Freeview: Hannington (Hampshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter
Site settings
For an enhanced Freeview reception
prediction please enter your
full postcode, a national grid reference or
a UK latitude and longitude pair. 
Most popular
On other sites

Full Freeview on the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter

Google StreetviewGoogle mapBing mapGoogle Earth51.308,-1.245 or 51°18'28"N 1°14'43"WRG26 5UD

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

map is loading, please wait...

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)

Radiation patterns

Radiation patterns withheld

Map key

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.

Hannington transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

MuxEffective power level, aerial positionRatingModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		50,000
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, 301 301, plus 12 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C45 (666.0MHz) from 362m datum.
PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal
Maximum64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		50,000
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),
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C42+ (642.2MHz) from 362m datum.
PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal
Maximum256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s
DVB-T2 MPEG4		50,000
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, plus 1 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C39 (618.0MHz) from 362m datum.
COM4
SDN
 horizontal
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		25,000
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 22 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C41+ (634.2MHz) from 362m datum.
COM5
ArqA
 horizontal
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		25,000
Channel icons
 TV News,  TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C44 (658.0MHz) from 359m datum.
COM6
ArqB
 horizontal
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		25,000
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 21 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C47 (682.0MHz) from 359m datum.


Regional news 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.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-18
aerial groupEEEB E KB E KW
600C32com7
C34com8
C35C5C5
C39BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCBBBCB
C40+A
C41+D+SDN+SDN+SDN
C42ITVITVITV+D3+4+D3+4+D3+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

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

History of Channel 3 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
• 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.


Your comments: most recent posts are at the bottom

firstFirst comments prevEarlier comments  ◊  Later commentsnext Latest commentslast

Your comments are always welcome. Please use the form below to add your thoughts or questions to this page. We will get back to you as soon as we can.

