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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Monday, 5 June 2017
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David N12:40 PM
We're in Reading and have dual Crystal Palace & Hannington antennas, with CP generally giving the better signal. Looks like the new multiplex for the Reading area on channel 29 for That's TV is only serving to obliterate London Live, which we used to receive reliably until recently, so we're experiencing the same as Davews is in Bracknell, with a signal strength of 7/10 and quality of 0 now indicated on our Panasonic TV. So from our point of view the channel looks like a poor choice too.
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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
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Chris.SE5:31 AM
MikeP: I would have thought not only a "strongly worded communication to Ofcom" but copying it to Arqiva as well as I would have expected them to have been involved somewhere along the line, not only with advice on channel allocation, but provision of the transmitter.
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StevensOnln110:41 AM
MikeP & Chris.SE: I'm not sure what effect a strongly worded letter to Ofcom is likely to have, given that they alone are responsible for frequency allocations and would be fully aware of the overlap in coverage between Hannington and Crystal Palace. I suppose they might be able to offer an explanation of why C29 was chosen, but I wouldn't expect any more than that.
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Chris.SE7:27 PM
StevensOnln1: Whilst you are correct that OFCOM are ultimately responsible for frequency allocations, they take advice from Arqiva (and others). I'm afraid you have absolutely no idea how they will respond to complaints about the interference by the overlapping coverage and they certainly may not be aware of the extent of the problems it's creating.
One thing is certain, without affected viewers making complaints, nothing will happen. Arqiva may also not be aware of the extent of the issue and may well decide to take a look at the problem.
So not only do I disagree with you, but I advise people who are affected to make written complaints as I suggested.
Further down the line, if OFCOM are failing to respond to the issue, then writing to one's MP and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport would be a line of action.
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Thursday, 8 June 2017
MikeP
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Chris.SE & StevensOnln1:
I have taken the liberty to email Arqiva about the situation with Crystal Palace and Hannington both broadcasting on Channel 29 (538,00 MHz) and as the service areas overlap considerably, many viewers are unable to watch either or both of the That's TV services carried on that multiplex.
I await a response and will communicate what they say, if anything.
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Tuesday, 13 June 2017
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Chris.SE2:13 AM
MikeP: Well done, look forward to any response.
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MikeP
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Chris SE:
Usual initial response claiming that it is Ofcom's responsibility but at least they have passed my comment forward to their technical planning team. So I await their reaction.
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Saturday, 12 August 2017
Any one having problems with CH32 (com7) from Hannington tonight? I've got a very poor signal strength and non-existent signal quality.
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Adrian Jones9:55 PM
Fixed it now - I took the aerial out of the TV, then pushed it back in, and CH32 was back. Strange how none of the other channels were affected.
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Sunday, 13 August 2017
MikeP
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
Adrian Jones:This is a well known phenomenon as the small amount of corrosion on the contacts causes frequency selective attenuation. It has been known about since the day of VHF 405 line TV transmissions and even affected VHF radio. Your action of unplugging and re-inserting the aerial plug was the correct sollution and what would have been suggested by many contributors who have experience of correcting TV reception issues.
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