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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Sunday, 5 March 2017
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Adrian9:54 AM
The channels are 127 (Kix), 60 (True Crime) and 74 (True Movies).
Signal strength for ch29 is showing at about 7 out of 10, signal quality is 10 out of 10.
Seems to be coming from Hannington - 'Berkshire & North Hants'
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StevensOnln12:45 PM
Rachel wells, Chris.SE & Adrian: According to the article at the link below, the local multiplex for Reading (which will carry That's Berkshire when it launches) is now broadcasting from Hannington on C29 directionally towards Reading. Crystal Palace and Croydon also use C29 for the London local mux, which can be received in parts of Reading and the surrounding areas which may cause interference, making the Reading local mux harder to receive for some viewers. The Basingstoke local mux has also started on C51 towards Basingstoke, however that doesn't appear to have the same interference problem.
Extra Freeview channels for Basingstoke and Reading - a516digital
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Tuesday, 7 March 2017
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Chris.SE7:51 PM
StevensOnln1: et al
You might be interested in articles on the following links, the ATV one (at the time of posting) gives a bit more history about the original plans for the Mux - Hannington Transmitter
The Digital TV Banter also has a bit of history and some quite funny comments from a few posters -
Local Muxes from Hannington - Digital TV Banter
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Davews8:09 PM
I used to get an excellent signal from London Live on ch29 here in Bracknell with a group A aerial pointed at Crystal Palace. But when the new Hanningon multiplex came on air in early February I totally lost it. Doing a manual tune on that channel shows no signal, presumably the Hannington one is sufficiently strong off the side of the aerial to totally wipe out the Crystal Palace signal. Looks like a bad idea to have both on the same channel..
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Sunday, 19 March 2017
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DaveR in Earley1:17 PM
I'm in the same situation as Davews. London Live has been blocked since the Hannington ch29 started transmitting.
The allocation is barmy since coverage checkers show that Reading is covered by Crystal Palace Hannington and Oxford
The Ofcom maps here: www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/data/map-data/local-tv-coverage-2011 show coverage of the local tv from Crystal Palace and Hannington overlap in Reading
The BBC say you need 20dB co-channel protection ratio for dvb-t so receprion of both transmitters will be impossible in much of Reading
There doesn't seem to be a way of complaining since Ofcom say interference problems are handled by the BBC and the BBC say that if it only affects commercial its's not their problem. Is there anywhere to complain,please?
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Wednesday, 3 May 2017
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Davews9:58 AM
It seems Thats Berkshire, now called That's Thames Valley (Berkshire) launched today. Last night I found I could copy London Live again although heavily pixellated, maybe they did some changes before the launch? UKFree seem to be way way behind in documenting all the local channels and multiplexers - London Live (Crystal Palace) and That's Thames Valley (Hannington) both use UHF 29.
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Tuesday, 30 May 2017
MikeP
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
Rob:
Yes you can, by adding a coaxial switch that will allow you to select either of the aerials. You cannot have both at the same time. That solution worked perfectly for me when I could get good signals from both Oxford and Mendip.
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Wednesday, 31 May 2017
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Robert Hellier6:48 AM
Reading
Where I live in Reading RG8 8DB... Hannington CH29 blocks Londons CH29 completely.....I have seperated the two aerials Now I get Thats Thames Valley TV on CH 29 but poor
Ch29 on London is blocked no signal found at all so London live ... its been nice knowing you... sadly its good bye from me
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Robert's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Davews7:10 AM
I have a single aerial on Crystal Palace, but here in Bracknell Hannington is more or less off the back of it and the front to back ratio is insufficient to reduce it enough. I can occasionally get a watchable picture from London Live, most of the time it is full strength but zero quality. Never ever seen That's Thames Valley although I get most of the other Hannington multiplexes.
There has been absolutely no coverage of the new channel in our local press, it may as well not exist.
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MikeP
10:22 AM
10:22 AM
Davews:
It is highly likely that the current weather patterns are causing troposhperic lift conditions, which means that signals from some sources travel further than expected normally. That means you could experience reception from transmitters not intended to serve your area.
Do nothing. Do not retune. Just be patient.
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