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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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Black Hill transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)576mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C43 (650.0MHz)576mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C40 (626.0MHz)576mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)576mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)576mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)576mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LG
 H -13dB
C30 (546.0MHz)576mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 2nd June 2014: 8 STV Glasgow,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 26km west (271°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
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 ATransposer22 km NW Oban15 homes
BalquhidderTransposer12 km NW Callander42 homes
Benmore BActive deflector50 m WNW Glasgow7 homes
Blair DrummondTransposer5 homes caravan park
Blyth BridgeActive deflector30 km SW Edinburgh50 homes
GlendaruelActive deflector40 hotel40 homes hotel
Glendaruel BActive deflector12 homes (second level)

How will the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1957-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-133 Oct 2018
VHFB E TB E TB E TE TW T
C10ITVwaves
C30_local
C32com7
C35com8
C37C5wavesC5waves
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C41+SDNSDN
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C44ArqAArqA
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C47ArqBArqB
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C51tv_offLG
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_off_localCOM8tv_off

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Comments
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:14 AM

Re: offensive (and deleted) message posted here.

There is no ITV2 HD on Freeview. There is no Film4 HD on Freeview, there is no "software update" to magically get Film4 HD on Freeview, it is *exclusive* to Virgin Media - About Film4HD - Film4 .

Analogue radio stations from this transmitter, as provided by Ofcom: BBC Radio 2 89.9MHz at 125.0kW, BBC Radio 3 92.1MHz at 125.0kW (as 89.9MHz), BBC Radio Scotland 94.3MHz at 125.0kW (as 89.9MHz), BBC Radio 4 95.8MHz at 100.0kW, Forth FM 97.6MHz at 100W, BBC Radio 1 99.5MHz at 125.0kW (as 89.9MHz), Real Radio 100.3MHz at 10.0kW, Classic FM 101.7MHz at 125.0kW (as 89.9MHz), Clyde 1 102.5MHz at 10.0kW, BBC Radio nan Gaidheal 104.7MHz at 5.0kW, Smooth 105.2MHz at 15.0kW, Capital FM Scotland (Central Sco 106.1MHz at 10.0kW (as 100.3MHz). From http://stakeholders.ofcom....csv .

DAB services from Black Hill, as provided by Ofcom: Glasgow DAB mux: 96.3 Rock Radio BBC Scotland Clyde 1 Clyde 2 heat radio Jazz FM KISS LBC New service 1 Sunrise Radio Edinburgh DAB mux: 96.3 Rock Radio BBC Scotland FORTH 2 Forth One heat radio KISS LBC Sunrise Radio ONLY - http://stakeholders.ofcom....csv . BBC National DAB and D1 National are on other masts, Craigkelly DAB transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice covering the area.

COM6/ArqB: Same services (as confirmed by DMOL) in all parts of the UK, includes 711 The Hits radio, 712 Smash Hits!, 713 Kiss, 714 heat, 715 Magic, 716 Q, 718 Smooth radio, 722 Kerrang!, 725 Premier Radio. DMOL Post-DSO Multiplex Channel Allocations

If you are going to post offensive comments, at least get your facts straight.

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Briantist's 38,915 posts GB flag
Friday, 4 November 2011
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Raymond Baxter
2:20 AM

I have been experiencing break up ITV around 6pm last evening, and a timer set for STV news went to 2 and a half hours!
Currently we have only BBC channels with 100% signal.
The signal on ITV came back briefly, without sound and breaking up! Then the screen displayed the NO VIDEO message!

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Raymond Baxter's 2 posts GB flag
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:33 AM

Raymond Baxter: There are no reported problems with the transmitter - can you please have a look at Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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Tim
1:00 PM
Kilmacolm

Post I sent recently seems to have been lost, so here we go again.
Mike - we have a booster in the attic because there are about 5 TV sockets in the house and I thought it made sense to do the splits this way. However, as it turns out, there is usually only 1 TV turned on at any one time.
Mux2 signal strength drops below 30 and teh bit error rate climbs drastically when we lose signal - as you would expect. The other Muxs' are all sitting rock steady at between 70 and 75 signal strength with 0 BER. So there has got to be something either wrong with the transmitter or interfering with the Mux2 signal. If it was interference, I would expect another Mux nearest in frequency to Mux 2 to be affected as well (unless the interfering signal is very narrow band - which I would have expected if it was a washing machine or central heating pump - they would be fairly broadband). Mobile phone, OK, would agree, but are there mobile wavelenths operating around 650 MHz? If so, that would appear to be a "design" fault on someone's part. So, still a mystery. But thanks again for the replies.

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Tim
1:02 PM
Kilmacolm

Ooops. Should read.... (unless the interfering signal is very narrow band - which I would NOT have expected if it was a washing machine or central heating pump - they would be fairly broadband).

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Tim
1:04 PM
Kilmacolm

Mike, forgot to answer your question. Signals all coming from Blackhill - frequencies match. Interference seems to last between 10 to 60 minutes when it does happen.

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Thursday, 10 November 2011
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ian
11:54 PM

any ideas what's going on with freeview hd from blackhill, had 13% signal quality and 62% strength at 10:30 for russell howard, then back at 86% quality and 88% strength at 11:45. had same issue during grandprix last sunday. why is signal more eratic now than before switchover. ps normal freeview 100% quality and 95% strength all the way through.

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Friday, 11 November 2011
Saturday, 12 November 2011
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ian
7:09 PM

thanks briantist, had a look at page and went round turning off heating etc but to no avail. something from someone elses house is either interfering or the signal from blackhill keeps getting turned up and down. currently 49% quality and 82% power, was 100% quality and 95% power around about 5:30. i'm finding it all rather bizarre.

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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
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