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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) mast?
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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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Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Brian: The signal path is uneffected, however, the usual issue is rainwater getting into your cables.
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
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Greg1:30 PM
Hi
I have very low signal on BBC Radio 2 and 3, no more than 29dB (usually I have 65dB), is it temporary?
Greg
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KMJ,Derby2:03 PM
Greg: You do not say whether it is Freeview reception on your TV or FM radio reception that is showing a low signal strength. If it is FM radio a BBC reception report shows both Radio 2 and Radio 3 from Black Hill have a weak signal since 15:00 on 5th January 2012.
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Greg10:32 PM
Thanks for quick response, ofcourse I meant FM radio, I know they both have a weak signal because I can hear it, but my question is: how long? Does anyone know?
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Monday, 30 January 2012
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Anne MacLeod4:24 PM
ON FREEVIEW - At the moment I have a problem with CH 5* STV &ITV 3 the picture is very scrambled and the sound is all mixed up this is on 2 TV's we have re tuned but no luck and the aerials are ok. Can you help.
Anne
Glasgow
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jb3811:37 PM
Anne MacLeod: If it does it on two pieces of equipment then it could suggest either an aerial problem or one connected to the transmitter, this where a post code is essential to possibly verify what transmitter you are receiving a signal from, as although you mention Glasgow certain parts of the city receive signals from local relay stations, whereas people in other parts use Darvel instead of Blackhill.
You should always refrain from retuning unless you get a message on the screen to the effect, as all you do is scrub the channels already stored in the TV's or boxes memory, as even although a picture might vanish its only because the signal has dropped and not anything connected to the memory store.
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Monday, 19 March 2012
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Scott9:51 PM
I had my existing Group E aerial replaced with a Group B aerial this afternoon. This ws to serve two television sets (one previously with its own aerial pointing at the Glasgow West Central relay). Now I have the full range of services in the kitchen.
I assume I am now less likely to suffer 4G interference as the Group B aerial is
supposed to drop off at channel 53, well below the 4G frequencies.
The aerial man was a bit sceptical about feeding both sets from one aerial and said I might need a mast-head amplifier. I pointed out that one set worked on HD without
difficulty before the switchover. I suggested that, with a big increase in signal strength, the gain would surely exceed the loss from the splitting. He said I was an optimist but 'correct in theory'. The meter reading was okay. Both TVs are working.
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Saturday, 24 March 2012
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elaine moore12:22 PM
Glasgow
postcode is G4 9HB
the problem started yesterday no signal or to low signal we have no tv at all we have rescanned several times but nothing are you working on the trnsmitter its a comminal arial on the roof other people on the same block are fine address is 82 park road main door
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elaine's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Scott2:15 PM
Scott: If other people are fine, I cannot see how it could be a problem at transmitter - unless of course the others are using satellite or cable. Have you tried a full (factory) reset? The instructions will tell you how to do this.
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Monday, 26 March 2012
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Eddie McKendrick12:32 AM
Hi, I live in Knightswood Glasgow (G13) and I lost COM6 from Black Hill today and it's still not back as I type this. Served communually. Called Digital UK and they said it could be atmospheric pressure problems causing multiplexes to vanish with no notice. I've never been able to get the HD MUX from my feed. Not sure if this is down to the communual aerial or to do with the distribution amplifier the installer put in to run feeds into multiple rooms. Obviously I should disconnect the amplifier and plug a set straight into the RF connector but I've not got around to trying that yet. I just hope COM6 reappears at some stage!
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