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, 13 August 2011
Scott: Sorry, just once or twice you might see a spam message for a few minutes.
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Sunday, 14 August 2011
Anyone else having problems with the sound on 4HD? Watching a film and lost the main sound, just left with the ambient sound. Checked the setting on the tv but can't get the sound back. Any ideas?
(Sony Bravia 703EX)
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jb388:54 PM
Adrian Tobin: Well the obvious question would be if its only doing this on Ch4 HD? and is the sound OK on the other BBC / ITV HD channels? as if it is its inclined to indicate that the problem might be outwith your control by being a transmission fault.
If by any chance it is occurring on the other channels mentioned, or even just continuing on Ch4 HD beyond the programme that you are presently viewing, then try switching the set completely off at the mains for about 15 seconds or so before powering it back up again.
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Monday, 15 August 2011
Adrian Tobin: This type of problem can happen when you have some form of Dolby system enabled on your set/receiver/hifi but do not the required extra speakers (in particular the dialogue) one.
If you can see a "Dolby" option, turn it off.
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
R
Ross10:52 PM
Bathgate
My ariel is roof mounted and receiving signals from Blackhill. I have been using a Top up TV card to watch ESPN via a CAM card for 12 months with no problem. About 2 weeks ago I lost my HD signals and eventually tracked it down to the CAM When inserted to receive Espn no HD channels, when removed all HD channels. Called Topup TV who said it was a known problem which they could not offer a solution except to insert and remove CAM as required.
Is this caused by Blackhill transmitting both on same frequency or somehow conflicting?
Any help would be appriciated.
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Ross: No, ESPN is on Multiplex SDN C41+ (634.2MHz) 64QAM 8k 2/3 24Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 and Freeview HD is on BBCB C40 (626.0MHz) 256QAM 32k 2/3 40Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4.
If TUTV say it is a "known problem" then they should be able to fix it, otherwise they are not taking "due care" with your viewing experiences.
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
R
Ross11:42 AM
Bathgate
Briantist
Thanks for the info and prompt reply. I will get back onto TUTV.
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Saturday, 17 September 2011
R
Ross1:56 PM
Bathgate
Briantist
I contacted TUTV again and they have been instructed not to admitt that the problem lies with them and they are unable to solve it.
First they said it was a software/firmware issue with TV. When I explained it had been ok for a year and the same version of software was in TV since new as I had taken a note of it when I first switched it on, they then said it was due to a stronger signal from Blackhill since the digital switch over.
In the end they offered me a TUTV box to use my card with instead of the CAM.
The two options I now are left with are:
Insert and remove Cam to watch TUTV or HD as required. or
Connect TUPV box, use the tuner in that to watch TUTV and then switch to the tuner in my TV to watch HD channels.
None of the two are ideal.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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