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, 12 April 2011
John P: No, the signal has not changed and will not until Wednesday 22nd June 2011. Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Scott9:44 PM
Darryl: my interpretation was different to yours. I took 'cross shape, due N, S, E, W' to mean that the signal was concentrated in these specific directions and 'nominally omnidirectional' to mean that it was not truly omnidirectional.
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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steve6:36 PM
I've just found these posts, so apologies if I am repeating earlier questions. Like Graeme, my HD channels have gone. My aerial is pointed at Blackhill too. I was getting HD until about two weeks ago, now nothing. When I do the manual search on my Humax pvr Fox t2 I get zero signal strength on channel 59. I'm in Dollar (FK14). Any suggestions?
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Mike Dimmick7:37 PM
Scott: It's what's called a 'skew-fire' array. The low-power DTT aerial at the top of the mast is also a skew-fire array, and so is the old analogue array for BBC, STV and C4 analogue. The radiation pattern for the three different aerials should be much the same, although some people could have problems with the terrain on C5 and HD because they're further down the mast.
You can see pictures at http://www.thebigtower.com/live/BlackHill/61P21000306062.htm
They have built a new mast, and I don't know whether it's in service, when it went into service if it is, and which services transferred.
Since the reports of problems with the HD service seem prevalent, try going through the BBC interference page. Go to BBC - Reception problems and enter your own postcode. (I've copied that link from John P's post.) If you go far enough through the wizard, you eventually get to a form where you can email them.
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Neil Morgan8:13 PM
Hi
I live in Ayr, Ayrshire. The reception on 505 MHz is terrible but everything else is ok. I have a bt vision system and when I check the signal strength and quality it is at roughly 60% on all channels except channels using 505 MHz the strength is good but quality is roughly 5%. Does anyone else have the same problem?
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Friday, 15 April 2011
Neil Morgan: No services are provided on 505MHz. C25 is on 506MHz. I would see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Neil Morgan7:10 PM
Hi
Thanks for the reply but it def says 505mhz. Any idea what might be causing the problem, I have unplugged everything except the tv and bt vision box.
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Saturday, 16 April 2011
Neil Morgan: Can you provide your full postcode please?
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Friday, 6 May 2011
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Anthony12:20 PM
Have had problems with the HD channels on freeview over the past week. I use a One For All indoor aerial, and even though its not perfect i footered around with it when first got it and as long as the thing is tilted i get between 68 and 72 signal strength with, what my tv says is, 1700 and 1920 bit error level.
As long as this error level does not go up to 2000 i get a stable picture however this past week is been acting up and now i am getting full bit error level (2000) so not picture. Its just a bit of a co-incidence that all these HD signal problems are happening at the same time with the Blackhill transmitter.
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Anthony: As a general rule, you need a rooftop aerial for reliable Freeview reception.
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