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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. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter which serves 470,000 homes.

Other maps:Hannington DABHannington AM/FMHannington regionBBC SouthMeridian (Thames Valley micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

What do the colours on the map mean?

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.


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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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C45 (666.0MHz)362m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
50,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One South, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C42 (642.0MHz)362m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
50,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Meridian (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C39+ (618.2MHz)362m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
50,000W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C41 (634.0MHz)362m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
25,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 21 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal -3dB
C44 (658.0MHz)359m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
25,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal -3dB
C47 (682.0MHz)359m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
25,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 22 others



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
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.5m homes 1.8%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 48km south
to ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) region - 9 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?

years1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-18
aerial groupEEEB E KB E KW
600C32com7
C34com8
C35C5C5
C39BBC1BBC1BBC1+BBCB+BBCB+BBCB
C40+A
C41+DSDNSDNSDN
C42ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4
C43+2
C44+CArqAArqAArqA
C45BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C46+B
C47ArqBArqBArqB
700C501
C51local
800C66C4C4C4

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 8th February and 22nd February 2012.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Reading could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Hannington transmitter using C51
  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Basingstoke could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Hannington transmitter using C51
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM9 UK-wide SFN

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 250kW
Analogue 5(-6.2dB) 60kW
com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50kW
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.


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Briantist
Monday 6 February 2012 11:00PM
Kieran R: See all the information at the top of the page and also Switchover starts in Berkshire and North Hampshire | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Roy Hole
Tuesday 7 February 2012 2:50PM Maidenhead
I currently receive Merriden on the analoge channel 7.My postcode is sl6 7nn.
What will be the new freeview channel number??
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Mike Dimmick
Tuesday 7 February 2012 3:38PM
Roy Hole: It looks like you're primarily a Crystal Palace viewer. If you retune on the Hannington dates, you should still get Crystal Palace services on the regular channel numbers. Your receiver should also store Hannington services on other channel numbers, but those numbers are not fixed in the specifications. I believe it's recommended that they are stored from 800 onwards, but some boxes just use the next number available after the first copy of all services have been stored (which will be around 312 or so), or fill gaps (there are gaps at 8, 35, 45, 47, 50-59 if you don't have HD, 53 and 55-59 if you do, etc) or use 1000 onwards. Some boxes don't store them at all.

Only the high-power BBC services from Hannington launch tomorrow morning. ITV1, C4 and C5 launch at high power on 22 February. The order you get may depend on whether you retune on both dates, or only after it completes. It's likely that ITV/C4/C5 channels from the South region would be stored before the BBC South set, as they will be on a lower frequency and therefore be found first.

Analogue television only carried a recommended channel number from the late 1990s, and again, there wasn't really a spec for where additional copies of the same channel should be stored, so different TVs may have behaved differently, or behaved differently in different parts of the country.
K
Kieran R
Tuesday 7 February 2012 7:31PM
i dont receve the folloing channels

A
horizontal
Low 64QAM 2K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2 20,000

10 ITV 3, 16 QVC, 23 Bid TV, 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 60 The Jewellery Channel, 72 CITV, 92 ADULT Section, 93 Television X, 101 Teletext Hols, 104 1-2-1 Dating, 113 CONNECT 1, 114 CONNECT 2, 115 CONNECT 3, 189 ADULT Section, 724 Capital FM, 727 Absolute Radio, 728 Heart,
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C40+ (626.2MHz) from 339m datum.
Dave
Tuesday 7 February 2012 9:49PM Brighton
Is it you usually after the last programme on BBC 2 the switch off occurs ? I've got a snowy black and white picture here in Brghtton...

Is any annoumencent made before also ?
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Mike Dimmick
Tuesday 7 February 2012 9:51PM
Kieran R: As has previously been explained, Hannington has a 'notch' in its low-power digital coverage, with seriously reduced power transmitted to the east. This may be the cause of your current problems, though you have previously mentioned trees between you and the transmitter.

The high-power digital services will eventually transmit from the new main antenna, which does not have this notch. The notch is designed to protect reception of analogue channels from Guildford, so it cannot be fully removed until the London region switchover in April. The power will be increased to the maximum permitted, and the modes will be changed on 22 February, as advertised, however.

BBC A (Mux 1): 8 February (retune tomorrow after 6am)
D3&4, BBC B (Mux 2, B): 22 February
ArqA (Mux C): 4 April
SDN, ArqB (Mux A, D): 18 April

If you don't get all the muxes after retuning on 22 February, you will need to retune on the April dates to get them.

