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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Thursday, 13 January 2011
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Mike8:57 PM
In Milton Keynes, Freeview channel 9 (BBC 4) no moving picture, but every few seconds a still image, heavily pixellated appears, with bursts of speech. Also channel 2 when going on red button to watch snooker, no picture or sound. All other channels seem ok.
Possibly engineering work? No info found.
13/1/2011
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IRIS9:03 PM
Glasgow
My TV channels are disappearing at night, how long will this go on for?
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IRIS's: ...
Friday, 14 January 2011
IRIS: "on 12 and 13 January 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV will be affected by periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00 Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, and MuxA will be affected by periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00"
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ian twist8:44 PM
anyone know why blackhill is transmitting mux b (bbc4/cbbebies) on less power than normal for the last 2 days,my tv in the extension has lost these (the aeriel is bungalow height)but the main tv on a high up aeriel is still fine
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Saturday, 15 January 2011
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Scott11:24 AM
I would take a guess thst it might be due to engineering work in preparation for the switch-over to digital only services later in the year.
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David Sharp12:42 PM
I wonder if anyone can give any insight to receiving the HD Mux from Central Scotland (Blackhill)
I am of the belief that the HD Mux is being transmitted a very low power 10kW pre DSO, and that the actual antenna is mounted relatively low on the actual transmitter.
I am located 7 miles from the transmitter and there are not any significant obstacles between myself and the transmitter.
I have a brand new, high quality wide band aerial (DY14WB), all high quality cabling, and screened outlets and I am getting superb picture, both in terms of signal quality and signal strength. I can receive 100% of the freeview channels (106 from memory) and I can view all of them BUT I cannot receive any of the HD Mux (channel 59 I believe?)
I cannot get my aerial any higher than it already is (planning restrictions).
The question I have is, do you think fitting a good quality Masthead Amp (possibly variable up to 16dB) would enhance my chances of getting the HD Mux?....or is it more likely that its just the low power transmission and physical site of the transmitter that is the problem, and waiting until DSO when the signal gets increased is the realistic answer?
Cheers for any input. (55.8005,-4.0147)
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