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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Thursday, 21 April 2011
The Norn Hill area is ok for digital provided you have a good outside aerial. If you haven't then that is likely to be your problem.
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Friday, 22 April 2011
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Tim9:54 PM
Basingstoke
ok thanks
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Tim's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 30 April 2011
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Peter10:42 PM
Yeah bank holiday paid fot tv license.
Top of the range Sony led.
And ?
Fuc.... haninngton low signal in Andover.
Whats going on this is like back 30years ago.
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Friday, 6 May 2011
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Mark peterson2:14 PM
Camberley resident. Free view signal strength down at 20db, analogue 50-60db. Arial company suggests waiting till cutover as he suggests signal strength on dig will then be up at analogue levels (masked due to overlap with Guildford?). They suggest investing in new arial/amp would be expensive, may only be 80 percent effective as analogue may then swamp digital). Does this all make sense, is cutover feb 2012 or apr/may? Will digital strength then be 'turned up'?
Thanks for the advice
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Mike Dimmick4:15 PM
Mark Peterson: Yes, this is expected. Hannington's current digital signals are restricted to the east - the aerial panels are mounted on the north-west corner of the mast and they point south, west and north. So while the maximum ERP of Freeview transmissions from Hannington is only 11 dB down on maximum analogue transmissions, that only applies in the served sector.
We don't know exactly what the limits are on Hannington's radiation pattern, but the levels you're getting do sound about right. A new aerial might give you the extra 10 dB of gain - it's always preferable to upgrade the aerial before adding amplification. Replacing the cables may also reduce the loss between the aerial and the TV, and reduce the amount of noise picked up.
They're right to warn about too much signal. It causes a problem called intermodulation, where the signal is distorted, causing frequency-shifted copies of the stronger signals to be created. The strongest 'intermodulation products' appear in adjacent channels. It's generally considered that keeping analogue signal levels below 80 dBuV is enough to prevent intermodulation. I believe the recommended digital limit of 65 dBuV is based on the average difference between analogue and digital levels.
At switchover, the digital services move to the unrestricted main antenna at the top of the mast, because they will no longer clash with Guildford primary services (as they take over Hannington's analogue frequencies).
The switchover dates are now final: 8 February and 22 February 2012. On the 8th, low-power Mux 1 and BBC Two analogue are switched off, and high-power BBC A launches from the main antenna. On the 22nd, all remaining analogue and low-power digital services are switched off and replaced by their high-power digital equivalents.
The commercial multiplexes will stay at 20 kW until Guildford switches over on the 4th and 18th of April. It's possible they won't move to the main antenna until these dates.
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Mike Dimmick4:19 PM
I should add that Hannington digital is already very powerful - for the served sector - relative to the analogue signal levels, and to post-switchover power levels. The PSB muxes will only increase 4 dB and the COM muxes only 1 dB. The current low-power Mux C and D increase by 3 dB in June, from 10 kW to 20 kW, I believe to reduce problems when Sudbury switches over in July.
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
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David Williams4:16 PM
Hi, can you please tell me why so many people in the Basingstoke area have a much weaker signel and a higher error rate on the CH43 ITV MUX2 compared to CH50 BBC or other digital channels?
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David Williams: Please see Freeview modes | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Saturday, 28 May 2011
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Dave M11:28 PM
Hook
Post code RG27 0AY , signal was always weak on all digital freeview channels with ariel pointing towards Hannington S/SW from location), trying to install TV with built in freeview but not picking up any digital channels at all. Can get very fuzzy analogue channels , external ariel was erected December 10. Any ideas on how to get something ???
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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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