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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Monday, 6 October 2014
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MikeB10:50 PM
kenneth okane: There might be another reason - you might have a break or weak point in the aerial system, and when it rains, water gets into the cabling, which messes up your reception.
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Dave Lindsay
11:48 PM
11:48 PM
MikeB, kenneth okane: As the aerial system appears to be a communal one then the exact reason is largely immaterial as in such circumstances Kenneth needs to report the fault to the party responsible for it in order to achieve rectification.
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Thursday, 1 January 2015
Hello, I live in fk54nj I have lost all bbc channels? Everything else is working. No eastenders for me tonight!
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Friday, 9 January 2015
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Lesley Crooks8:14 PM
Glasgow
I have lost all digital channels again tonight, as have my neighbours. My postcode is G3 7ER. Anyone else in my area the same? Happened on wednesday night too, for an hour.
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Dave Lindsay
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
Lesley Crooks: Well, if you and the neighbours you're referring to are using a communal aerial system then that would seem to point firmly at it. Thus, you need to raise the issue with your landlord, or whatever party maintains the aerial system.
It is a little odd that it keeps going on and off. This could be indicative of the power to the system being turned on and off, maybe by accident.
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Monday, 12 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
BLACK HILL transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BLACK HILL transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Friday, 6 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:46 today to 01:42 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:10 on 04 Feb to 15:57 on 04 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:48 yesterday to 11:45 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:28 on 03 Feb to 13:24 on 03 [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:46 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:10 on 04 Feb to 15:57 on 04 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:48 on 05 Feb to 11:45 on 05 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:28 on 03 Feb to 13: [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:46 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:10 on 04 Feb to 15:57 on 04 Feb, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 16:25 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:25 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:4 [BBC]
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