Full Freeview on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.308,-1.245 or 51°18'28"N 1°14'43"W

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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) mast?

Hannington transmitter - Hannington transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/09/2025 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C45 (666.0MHz)	362m	DTG-	50,000W
	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)	362m	DTG-	50,000W
	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 TV 3,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C39+ (618.2MHz)	362m	DTG-	50,000W
	46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 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, 203 CBBC HD, 204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	362m	DTG-8	25,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 61 GREAT! mystery, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 74 U&DaveJaVu, 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, plus 21 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	359m	DTG-8	25,000W
	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, 76 That's Dance, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	359m	DTG-8	25,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! player, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's Melody, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 207 POP UP, plus 10 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?

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		C5_waves	C5_waves
C39	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C40					SDN
C41				SDN
C42	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C43					ArqA
C44				ArqA
C45	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C46					ArqB
C47				ArqB
C51_{tv_off}				_local
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_off}
C66	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

Hannington Freeview Hannington DAB Hannington AM/FM Hannington TV region BBC South Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Dec 2006	Meridian
Dec 2006-Feb 2009	ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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2:33 AM

Andy:

You are predicted to get very good of all 's main multiplexes in your postcode, also good reception of the Reading Local on , you may be lucky and get a variable signal for the Local multiplex on .

So in view of your problems, it's worth having a good check of your installation, roughly how old is the aerial?
Make sure it's pointing correctly - for your postcode, compass bearing 260 degrees, that's 10 deg. S of due W. The rods (or squashed Xs) should be horizontal. Also check the coax isn't flapping in the wind and has no damage or water ingress - check for water or corrosion at the back of the -plate or the coax plug on the end of the aerial lead. Check any coax flyleads haven't gone intermittent.
Do you have any amp/splitter to feed more than one TV/Box ?

Worth double checking your tuning in case you're inadvertently tuned to or .
Hannington's UHF are , , , , & for the main multiplexes.
That's in multiplex order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6.

Whilst Hannington is currently listed for Planned , multiplexes are not off-air for lengthy periods. If you haven't received the HD channels (PSB3) for so long, it's possible you have some constant , quite possibly from a new/upgraded phone . Your postcode should have received a postcard from Restore TV who can supply a free Filter to fix that problem. Have you had a postcard?
Any such filter should be fitted before any amp/pre-amp/splitter.

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Andy
6:01 AM
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Chris.SE: Thank you for the comprehensive reply Chris.

TV has been a constant battle for years for me - my was replaced about 3 years old and is good , was professionally installed and received good reception when fitted and as far as I can tell, there is no damage. I do have a splitter but once again, cannot see any issues and the I do receive are generally ok although there has been issues this past week on all channels.

As it's usually a summer thing when reception is at it's worst, I have often wondered if it is down to trees (I have a lot in my area) so it will be interesting to see if it improves once leaves start dropping .I haven't received anything about phone masts so will look into Restore TV.

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11:54 PM

Andy:

Hi. Do you know what the is (make/model) it should also be a Group K ideally?

Yes, trees can be a major issue at times, especially if they are directly on the line-of-sight to the and the aerial isn't high enough. This can affect some multiplexes bit not always all of them. (Had a quick look on street view - you do seem to have a few of them!!).
Weather conditions tend to give more cases of Tropospheric Ducting these days - possibly due to climate change, or maybe related to sunspot activity, I believe it's somewhere around a peak atm.

As far as mobile phone go, you have at least 9 of them around you within 1.5km
Put your postcode in here https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
You'll see you should have had a postcard, so phone them up. Now, if you have a on the mast before your splitter, then an outdoor waterproof filter has to be fitted before the amp and they should send an engineer free-of-charge to do that for you. Even if it's only an amp/splitter say in your and you can't access it yourself - age or disability etc. then tell them, again they should send an engineer free of charge.
If you can access it, check whether it's coax plug connections or F-connectors, so you can ask for the correct filter with those connections.

HTH.

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Andy
8:14 PM
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Once again, thank you Chris. I contacted Restore TV, they've sent am which I fitted today and although there was some small improvement, it wasn't much. I fear that I won't get much better until October. Luckily I have as well so not the end of the world but a bit frustrating as I do like to take and keep films off in a Plex library. Not the end of the world though is it!

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10:20 PM

Andy:

Thanks for the update, but did you mean ""? Or did you mean a Filter which you've fitted before the amplifier?
Have you got the HD back?
If not, then I would get onto Restore TV again and tell them that it still hasn't enabled you to get the HD back. The could well send an engineer free of charge. From reports that we get they are usually very thorough and resolve most problems.

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9:57 AM
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, yes, a filter. I did see some small improvement yesterday in a at least found the but sadly, no . I shall take your advice and contact Restore TV again.

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