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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?

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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.

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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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
Thursday, 9 February 2012
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tony
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9:43 AM

Think this may help out a few parents .
TV in boys room built in Freeview . Portable Ant . Installed Coax and Splitter to roof Ant in Bedroom Analogue not very good Digital was Really good 11bbc 12 radio all ok . some cases you might need a TV Amp . All items from EBAY
Cheap you can do yourself save pounds and happy Family not dad WHERES MY TV picture GONE

tony

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Keith Sheppard
9:49 AM

I'm on the boundary between Crystal Palace and Hannington. My aerial is pointing at Crystal Palace and therefore I get my digital TV from London. However, I do like to switch to BBC South for local news.

Now that the Hannington signal has been boosted I find I can pick up the BBCA multiplex from Hannington on C45. That's despite my aerial pointing the wrong way and possibly being in the wrong group (not sure on that last point).

My Humax VCR did exactly what I wanted. I did a manual tune on C45 and BBC South (plus others) appeared as logical channels 800 et seg. Perfect. I can watch London most of the time and select Southern when required.

Less luck on the upstairs TV, though. There I have a cheap Xenta digibox. I tried the same procedure, manual tune on C45. It found the Hannington channels but put them onto LCNs 1 etc., displacing the BBC London channels up to the 800 range. That's despite the fact that the box reports a marginally stronger signal from CP then Hannington. I tried deleting the 800+ channels and doing a manual retune on C25 (where BBC London lives). No luck. It still chooses to put the BBC London channels up in the 800s and keeps BBC South as LCN 1.

Any suggestions how I can pursuade my box to put BBC South as LCN800 and keep BBC London as channel 1?

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DaveG
9:51 AM
Camberley

Frimley GU16 7DX. I have two aerials, one pointing at Crystal Palace and one at Hannington, two digital TVs and one Freeview box. Pre DSO no digital signals from Hannington. Crystal Palace on Freeview box, MUXA, MUXB, MUXC usable, MUX1 iffy, no MUX2. TVs no MUX1 or MUX2. On 8/2/12 I did a manual retune of Freeview box on Hannington BBCA (Ch45) with good results. I believe 'notch' has gone. TVs still not seeing Hannington - probably inferior tuners!.

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Transmitter engineering
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10:33 AM

HANNINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:28 today to 04:34 today BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:55 yesterday to 01:28 today BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 13:55 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 03:03 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:31 yesterday to 01:28 today BBC ONE Off Air from 01:28 today to 04:34 today [BBC]

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10:33 AM

HANNINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:28 today to 04:34 today BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:55 yesterday to 01:28 today BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 13:55 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 03:03 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:31 yesterday to 01:28 today BBC ONE Off Air from 01:28 today to 04:34 today [BBC]

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KMJ,Derby
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10:36 AM

DaveG: Your experience with reception from Crystal Palace is in accordance with the predictions on the Digital UK postcode checker. After switchover you should have good reception on the PSB muxes, the COM muxes however could be seen as deteriorating by way of reliable reception despite the transmitter power being increased to 200kW on each mux. Hannington is shown as not giving any reception before DSO, but is expected to give good reception on all muxes after full power working is adopted, so you get C45 now (BBCA), with D3+4 and MuxHD following on 22nd February 2012. SDN switches to full power on 4th April 2012, with ArqA and ArqB following on 18th April 2012. Regarding the TVs not seeing Hannington, if they are older receivers check that they are not on the list of equipment that does not support the 8k mode.

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Gh
11:47 AM
Camberley

Hi folks still no further forward tried the full rescan turned off the rf from sky box and still no itv 4 or5 etc. if it is only bbc channel/mux that were affected by dso why did i have these chamnels on tuesday evening but not now. Will things improve on second dso or should i try and find a good aerial contractor. Help!
Rgs

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FJC Farrar
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12:04 PM

Yippee. Here in Camberley, after yesterday's first stage in the switch-over, digital signal levels are now back up to what they were before engineering changes for the switchover started to make things worse about a year ago!

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colin
12:05 PM
Farnborough

my aerial is on the roof but the signal strength is only 50per cent I hoped this might increase as the free-view signal still causes the picture to break up

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12:31 PM

HANNINGTON transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:28 today to 04:34 today BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:55 yesterday to 01:28 today BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 13:55 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:31 yesterday to 01:28 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 03:03 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air from 01:28 today to 04:34 today [BBC]

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