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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
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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;
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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
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
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John
10:45 PM

I live on the Glasgow airport flight path and when a plane lands I lose signal quality, so that I have no picture for two or four seconds. Seems to only happen on BBCB transmissions. Any ideas what I can do?

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Chris.SE
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11:28 PM

John:

We are going to need a full postcode to look at predicted reception at your location before we can offer any constructive advice.

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Thursday, 17 October 2019
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7:28 PM

John:

Hmm, tricky one. According to the DigitalUK checker for your postcode, see About us | Freeview reception of the BBCB multiplex is excellent. Are you not getting any issues with other HD channels on the COMs 7&8 muxes?

Whether slight repositioning of the aerial may help is difficult to say, if you can check that it's pointing at 106deg. (16deg. S of E) - borrow a compass? Whether tilting it slightly up may help, or just alter the problem to just before they touch-down again is almost impossible to say. If you can easily and safely get to your aerial, experimenting is really the option.

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J
John
8:44 PM

Thanks Chris

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Saturday, 19 October 2019
J
John
6:27 PM

Chris I now seem to have BBCB on 530.005 MHz, this was previously 626.000 MHz. Still have the same issue. Not able to reposition aerial. Any thoughts as to why?

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8:00 PM

John:

You have BBCB on 530MHz which is UHF28 because you are picking it up from Darvel and it's lower power than Black Hill as well as further away, this will not be helping.
What wasn't clear is how long you've had the problem, if it's just since a retune in/since September when only the Local mux moved, then you've been unlucky.

It's also possible your aerial is not pointing in quite the direction it should be, although the beam-width may be sufficient to allow sufficient reception from Darvel. Can you not at least check the angle your aerial is pointing?
It should be 16deg. S of E (106deg) for Black Hill. Darvel is 178deg. almost due S.

I suggest that you unplug the aerial and do an automatic tune - this should clear all previous tuning as no signals are being received. Then plug the aerial back in and do a manual tune for each of the UHF channels from Black Hill. You should see channels from the coverage checker, but for clarity they are - Ch.no:(MHz) -
46 (674), 43 (650), 40 (626), 41+ (634.167), 44 (658), 47 (682), 55 (746), 56 (754), 30 (546) in the order
PSB1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, COM7, COM8, Local.

If you want to convert UHF channel number to MHz at any time see Help | Freeview


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John
8:58 PM

Thanks again Chris . Cheers

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Sunday, 20 October 2019
J
John
12:58 PM

Hi Chris, I've checked alignment and it is same as others in the street , approx 106, it could be 103, would that have an influence? Magnetic of course.

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6:24 PM

John:

That minor difference is unlikely to make much difference. But once you are tuned to the correct transmitter, as I'd said previously, it may be a case of experimenting and if you can't get to your aerial easily, it's difficult to say what might be best.
From your location, what direction is the runway in and where they touch down?
Do any of your neighbours get a similar problem?

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