Full Freeview on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) 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
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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Sunday, 30 January 2011
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Darthy10:19 PM
I've also got problems with my HD channels on Black Hill. I got a freeview HD tv at the start of the month and got all the HD channels straight away.
Today I noticed that my HD signals were breaking up badly so I decided to re-tune. This has left me unable to pick up any HD channels at all now :(
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Darthy: I would have a look at the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Friday, 4 February 2011
C
c morris3:00 PM
hi
im in the blackhill transmitter area and im getting no channels at all., is ther a problem with the transmitter or is it my ariel?
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c morris: There has been a fault on the transmitter, it should be OK now.
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c morris6:46 PM
thanks for the repy,
im still getting nothing, ive tried to auto tune and checked all connections but still absolutely nothing
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B Saberton7:26 PM
Wishaw
Today is the first day for some time that I've been able to view the Freeview HD channels with only occasional, and minimal, interference. What I've noticed in the last few days is that, when looking at the signal strength and quality via the system menu on my Freeview box, there was either no signal at all for channel 59 or, alternatively, the signal strength would be ok (around 63%) but the signal quality was fluctuating wildly between zero and 100% and all points in between. This is what seemed to be causing the picture to break up all the time.
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B's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Sunday, 6 February 2011
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J Alexander5:56 PM
We are on the Blackhill transmitter and getting poor signal on many channels even though we get all the freeview channels here normally (BBC still ok). Some other people in the area are experiencing the same problem. Can't seem to find any reports of engineering work so wondering if there is another problem?
Incidently, will the signal be increased from the digital switchover?
Cheers :)
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Andrew12108:11 PM
Shotts
I noticed as well, living 2 miles away, normally getting 100% on everything bar HD, and I mean maxed out, never moving.
But reading this there I checked, and for some reason tonight it's floating around 80% strength and there is a few channels that are distored (film four, sky three etc.)
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Andrew1210's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
J Alexander: I'm really confused as to what your question is. You get the Freeview channels normally, but you don't?
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