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 April 2017
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StevensOnln110:12 AM
Maurice Murphy: There hasn't been any information published on frequency changes for local multiplexes yet as they are broadcast at much lower power levels than the main PSB/COM multiplexes and don't require international co-ordination (which is where the frequency change data has come from).
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Sunday, 4 June 2017
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JOHN LOVE9:28 PM
I am unable to receive stv2 on freeview8 from blackhill transmitter. i receive all other channels including hd. is this an Ariel problem?. post code eh479bd
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jb3811:39 PM
JOHN LOVE: Your area is located on the outer extremities of the rear coverage area of this transmitters aerial system hence the reason for your difficulty in reception of said programme. However, you should try manually tuning in STV2 on C51 / 714.0mhz, as this can sometimes overcome problems experienced during auto tuning where a lower powered multiplex might be bypassed.
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Sunday, 11 June 2017
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J M Adams6:25 PM
We are experiencing major disruption to all channels other than the bbc ( and ones on that channel) this has happened in summer when wind and rain . Is this due to reduced transmission strength combined with leaves on trees at top of hill behind us. No other transmitter works ( Dumbarton used to) . Not normally an issue in winter with no leaves but might get worse as trees grow.
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J M Adams6:33 PM
Johnstone
J M Adams: we live in Johnstone PA5 8JT
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J's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB7:05 PM
Peterborough
J M Adams: You only have to ask once....
Ok - since you gave your postcode, you can see the links at the bottom of your last post - and R T services reports no problem with your transmitter, your just 38km away with a clear signal path, etc. So you should be getting an excellent signal.
Which leaves you. Check your signal strength on all muxes - if they are low to non-existant, then its your system, which is the normal way of things (transmitters never just reduce the signal strength other than for brief work or there is a major problem).
Check all your connections, but since you say its worse in wind and rain, sounds like someone has to go up a ladder, which probably means a pro. Could be water in a connection, loose cable or simply that the arial has had it.
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J M Adams9:10 PM
Mike
Thanks for your reply. I don't know why it posted 7 times? I will get an aerial company to check for me ( although I wonder as this really only happens in the summer).
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Saturday, 29 July 2017
i live in east kilbride (freeview) can someone tell me why we dont get channel 87 , and is there any way i get this channel from another source
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StevensOnln110:55 PM
rayprow: Please provide a full postcode so we can see which transmitters cover your location and where you are in relation to them, along with your predicted signal strength etc which will allow us to advise on which services you should be able to receive.
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Friday, 17 November 2017
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Anthony10:57 PM
I'm in a rented property and I'm not allowed to install a free view aerial is there such a thing as an indoor one which will work where others have failed I live in johnstone renfrewshire
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