Full Freeview on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Tuesday, 24 December 2013
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robert moore 9:31 PM
no problems at blackhill? - peak time(2130) on 24/12/13 and even bbc channels are down- this happens every year for a month either side of xmas on a variety of channels -time to review their staffing
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Sunday, 29 December 2013
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Scott9:58 AM
When you say 'down' do you mean there was no BBC television, which would seem unlikely, or do you mean the signal strength is down, which could be due to weather conditions?
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Sunday, 12 January 2014
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Raymond4:21 PM
Glasgow
Have just recently lost my BBC Channels on freeview and have to retune ny freeview tv to get back the bbc channels, but next time I switch tv on I have to retune again. could it be interference from 4g ???, we live in East kilbride so usually no `reception problems
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Raymond's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
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Ross Bradley8:20 PM
BBCB channels seem to be a bit scrambled at the moment. No other channels affected. Started at the weekend I think.
Anyone know of any current issues or is it down to the awful weather?
Thanks, Ross.
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Monday, 20 January 2014
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Graeme3:40 PM
Livingston
Lost all my channels today based in livingston something is up with black hill or I am getting interference from 4g?
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Graeme's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB4:23 PM
Graeme: If you click on the links next to your post, you'll find that your transmitters seem to be fine, and your not close to a 4G station (why does everyone blame 4G ?) - so its probably your aerial. Ask your neighbours - if they are ok, then it must be your aerial.
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Thursday, 31 July 2014
MikeP
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Mr C Gardner:
What programme are you expecting to receive on Logical Channel Number (LCN) 23?
There is no MUX broadcasting on channel 23 (487 MHz) from the Black Hill transmitter at this time. See above for a listing of all currently available services and future developments.
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Michael10:17 PM
MikeP: STV Glasgow is on LCN 23, but I without a postcode presumably Mr C Gardner you are outside of the coverage area for the local TV mux.
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jb3811:27 PM
Mr C Gardner: Digital UK is indicating that Blackhill's L-GLW Mux is transmitting on C51, although only on a power of 5 Kw compared to 100Kw as used by the other six main transmitters, the new COM7 Mux (HD only) on C32 being on 42.899Kw.
Needless to say, whether or not you will be able to receive the L-GLW transmission depends entirely on where you are located relative to that of the transmitter.
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