Digital UK's predictor continues to predict a good service for you on all multiplexes; between 22 February and 18 April the commercial muxes are predicted to be worse than now, as the power increase doesn't offset the additional margin needed after the mode changes. After the restriction is removed, 99-100% of locations in your grid square are predicted to get near-error-free reception 99% of the time. That figure *is* calculated on the basis of a good quality, reasonably high-gain, fairly directional roof-top aerial, with reasonably short downlead, without too many obstructions.

You've previously used Crystal Palace. That should be a good option for the PSBs but is expected to be poor for the COMs, as they will use the same frequencies as Rowridge. You're in the zone where Rowridge is too weak to be usable but still too significant a source of interference. The model used in predictions isn't as directional as most aerials actually are, so it may be better than predicted.

Do be aware when retuning that many boxes store the first version of the channels that they find, and any Hannington viewer may find that Crystal Palace is stored first - particularly when retuning after April, when CP will be 10 times its current power level.
Briantist
Tuesday 7 February 2012 10:53PM
Dave: Have you not seen the messages about switchover that have been popping up on your digital channels and being shown in-vision on your analogue ones for the last several months?
Briantist
Tuesday 7 February 2012 10:57PM
Dave: It most unlikely that you will be getting a signal from Hannington in BN1.
Dave
Tuesday 7 February 2012 11:29PM Brighton
I have a 92 elelemt triax on a rotator actually so it is Hannington I am geting though weak...I use to receive many regions all ove the UK wth analogue years ago, grain free from Yorkshire and Central etc

I can not get anything digital currently only when there is a lift from Rowridge
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 February 2012 4:31AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 February 2012 4:31AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 today [BBC]
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 6:15AM
Dave: It's so much easier to watch the regions on Freesat!
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 February 2012 6:28AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 today to 03:03 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 February 2012 6:28AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 today to 03:03 today [BBC]
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Richard
Wednesday 8 February 2012 9:20AM
Just a quick question:

Does the hannington mast transmit the digital freeveiw HD channels.
And if so why can`t I receive them?
Andy Fraser
Wednesday 8 February 2012 9:30AM Fleet
Richard,

It will transmit HD channels from 22nd February.
R
Richard
Wednesday 8 February 2012 9:32AM
Thank you Andy

:)
Andy Fraser
Wednesday 8 February 2012 9:34AM Fleet
I have retuned this morning to find that the BBC A mux now has frequent break-up. The signal quality is significantly lower than before the move. I'm not sure if it is working on reduced power temporarily, or if we have to put up with this until stage 2 of the switchover or even until the power-up in April.
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 9:40AM
Andy Fraser: It's certainly NOT on low power! You need to see www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
Andy Fraser
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:10AM Fleet
I am definitely on the correct mux (45) and I have tried a 9dB attenuator which took the signal level from 67 to 58 and the quality from 89 to 69. 45 isn't used by any nearby transmitters. I have no duplicate channels.

Unless my aerial has a frequency notch at ch.45 (unlikely as BBC2 analogue was OK before the switchover), I can't see any other explanation than that the transmitted power is reduced, at least in my direction (SE from Hannington).
B
Brian Jonson
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:10AM Marlow
We seem to have a very poor signal and it would appear to be getting worse, I have retuned my TV, my post code is SL7 3BU with the switch over will there be an increase in signal strength?
Andy Fraser
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:19AM Fleet
Brian Jonson: There will be a significant increase in signal strength in April after the London switchover.

There should be smaller increases in signal strength at each stage of the Hannington switchover, but I'm not seeing it so far (see above).
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Ant
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:20AM
Hi - I'm in west Oxford using Hannington - after a retune this morning I still have no BBC1/2/3

Looking at the list of muxes above I'm not sure which channel this should be on since we're now in the "between 8th & 22nd Feb" hole... ? C45?
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:20AM
Brian Jonson: As shown at the top of the page, multiplex BBCA at 50kW has replaced the old Mux1 BBC service at 20kW at Hannington.

However, at your location you are using the Crystal Palace transmitter and will see no changes until 4th/18th April when the signal go from 20kW to 200kW.
Andy Fraser
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:22AM Fleet
Ant: Yes ch. 45 for the BBC channels. But I'm not convinced that it is at full power yet (see above).
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:22AM
Ant: As shown at the top of the page (more than a few times) the BBC services are now on frequency C45 (666.0MHz).

You must do a "first time installation" to get the channels back or www.ukfree.tv link icon My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice if you can't find that in your menus.
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:25AM
Andy Fraser: According to Digital UK there are no directional restrictions on the high power digital services.

"Following switchover and related technical events the Hannington primary transmitter will provide a new omni-directional feed to match current analogue coverage and give good reception in Basingstoke. This follows the removal of the current Freeview footprint constraint that protects Guildford analogue coverage."

www.digitaluk.co.uk link icon http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf .
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Graham
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:33AM
I'm in Andover so using Hannington and can't get BBC channels despite retune and factory reset.
Andy Fraser
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:33AM Fleet
Briantist: As I understand it, the direction restrictions will remain until Guildford analogue is switched off.

