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.
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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?
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
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Monday, 22 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:58 AM
9:58 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 5 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 19 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
4:04 PM
4:04 PM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 September 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 3 September 2024
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Ross10:43 AM
What work are they doing here ? because it shows its been going on for ages. ever since work, my TV just breaks up. Its also new works every week.
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Chris.SE2:04 PM
Ross:
We don't know Ross. Arqiva never provide the details of the work being carried out or how long it may last as some it it will/can be weather dependant. There has been similar extended works on many transmitters (mostly main transmitters) and from what we have gleaned in some cases is that it's likely to be work on the structure of the mast and it's stays etc. to ensure it's not corroding and likely to come down in severe weather.
This sort of work involves working close to the antennae and so involves reduced power or short breaks in transmission for safety reasons.
Bearing in mind your previous posts, I would contact RestoreTV again and tell them you are still having problems despite the filter and hopefully they'll send an engineer free of charge to sort it out.
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Monday, 9 September 2024
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
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Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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