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, 4 May 2018
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StevensOnln14:38 PM
D: At 17km away an indoor aerial might work, but most of them consist of little more than a piece of wire sticking out of an amplifier and only work well if you have a strong signal. The better ones usually look like a smaller version of a roof aerial but there is still no guarantee of getting a good signal.
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Sunday, 13 May 2018
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Douglas McEwen9:37 PM
Ha so 47 covering TV channel 31 (Spike and others) since the 13th May 2018.
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Wednesday, 16 May 2018
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Lindsay10:41 AM
Since yesterday my tv is saying the receiver is not receiving a signal or the signal is too weak! I even went today and bought a new aerial but that hasn't helped. I've been in my new house now 2 months and this is the first time I've had problems. My downstairs tv is only finding 40 channels and when they come on they are pixelated and jumping??
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MikeB4:37 PM
Lindsay: what's your location? Put your postcode into the site when you post a reply, and that should give people an idea of what you should be getting. Next, check your aerial system - if your signal is too weak, then it's your system, unless you are in an area which is marginal.
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Lindsay 4:42 PM
Mike when I put my postcode into the coverage checker it's saying not found' cos I've just moved into a new built estate....my location is Chapelhall and as I said I've been in my home now 2 months with all the same aerials working absolutely fine but woke up yesterday to the a black screen saying about not receiving a signal or weak signal and the channels I am getting are full of interference. I've contacted the makers of my recordable freeview box who suggested a factory reset but no change and I've also contacted the council to see if it's a reportable issue.
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Lindsay 5:20 PM
MikeP my postcode is not being recognised as it's a new estate, I've already tried putting it into the checker! Chapelhall is in North Lanarkshire which says there's no problems with the transmitter....I've had no problems for the 2 months I've been here, just happened all of a sudden....my postcode is ML68GW, I'm at a loss on what else to try.
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Lindsay 5:33 PM
No my postcode isn't wrong MikeP as I say it's just new houses but I'll try ur advice, thanks .
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Tuesday, 26 June 2018
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denis brogan10:59 PM
Uddingston last few weeks not getting freeview too good keeps telling me to re tune , done in tell blue in my face get some hd channels
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StevensOnln111:13 PM
denis brogan: Retuning will never fix a weak signal, as all you are doing is deleting your correctly tuned channels and searching for them again. You need to find the cause of the weak signal, so start by checking for loose or damaged cables and connections behind your TV.
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Friday, 7 September 2018
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Tom Tulloch9:07 AM
I can only get 29 tv channels in linlithgow isthere any thing I can do to improve this
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