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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Friday, 9 January 2015
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Lesley Crooks8:14 PM
Glasgow
I have lost all digital channels again tonight, as have my neighbours. My postcode is G3 7ER. Anyone else in my area the same? Happened on wednesday night too, for an hour.
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Lesley's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dave Lindsay
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
Lesley Crooks: Well, if you and the neighbours you're referring to are using a communal aerial system then that would seem to point firmly at it. Thus, you need to raise the issue with your landlord, or whatever party maintains the aerial system.
It is a little odd that it keeps going on and off. This could be indicative of the power to the system being turned on and off, maybe by accident.
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Sunday, 26 April 2015
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Julie burley12:32 PM
Glasgow
Tv has had no signal since thurs. not just my house, others in the same street also having this problem. Ariel on roof . Everything checked nd double checked and also indoor ariel tried
G13 2QZ, nos 32.
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Julie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
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S Brown9:11 PM
Eh223ew
There has been a reception problem over the past week. I have been advised that there is an aerial newly installed in the Newbattle area blocking the Blackhill signal all over the area - is this correct?
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Thursday, 14 May 2015
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jb3812:19 AM
S Brown: The Newbattle Freeview light relay transmitter (the one referred to?) will have no effect whatsoever with your Freeview reception, that is unless whoever has provided you with the information has been referring to a 4G phone mast?
However, on the subject of reception, the Craigkelly (Fife) transmitter is the station indicated as the one covering your area rather than that mentioned of Blackhill, this latter station indicated with a status of poor as far as signal reliability is concerned.
As no engineering work is being carried out at any of the aforementioned stations, its advisable to make one or two local enquiries to ascertain if anyone else in the area is suffering from similar problems with reception, the purpose of being to eliminate the possibility of your aerial system being responsible for the problem.
By the way, Craigkelly transmits on the following multiplex channels.
27 - 24 - 21 - 42 - 45 - 39 / COM7 33 / COM8 34 / L-EDN (local) 30.
Blackhill
46 - 43 - 40 - 41 - 44 - 47
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Saturday, 16 May 2015
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Mr D Spafford12:35 PM
Glasgow
My postcode is G67 4SE.
Recently my reception on Mux channel 41 has been impossible to watch due to low signal strength/interference. At present time of 1225 16MAY2015 the picture and sound are perfect. I am watching my channel10 (ITV3) and the system indicates full signal strength. When the picture and sound breakup on the channels on this MUX I can tune to STV Glasgow and the picture and sound are perfect. I understand from your website that this is from a low power transmitter, so I don't think the problem relates to my aerial. My aerial is roof top mounted and was installed by a professional company.
Please let me know what you think is going wrong.
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Tuesday, 7 July 2015
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Jamesfennessey8:08 PM
Iam unable to get bbc I bbb2 bbc3 bbc4 alba Ccbs bbc news. Yesterday no signal for these channels all other channels ok today above channels are showing some pictures then it comes up bay signal picture g oesaway all other channels o k
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Sunday, 26 July 2015
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Vinny11:59 AM
Hi. I'm in postcode ML5 and I've noticed significant issues with am radio frequency interference across all my devices, including car radio (used in ml5 and ml6 areas). Specifically, talk sport, 5live and BBC Scotland.
Do you know if there are understood issues?
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Monday, 3 August 2015
I live in area PA7 and have had signal problems for three months.I have now lost all BBC channels and can't receive any HD.How much longer is this to last?
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MikeB4:48 PM
Alexei Romanov: You havn't given your full postcode, so I dont know your location in relation to the transmitter. However, a decent bet is that your aerial has a problem, perhaps a frayed cable, etc. Check your signal strength (obviously make sure your tuned to the transmitter your meant to be) - and then check your system. It might be something as simple as a loose or broken aerial lead from the back of the set.
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