Full Freeview on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 940,000 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.
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Black Hill 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Black Hill transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 26km west (271°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 26km west (271°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Ardtornish A | Transposer | 22 km NW Oban | 15 homes |
Balquhidder | Transposer | 12 km NW Callander | 42 homes |
Benmore B | Active deflector | 50 m WNW Glasgow | 7 homes |
Blair Drummond | Transposer | 5 homes caravan park | |
Blyth Bridge | Active deflector | 30 km SW Edinburgh | 50 homes |
Glendaruel | Active deflector | 40 hotel | 40 homes hotel |
Glendaruel B | Active deflector | 12 homes (second level) |
How will the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1957-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | W T | ||||
C10 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C30 | _local | ||||||||
C32 | com7 | ||||||||
C35 | com8 | ||||||||
C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C41 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C51tv_off | LG | ||||||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | _local | COM8tv_off |
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 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-5 | 500kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
com7 | (-10.7dB) 42.9kW | |
com8 | (-11.1dB) 39.2kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
LG | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Black Hill Freeview Black Hill DAB Black Hill TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 1 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 8 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:46 AM
10:46 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 23 May 2024
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Rai11:45 AM
Is there still work on as the work in progress is active?
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Chris.SE1:55 PM
Rai:
The transmitter is no longer on the Planned Engineering list, however we know that the lists aren't always 100% accurate.
Are you having problems with reception?
If so, please provide a full postcode and describe the problems you are having and which channels are affected, along with any checks and actions you've done.
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Rai7:59 PM
Glasgow
Chris.SE:
G52 4EU, Signal Quality percentage dropping, ever since work started 2 months ago. Pixelation breakup on all channels.Full cable checks and antenna and LTE filter.
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Rai's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve Donaldson10:16 PM
Rai: The Freeview predictor gives glowing '100' scores across the board for all six main multiplexes and the local multiplex from Black Hill at your postcode, suggesting excellent (the best) reception. I think this may be over-egging the pudding somewhat.
The ground level at properties in your postcode is around 15m give or take a few metres. 200m or so to the east, in the direction of the transmitter, the ground is 20m or more higher on which there is the school, church and several apartment blocks.
The higher ground can be seen on this heat terrain map:
https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-cgt/United-Kingdom/?center=55.85278%2C-4.35936&zoom=16
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Rai11:29 PM
Steve Donaldson: I do need to point between two trees then beyond that is a tree, then a block of flats in the line of site of the transmitter. the antenna is probably around 2-3 meter above the top of the roof. Just cant understand why it was good before but after works the quality went down. tried all cables etc in the house or I have bad luck with my location and line of sight ? but then why was my signal quality above 70+.
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