martinharler
Wednesday 23 April 2008 5:17PM
Every evenning for the past 2 weeks I have steadily lost channels and when I look at the transmitter the number of carriers has dropped from 8 to 3 and crystal palace is shown insteadof one of the Hannington carriers. Often I lose BBC 1 or ITV 1. When I select them I get the message digital service. Sometimes I get a black screen and sometimes after 2 or 3 minutes the channel will appear. Quite often when this happens the picture begins to break up and finally it will freeze and the channel is lost. Can you explain this please
Tony
Monday 28 April 2008 7:51PM
I did an install today using Hannington. According to my meter all 6 muxes were fine. My meter is pessimistic. If it says the signal is reasonably error free then it is.
However both the customer's set top boxes (old Sagem units) refused to tune to ITV/C4, i.e. mux 2. All other muxes were fine. I tried a matsui box that was kicking about in my van, this picked up C4 but no ITV, now THAT is weird. A first for me. I don't use hannington that often, thankfully.
Mark Aberfan Aerials
Monday 28 April 2008 8:32PM
Hi Tony, We have come across this sort of thing, usually it is because that a full power analogue channel is on a ajacent frequency , & while the meter can filter out the required channel, a lot of domestic equipment cannot & so the digital signal gets swamped, this problem is often worse is a singnal amp is used. We have found that the durabrand upright digital boxes quite good in these situations. Mark Aberfan Aerials
Mark
Tuesday 29 April 2008 12:18AM
I have had a similar problem with a Slingbox that I rescanned after the Dave UK History Swap it had every channel apart from the ITV1 signal. The rest of the MUX 2 works without a problem and ITV was received without a problem before the rescan. Surely if the MUX 2 is interfered with it would affect all channels? Is it a control channel problem that the Slingbox isn't decoding correctly?
Mark Aberfan Aerials
Tuesday 29 April 2008 2:37AM
I would have thought so too but seeing as a meter & promax explorer could make sense of the signal & some freeview boxes worked or worked better than others, i can only conclude that it was a bleed over / tuner filtering issue, It was what we concluded when i raised the matter at our college. unless someone can come up with a better explanation ! Mark Aberfan Aerials
Briantist
Tuesday 29 April 2008 5:11AM
Mark: You need to follow this procedure sometimes - www.ukfree.tv link icon My Freeview box has no EPG, is missing Film4, Channel 4+1, no sound on ITV3 or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 - sometimes with some boxes if a channel changes internal identity, the 'old' version of the channel will persist on the original logical channel number and the 'new' one will get put in the 800-899 channel range.
Tony
Tuesday 29 April 2008 7:50AM
Mark, Brian, Thanks for the comments. As far as I'm aware the frequency allocation has been such that interference from other channels should not be an issue. Maybe they couldn't get it right this time? The installation did involve a mast head amp, but the o/p of the amp on the analogue channels was well within the "max o/p" spec. I see from the digital spy forums that Hannington has a history of this problem.
I tried a factory reset, but not a "disconnected scan" as suggested, I'll get my customer to do that. I also tried using attenuation at the stb but that had no effect. It would be helpful to get an answer from Aqiva. I'll contact them today.
Mark Aberfan Aerials
Tuesday 29 April 2008 9:33AM
Hi, when we last came across this problem it was with three brand new boxes that had never been tuned in before (tevions from lidl) i got out my old toshiba on digital box & it worked fine & the readings were ok on the meter, we went up to asda & got the upright durabrand & it was fine so had to go back & get two more. We also had a batch of existing customers that had the problems that brian refer's to around the time when dave & virgin 1 launched & the procedure that is on this site worked every time ! Mark Aberfan Aerials
Graham Huggett
Tuesday 29 April 2008 10:10PM
I live in Sherfield on Loddon and use Freeview via Hannington. This has been O/K across all channels past months. However this week ITV & Channel 4 have dropped out on Digital reception completely yet other channels seem O/K. You can see a drop in signal quality with lines across screen for the same channels when viewing via analogue. I am not aware of any change to my equipment. Has anything changed at Hannington or someone put up a high building?
Briantist
Wednesday 30 April 2008 4:44AM
Graham Huggett: Often at this time of year the problem is trees coming into leaf... But if you have interference on analogue then it is also possible your aerial has been moved or damaged or something has happened to a cable or connector.
Mike
Wednesday 30 April 2008 9:29AM
Graham Huggett: There has been a problem at Hannington over the last few days which seems to affect certain makes and models of freeview receivers more than others. The problem has been with Mux 2 which includes all the ITV and CH4 channels, but after re-scanning my TV last night they all reappeared.
Paul
Wednesday 30 April 2008 9:54PM
As a follow up to my post yesterday when on Monday I lost all the channels from 4 of the Hannington mux with re-scanning making no difference. Performing a re-scan 24 hours later returned to full operation.
Briantist
Thursday 1 May 2008 6:08AM
Paul: I'm pleased that it has been fixed for you.
Ben
Friday 2 May 2008 1:08AM
Are there more problems at Hannington? I've lost all of Mux 2!
Daniel Manning
Friday 2 May 2008 8:24AM
I've also lost MUX 2 (ITV, CH4...) Last night, The built in TV tuner still works. My computer DVB-T receivers can find MUX 2 but, with a signal level of 60 with no errors, it can even find the channels inside the MUX, but it can't label the channels and some are split into video+audio and video only.
James
Friday 2 May 2008 8:45AM
I've lost ITV, Channel 4, E4 etc...in the last few days. All the other channels have full signal. I’m using the inbuilt Sony digital receiver. Surely, there must be a transmitter issue, as it’s been working fine for the past year. Any way to find out if this is the case?
