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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) mast?
Black Hill transmitter - Black Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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
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, 1 January 2011
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Tony8:35 PM
Glasgow
Hi there,
I seem to have a similar problem trying to access HD channels on my Sony KDL 32EX403 from East Kilbride. Although I am slightly closer to Darvil, my aerial points to Black Hill because the signal for it is stronger.
I get good reception on the freeview channels but no HD channels in my EPG. Very disappointing.
Any suggestions?
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Tony's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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andrew121010:40 PM
Hi, yep same problem as we had, HD group nowhere to be seen and we're < 2miles away from Blackhill, but it must be the height issue. I would think it would be the same as us, wait until the end of June when switchover happens and HD power is cranked up.
Briantist: I assume there is a big difference between SD and HD? Never having seen an HD picture I don't know what I am missing out on!
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Monday, 3 January 2011
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Scotto2:08 PM
Glasgow
I see there are two mistakes in the list of HD channels from Black Hill. 50 is shown as 'BBC One HD (Scotland)' but at present HD is a 'national' channel with no 'regional' variations. 51 is shown as 'ITV1 HD' but ITV does not operate in (this part of) Scotland. The service is STV HD.
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Scott2:18 PM
Glasgow
Can I change my name back to Scott? !!!
I see the explanation that the new digital signals (100kW) will be coming from the main elements at the top of the mast (currently used for analogue). AIUI these signals will come from the newly constructed mast which is not used for analogue and the mast currently used for analogue will be reduced in height.
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
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Tony10:43 PM
Further to my earlier post, the HD channels are now working for me albeit not as clearly as the non HD channels. I'm not sure what changed but perhaps the reception conditions improved when I manually retuned.
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Wednesday, 5 January 2011
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Scott10:17 AM
Tony, mine has worked throughout (and I am further from the transmitter than you are). Maybe your aerial is dodgy (remember the HD signal is only 50% of the power of the main Freeview channels). The problem may resolve after DSO when power levels are vastly increased (10x in the case of HD).
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graeme11:37 PM
Hi I'm in grangemouth . I'm pretty sure my aerial which is only a year old point south west which I think is blackhill. I can't get any HD channels on my new Sony 40 EX713 with Review hd.
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Thursday, 6 January 2011
graeme: If that is the case you may have to wait until switchover, Wednesday 22nd June 2011, to get the signal.
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Scott10:35 AM
Graeme - I've got the Sony 37 EX503 and I am in the west end of Glasgow, which must be further from the transmitter than you are, and I get perfect HD reception. The Sony allows you to check the signal strength and picture quality (Options > System Information). It would be interesting to see what signal strength you are getting on the channels you are receiving as this might give a clue. Remember HD is reduced power at the moment, to be resolved in June.
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Monday, 10 January 2011
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graeme3:13 PM
Tony, ill try that tonight. We are way below Shotts and can only just see the top of black hill. That might be the problem if the HD channels are running on low power.
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