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
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Friday, 12 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 15 May 2023
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 May 2023
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 5 June 2023
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11:09 AM
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 June 2023
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4:07 AM
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 28 July 2023
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 24/07/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 31 July 2023
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 31/07/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 11 August 2023
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 August 2023
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 18 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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