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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Saturday, 18 November 2017
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StevensOnln111:25 AM
Anthony: If you provide a full postcode we can see the predicted coverage for your location. An indoor aerial may work if you are in a strong signal area, but most of them are rubbish (many are little more than a piece of wire sticking out of an amplifier).
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Thursday, 30 November 2017
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Eric Rinaldi6:56 PM
Glasgow
Hi there, I live in the west end of Glasgow (G13 1YG) and receive my freeview signal from the Black Hill transmitter. My aerial points in a westerly direction but I know the transmitter is in an easterly direction from my location. I am currently getting 62% signal strentgh on HD channels, would it be advisable for me to re-position my aerial,
many thanks
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StevensOnln111:14 PM
Eric Rinaldi: That sounds like your aerial is actually pointed at the Rosneath transmitter rather than Black Hill (both are predicted to give good coverage at your postcode, however Rosneath does not broadcast COM7, COM8 or the local mux). As Rosneath uses vertical polarisation, the little rods will be pointing up and down, rather than side to side for Black Hill. Realigning your aerial for Black Hill (along with remounting it for horizontal polarity) should gain you the additional HD channels on COM7 and COM8, along with STV2 on the local mux (or increase the signal strength if these services are already present but at low strength).
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Friday, 1 December 2017
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Eric Rinaldi1:55 PM
StevensOnln1: Hi there, although my aerial is pointing towards Rosneath, I've checked the channel frequencies and these tie up with Black Hill (although that's in the opposite direction). I don't know how this is possible and wonder if I would get a stronger signal by re-positioning my aerial?
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StevensOnln13:50 PM
Eric Rinaldi: Black Hill is on lower frequencies than Rosneath and so would be found first on an automatic scan if signals from both are present (you're equal distance from both and Black Hill broadcasts at a much higher power level - enough to be picked up off the back of the aerial). Realigning the aerial for Black Hill would increase your signal strength.
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Eric Rinaldi4:43 PM
StevensOnln1: Thanks very much for your help
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Wednesday, 6 December 2017
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Robert Carruthers12:06 PM
Up until Monday 4 December 2017, my signal quality was very good from the Tillicoultry Transmitter. Since Monday, I've lost the signal and many channels are now unavailable or distorted (including audio but no picture).
I did notice some men working on the mast who, it appears have installed ne antennae and since that these problems have appeared. Is this a coincidence or has this work affected a considerable amount of households?
Can you shed any light as to how these issues can be quickly be resolved please.
Robert Carruthers
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StevensOnln12:20 PM
Robert Carruthers: The frequencies used for Freeview on Tillicoultry are close to those used for 4G by the mobile networks. If the work you saw on the mast was to install new antennas for 4G mobile services, this would explain the problem you are now seeing. If you contact an organisation called at800 (see link below) they will be able to confirm if this is the case and they will send you a free plug in filter to connect to the incoming aerial feed behind your TV.
at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz
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Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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Iain Ferguson 9:53 PM
StevensOnln1: I have moved into a new house and can am thinking of installing a one for all SV9455 aerial in the loft. Am I likely to get good reception from Blackhill. My postcode is G61 3EG. (It's a new house and the postcode may not be on your database, G61 3TA is very close.
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Wednesday, 13 December 2017
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StevensOnln112:07 PM
Iain Ferguson : Neither of those postcodes gave a result on Digital UK's checker, however picking another postcode from the same area on Google Maps shows that you should be able to receive a good signal strength from Black Hill. I wouldn't suggest using a panel type aerial like that, as they are often little more than a piece of wire sticking out of an amplifier. You would be better off with a directional aerial such as Log36 type which are a Log Periodic wideband design and will be suitable for receiving all current and future frequencies used for Freeview.
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