes non existent. The signal strength according to our PVR is 10/10, but the quality is very low with errors reported. All other channels are 10/10 in strength and quality. I have noticed the problem is at it's worst on a sunny afternoon. We are using a loft aerial which I purchased and installed in 2008 along with a basic Argos signal booster. The aerial input is directly into the booster then straight into the PVR. No other devices are connected.
Any suggestions as to what could be causing this would be appreciated! Surely it's not just the weather?! I have also replaced all coax cables with new leads and also replaced the booster.

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jb38
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9:23 PM

Carl Amey: Although I cant really speak as far as the last few weeks are concerned, but Hannington was listed on the engineering notice board as being liable to periods of interruption from last Monday 8th, this may even apply to next week although I am unable to verify either way as the engineering notice board will not be updated until either late on tonight or early tomorrow morning

However, on a quick check around your area I noticed one or two properties with their roof mounted aerials effectively pointing into trees, one particular property at the high side of Lingfield Gardens / Northfield Road intersection with an aerial apparently pointing directly towards two large trees, the problem being that the trees in question are sitting directly in line with the signal path from the Hannington transmitter, this being the type of situation that invites erratic reception as trees at this time of the year are notorious for causing reception problems.

A point to note being, that this type of situation does necessarily affect all multiplexes in an even fashion as it depends on the level that the signals are received at in the first place, those at a lower level being affected to a greater degree, and of course COM6/ArqB Ch47 is radiated at half the power of the PSB channels.

Should the situation described apply to the positioning of your own aerial, then whether it be loft mounted or not you are still liable to suffer from problems now and again.

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Monday, 12 August 2013
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Carl Amey
8:38 PM

Hi jb38. Many thanks for the reply. I can confirm today the signal quality of ch47 is far better than yesterday. In fact, this morning the quality was fair, however, at four pm the quality had deteoriated once again. Our aerial is in the loft and is not obstructed by trees, it points directly towards the transmitter in hannington. Our issue seems to be related to hot weather, however crazy that sounds. Yesterday was very warm in the afternoon. Is ch47 likely to increase in power any time soon? Our circumstances or tech at home have not changed. The aerial has not moved since I installed it in March 2008.

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