For whatever reason, the BBC mux, which was my strongest before the switchover, is now my worst by a long way. All other muxes are showing 100 signal quality.
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Pam Rawlins
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:34AM Camberley
I live on the edge of Hannington transmission GU16 6ne.
Bought Goodmans set top box and did system set up - but I get no BBC channels - reception only starts at station 12 Yesterday. Do get ITV4 but no other ITV stations. Is this a problem with my aerial ?
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Ant
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:34AM
Brian - yes I've been through a full reset but still no C45. I've just tried the 9200T too - that is showing strength 29% / quality 10% whereas all the other muxes are of the order of 60% / 100% which ties in with what Andy is seeing about lack of power on 45...
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Emma
Wednesday 8 February 2012 10:49AM
Have done a channel reset and first time installation but still no BBC 1 2 or 3. Can you help?
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Price
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:02AM
No ITV Channels or C5
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:05AM
Andy Fraser: There's no need for the restrictions to stay in place as the PSB digital services will be using the channel number allocations of the analogue services. The COMs will continue with their restrictions until 18 April 2012, as above.
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:09AM
Price/Emma/Ant: Please do this www.ukfree.tv link icon My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - if you are not using the "full service" Freeview tranmitter but a relay, you may have to wait until 3pm to get the services.

Also, it is worth nothing that the increased signal strength can cause problems - see www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Emma
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:09AM
P.s I'm in the SO24 region if that helps.88 freeview channels inc several blanks and 24 radio but no BBC until BBC 4.
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:11AM
Emma: Can you provide a full postcode please?
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mrdtv
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:14AM
Comment: Works appear still to be going on. My analogue Hannington's are dismal compared to normal and I have checked the signals on a Fracarro Sigma with a 28dB variable gain amp AND a log periodic with a 12dB variable gain amp. Similar results: I think reduced power working is in operation. Stay tuned...
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:15AM
mrdtv: Have you tried removing the booster?
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mrdtv
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:21AM
Briantist: Yes, first thing done. Its pretty obvious that there are problems when CCIR Grade 5.0 PAL goes to Grade 2.0 overnight at DSO. I note that others to the east are not receiving BBCA E45. Will keep you posted. I have multiple systems and multiple antenna systems. More later.
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:25AM
mrdtv: People do seem to be having problems, but nothing is showing up on the official channels.

However, generally speaking some people do have problems with the increased signal levels at DSO1.

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tony
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:28AM
1125 local

analogue BBC1 ITV Unwatchable

complete retune Digital Nothing recieved

farnborough GU14
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Emma
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:31AM
SO249HS back to 79 channels after full unplug and reset. No BBC. Will do as you suggest and try again this evening.
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:33AM
tony: There have been no changes to the analogue services, other than removing BBC TWO analogue, you should be seeing no difference at all.
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:34AM
Emma: OK, thanks for the information. Please let me know how you get on later.
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mrdtv
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:35AM
Tony:

You are on the money. Here in NW London I have had super Hannington analogue for years, the two E41 and E44 muxes fairly reliably and the 'notched' PSB muxes only in lifts. Today the same story: dismal analogue, no BBCA mux and no low power muxes.

I wonder if this is going to be the first big DSO cockup...
Briantist
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:37AM
mrdtv: Technically speaking, the fire at Oxford was the first big DSO cockup www.ukfree.tv link icon Oxford transmitter fire | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - given that the Prime Minister uses the transmitter.
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mrdtv
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:48AM
Briantist: Yes, but that was an accident, rather than a true cockup. You made me smile however with your joke about the Member for Witney! It does seem that Hannington is having problems as there are widespread reports of analogue problems (and I am assuming that the analogues are transmitted from the new antenna system, per the mb21 web site photos) and people can't get BBCA. I have multiple systems and DVB-T2 autoretuning boxes: they are showing nothing from Hannington, just CP. Will keep you posted. BTW your site is a true public service.
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John Pratchett
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:58AM Basingstoke
I live within 6 miles of Hannington at RG23 7LB and have always used the Hannington transmitter. I have retuned my digibox (which I have for recording purposes ) but now seem to be tuned to London and the only channels I can get BBC1,2,3,4 is on 800 to 803, which I presume is London region. I need Southern region. I tried a manual tune on BBC1 and changed to c.45 but whilst my box says i’m now getting 100% reception on the channel, I cant find 45!! What do I do please? Basically I need Hannington and not London.
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tony
Wednesday 8 February 2012 11:59AM
There are problems still

BBC 1 Week

ITV Very week no sound

ch4 perfect

ch5 normal

NO Digital signal being recieved

1200 local



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