Freeview Light on the Alton (Hampshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Alton (Hampshire, England) transmitter which serves 5,300 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 Alton (Hampshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Alton (Hampshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Alton 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 166m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 166m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 166m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Alton (Hampshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Alton transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 40km southwest (230°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 35km south-southwest (213°)
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 Alton (Hampshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 18 Apr 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C52tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C60tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 10W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area
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Friday, 15 April 2011
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j.maskell7:36 AM
Alton
My postcode is gu341fl,since yesterday i can receive no channels or freeview,will i get these back or what do i do,as icannot watch any TV.
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j.maskell's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 31 October 2011
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David jolley4:58 PM
It appears that after switch over that I will only recieve 18 channels on freeview. I currently recieve all of them, my favorite is filmfour and is not on your listing for postcode GU34 1FQ, is this correct?
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David jolley: Yes, that is correct, you will stop being able to get all the services on 18th April 2012. You should probably fit Freesat if you want to be confident of being able to watch Film4 after that date.
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
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Michael11:51 PM
Alton
Hi - I have been using the Hannington transmitter for some years now but as I live only a few hundred yards from the Alton transmitter have repositioned my loft aerial to point towards Alton. The signal is fine but now only have 31 Freeview channels whereas before I had 125 from Hannington.
Apologies if this has been covered before, but why has Alton only a restricted service and is it a temporary measure? If not I'm going to swing my aerial back to Hannington :o) Many thanks.
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Michael's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 23 February 2012
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jb387:47 AM
Michael: Its only a PSB relay simply because the purely commercial interests involved with anything other than PSB transmissions were not willing to contribute to the extra running costs involved with additional multiplexes, this is unlikely ever to change and is something that applies in numerous areas where lower numbers of homes are covered, as its basically considered by the commercial interests that the returns expected would not justify the cost.
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michael11:45 AM
Indeed, the market knows best... With the known blemishes of Freeview, and those to come with 4G mushrooming, satellite will, where feasible, probably prove more immune from the wisdom of the market. .......(Another Michael).
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Friday, 24 February 2012
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Michael12:26 AM
Alton
jb38: Many thanks for your response - now I understand. Ah well, this weekend I'm back up in the loft to put everything back to the way it was prior to switchover....
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Michael's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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