Moss Mosakowski
Friday 2 May 2008 9:50AM Reading
I've lost: ITV1, Ch4,ITV2, ITV3, Ch4+1, More4, ITV4, E4; but not E4+1 or ITV2+1 on my Sony Bravia tuner. Interestingly, the tuner on the Sony DVD recorder picks up all channels.
Will Gibson
Friday 2 May 2008 9:52AM
I live in Winchester and use the Hannington transmitter to pick up freeview. Over the last 2 weeks I have had intermittent problems with getting channel 4 and ITV. Some days it works; other days I get bad audio and picture glitching (it is unwatchable). I've been running my setup for the last year without these problems. Surely something has recently changed on the transmitter to cause this?
Briantist
Friday 2 May 2008 1:53PM
James/Moss Mosakowski/Will Gibson: Nothing has changed with the transmitter... please try this procedure to see if it restores the channels: www.ukfree.tv link icon My Freeview box has no EPG, is missing Film4, Channel 4+1, no sound on ITV3 or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
James
Friday 2 May 2008 3:23PM Reading
Briantist, thanks that worked. Strange how it suddenly happened after over a year with no issues, also strange why quite a few people have had a similar issue around the same time…
Will Gibson
Friday 2 May 2008 4:19PM
Thanks for the suggestion Briantist but I have already tried this. What I didn't mention earlier is that I use 3 different Freeview devices with different TVs. I have a Sony Bravia TV with built in digital tuner; a Windows Home Media centre PC that uses a digital twin tuner card and an external Pace Freeview STB. The only device that I haven't seen this problem on is the Pace STB (its probably just very sensitive to the signal). The problem with missing channels is worst on the home media centre PC. This morning my Sony Bravia TV was also showing the same problem. As I've said before I haven't experienced any problem up until about 2 weeks ago. I don't know what could be causing this unless it is some kind of rogue signal interfering with my TV aerial. Last night I tried using a different aerial booster to split the signal for my devices. However, I still got the same problem. Do you have any other suggestions?
Briantist
Friday 2 May 2008 5:49PM
James: I can't say I disagree with that point.
Briantist
Friday 2 May 2008 5:51PM
Will Gibson: You might need to stop using the booster and fit a masthead amplifier. Boosters are particularly bad on this transmitter as the digital channels are 'between' the analogue ones, and boosters often cause the analogue signals to leak into the very weak digital ones.
Daniel Manning
Friday 2 May 2008 6:44PM
I have MUX2 back now. The service indentifiers are readable now too. The video is also no longer skipping like it has been doing in the last few weeks on mux2 channels.
Will Gibson
Friday 2 May 2008 7:28PM
Thanks for the info Briantist. I'll give the masthead amplifier a try.
Briantist
Saturday 3 May 2008 5:11AM
Daniel Manning: Excellent news. I hope it stays that way.
Briantist
Saturday 3 May 2008 5:16AM
Will Gibson: Take care with the power to it... remember if you split the cable to do it on the TV side, not the aerial side...
Will Gibson
Saturday 3 May 2008 9:25AM
Briantist: Can I fit a masthead amplifier within the roof space of my loft (about 2m away from the actual aerial)? I currently have my booster fitted here. Also, what exactly are the differences between a booster and a masthead amplifier? Don't they fundamentally do the same thing? Is a masthead amplifier just better at dealing with TV specific frequencies?
Mark Aberfan Aerials
Saturday 3 May 2008 4:15PM
Hi Will, A masthead amp will work fine in a loft space, we often use them when no mains supply there. A booster or set back amp is often a consumer product that boosts the signal, often just before the tv. a masthead is a profesional product which has a seperate power supply that sends a small dc voltage via the coax cable to the masthead amp (which is usually located near the aerial ) the signal gets boosted at the point where it is strongest in relation to the background noise ( known as the signal to noise ratio ) this is far superior to a setback amp which boosts the signal after it has gone down 15-20m of coax cable (the signal to noise ratio is far worse after the cable run) the setback boosts the signal but it also boosts the increased noise. Of course a setback amp mounted in a loft does much the same thing. Mark Aberfan Aerials
Will Gibson
Saturday 3 May 2008 6:16PM
Mark Aberfan Aerials: So is there any advantage then in replacing the booster in my loft with a masterhead amp? The booster that I'm using is a reasonably cheap 6-way splitter - I don't know whether this makes any difference.
Mark Aberfan Aerials
Saturday 3 May 2008 6:48PM
Hi Will, if its a 6 way booster (not a splitter, which is something different) & its not faulty then there is little point in replacing it, also the largest masthead i can think of is a five way, i dont recall ever seeing a 6 way masthead. one advantage that mastheads do have is you can buy them with different amounts of gain or even variable gain which is sometime helpfull in certain situations. Mark Aberfan Aerials
Will Gibson
Saturday 3 May 2008 10:20PM
Hi Mark, I assume it is a booster as I plug it into a power socket. Although it splits the input signal into 6 outputs I only actually use 3 of them. I own two of these boosters (one is a spare - and I've tried both). So this brings me back round to my original question... what has changed in the hannington signal to cause me to fail to pick up channel 4 and itv intermitently?
Mark Aberfan Aerials
Sunday 4 May 2008 10:30AM
Hi Will, If it plugs into mains power it must be a set back amp or booster, which outputs greater signal than is available at the input, a splitter does the reverse with less signal available at the outputs. R.E. your local transmitter ,Nothing is wrong that im aware of, but then im in south wales ! Mark Aberfan Aerials
Don
Tuesday 13 May 2008 10:30AM
I still have a number of customers that are intermittently loosing MUX2 (ITV etc.) from the Hannington transmitter. They are all using Sony Freeview TVs and had perfect reception until approximately 3 weeks ago.

