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 25/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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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Saturday, 25 June 2011
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Scott12:31 PM
LD: The link seems to be broken. Have you tried a manual tune for the relevant multiplexes? Also, is there a manual setting to choose 8k mode?
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David S.H.
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
I had no problems tuning in my freeview box and my grandmothers upstairs & downstairs freeview boxes.
But my sisters freeview box in her bedroom was a different matter, for a while now the box has been picking up 800 numbers (very old hardware by freeview standards) but when she tried to scan she lost all the BBC channels.
When I eventually got to it I had to do "auto scan - replace all services", then to pick up the rest of the channels "auto scan - add more services". I've been trying to get her a new freeview box for a while now but she's not having any of it. Hell, her "channel ^" button doesn't even work anymore...
#facepalm
She's stubborn, I think I'm going to try and get her a little LCD tv, sneak it in and sneak the CRT out lol
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Scott4:17 PM
David SH: Would you not be better avoiding autoscan and scanning only the multiplexes you are actually looking for? The numbers are helpfully provided in this site. You would need to clear out all the existing stuff first, usually by autoscan with the aerial unplugged.
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Scott7:06 PM
The link still throws up an error message BTW. It seems suspicious that it should end in = as I expect it would need to equal something.
However, that aside, my box is different so my comments may be inapplicable. Mine in manual mode but not automatic mode allows you to select 2k and change it to 8k.
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
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LD10:46 AM
That link shouldn't end in = (don't know why it did: here it is again - maybe I didn't cut and paste it properly, sorry.
Pioneer dbr-tf100 after DSO - Technical - Digital Spy Forums (KY85NJ)
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LD11:25 AM
Just found this site might be useful for some:
Firmware update Freeview info:
Firmware updates for My Device | Freeview Firmware (KY85NJ)
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Alan2:07 PM
Glasgow
Just wanted to say after my comments on 21/06, above, that the problems I had appear to have resolved after the second switchover on 22/06. Cheers.
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Alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Adam8:44 PM
Motherwell
Hi, I'm still having problems here in Motherwell. Everyone tells me I should receive from blackhill but nothing, I can only get BBC channels and these come from darvel! I had no problem getting freeview channels before the switchover. Tried manual tuning but get nothing. Help!
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Scott10:22 PM
Adam: Mad question I know but I assume you used the new channel numbers for the manual tune and not the old ones?
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Monday, 27 June 2011
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Adam12:38 AM
Motherwell
Hi Scott, yes used the new numbers but get a message saying "service not collected"
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