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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 26km west (271°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-glasgow.jpg)
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, 8 November 2011
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Tim1:04 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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Tim's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 10 November 2011
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ian11:54 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
ian: Please can you have a look at Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Saturday, 12 November 2011
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ian7:09 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
ian: If that is the case then you might need to have a look at Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011
B
Brian8:14 AM
Glasgow
BrianH
Over the summer all freeview channels both standard and HD were fine from Blackhill.
In the last few weeks standard freeview is fine but HD has quality that jumps erratically sometimes even down to zero.
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 2 December 2011
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Morag6:29 PM
Can you tell me why there was ' no signal' in Strathblane on 30/11 please.
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Saturday, 10 December 2011
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Brian10:49 AM
Thanks for the response Briantist.
The quality of my Freeview HD reception is now very good again.
Over the period where the quality was poor the weather was bad with lots of heavy rain and wind. The weather then improved and the quality was better.
On Thursday 8th Dec 2011 when the high winds hit the country the quality was bad again.
My aerial is in the loft but the weather does look like the most likely reason for my quality problems.
Brian
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