If you force a rescan on channel 43 they find nothing.

Then the next day MUX2 re-appears
Don
Wednesday 14 May 2008 1:38PM
How does the inversion effect know its a Sony tv? More likely Sony have done a software upgrade to their tvs and its got a bug!
Briantist
Wednesday 14 May 2008 1:58PM
Don: If Sony had done an update it would be listed here - www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview set-top box updates | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 - and they have not. Software upgrades do not effect reception, that part of the receiver cannot be changed by software.
Dave Crouch
Friday 16 May 2008 1:41PM Bracknell
I live in a top floor flat in Bracknell (RG12 8XF) & was told by the council that I can't erect an aerial, so I've been using a bog standard contract aerial in the loft aimed at Hannington (there's nowt from Crystal Palace) with cheapo cable. It's been fine for Freeview until a couple of weeks ago when MUX2 dropped out. Re-scanning makes no difference. I've just installed a Group B aerial which now shows there's a signal on MUX2 (when recently nothing had been picked up) and it has improved the quality on the other muxes. The cable will be replaced this weekend. How can the signal drop off so badly on mux2 for numerous people in different locations within the past few weeks? If it was the weather, then we should all be fine now. Also, how much signal does a brick wall block out? I'm firing through 2 walls, but could reduce this to one by moving the aerial into the communal loft area.
Briantist
Friday 16 May 2008 1:51PM
Dave Crouch: The council shouldn't be telling you can't erect and aerial, as you have the right to under Section 134 of the Communications Act 2003. Perhaps you could tell the council about www.digitaluk.co.uk link icon digitaluk.co.uk/localgov ? The problem with Mux 2 is probably due to a nearby transmitter using C43 for analogue ITV-1. Receving a signal though brick causes a lot of scattering, so the ability of an aerial to be directional is reduced. However, your problem may be something other than the aerial, see www.ukfree.tv link icon Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 as well. See also www.ukfree.tv link icon Loft aerials | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
Dave Crouch
Friday 16 May 2008 2:27PM Bracknell
Ok, I'll have another attempt at persuading the council! I think they have a 'one aerial, per type, per household' rule to try and keep the buildings asthetically pleasing (haaa!). A block further down as at least 2 sky dishes installed, so it's not being enforced too well. I'll also have a pop at manually tuning ch 41 & 44, as the signal strength shown on this website is higher than mux 2. It may also shed some light on whether problem is due to transmitter on ch 43. Seems a daft question, but what's the difference between signal strength and quality? How can you have strength of 5/10 but quality 0/10? Is it a strong signal that's being garbled by trees/buildings etc? Ta.
Briantist
Friday 16 May 2008 3:13PM
Dave Crouch: Signals strength usually refers to the strength of the 'carrier' signal and is useful to determine if there is a signal there or not. The 'quality' refers to the 'bit error rate' of the decoded signal (well, usually). As the data is transmitted on a large number of sub-carriers (either 16 or 64) the ability to receive the data intact does not depend on being able to find one of the carriers, but being able to get them all. The problem with roof tiles and bricks is that they deflect the various sub-carriers at different rates, making it very hard to provide the data-stream intact. www.ukfree.tv link icon http://www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051150

The law does, in fact, allow two satellite dishes per dwelling.
GLENN CAUSER
Friday 16 May 2008 4:56PM
can any one help lnb setting numbers on side of LNB not sure what to set on for Rotherham
Briantist
Friday 16 May 2008 5:19PM
GLENN CAUSER: Can you provide a little more information?
Peter
Thursday 29 May 2008 10:13PM
I have been experiencing problems recently with interference on MUX1 channels from the Hannington transmitter. I live in Caversham (just north of Reading), and I have a roof-mounted digital aerial which was professionally fitted just over 2 years ago and a Topfield 5800 PVR. Until the last fortnight, I received excellent reception on all channels. However, I have experienced intermittent picture freeze / break up since then, and the problem has been particulary bad this week. The Topfield shows that the power level is weak on the MUX1 channels, although reception on all other channels remains excellent. I tried forcing a rescan this evening, with no improvement. I do not have a booster. Any help would be most appreciated.
NickyJ
Sunday 1 June 2008 10:44PM Crowthorne
Does anyone know how much longer the upgrade of power will take? I can only get Mux 1 from this and no other services
Briantist
Monday 2 June 2008 10:22AM
NickyJ: This transmitter will be upgraded on or around Thursday 1st March 2012.
David
Wednesday 4 June 2008 4:57PM Henley-on-thames
I live in Henley-on-Thames nr Reading and we recieve sky from a satelite dish and we are thinking of switching to freesat sometime this year. We were wondering if you can choose your itv and bbc region to Thames valley and south, we currently have BBC Oxford and itv london which are very irrevelant to us.
Briantist
Wednesday 4 June 2008 5:06PM
David: Yes, you can. Or at least you will be able to - the streams are all there, just waiting for a software upgrade. Please see www.ukfree.tv link icon Upgrading from Sky to Freesat
| ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 Also see www.ukfree.tv link icon Which BBC regions are on satellite? | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002



Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

UK Free TV is here to help people. If you are rude or disrespectful all of your posts will be deleted and you will be banned.







Privacy policy: UK Free Privacy policy.