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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Monday, 7 January 2013
d kaye: How is the feed from the aerial split to the different rooms?
If it is a power splitter (distribution amplifier) then this could point to it being at fault.
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Monday, 18 February 2013
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HOWIE10:59 AM
Is South Glasgow likely to be affected by the 4G signal?
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HOWIE: I should imagine that there will be some viewers within the South Glasgow area that will be affected.
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Thursday, 13 June 2013
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Pat7:34 PM
Can some help we have HUMAX HDR-FOX T2 BOUGHT IN ENGLAND TO USE IN SPAIN. after going through set up procedure in manual can not get a signal. We are in Murcia Spain post code 30859 has anyone any ideas help or suggestion of how to get us up and running.
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Friday, 5 July 2013
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Ian Young10:11 AM
Have been receiving signal from Blackhill for years. Suddenly morning 4 July signal has become unwatchable on all channels. Signal strength normally ran about 80/90 with only occasional 1/2 bit errors. Now signal strength jumps between 0 and 80 with bit errors between 0 and 2000. There seems to be a rhythmical pattern to this 0/80 signal strength. Have tried retune and it takes a while but still picks up Blackhill. Anyone any further ideas, wondering about interference from any newly switched on transmitters close to Howood/Lochwinnoch(possibly 4G)?
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Ian Young: Is this on all six channels (five it isn't a HD receiver)?
Those channels being:
BBC One
STV
BBC One HD
ITV3
Pick TV
Film4
If you are using an amplifier try bypassing it.
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Ian Young4:25 PM
Lochwinnoch
Thanks Dave
Yes it is on all 6 channels(40,41,43,44,46,47) and yes it has a masthead amplifier, so not easy to bypass. Have tried another aerial, in the loft, which has built in amp (DAT45 with MRD) and get same result but lower signal strength 0/70 errors 0/2000. System is fed from a Labgear HDU681 and has worked fine for several years. This extreme range of signal strengths only started yesterday morning and is still present. Have tried retune to Darvel which used to be available to me at lower signal strength, now totally unable to receive. Seems like I get good signal for about 2 seconds then something blanks it for 4-6 seconds on a regular/harmonic basis.
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Saturday, 6 July 2013
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Ian Young4:56 PM
Lochwinnoch
All back to normal morning of 6 July, none the wiser as to why !
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb385:39 PM
Ian Young: But the question is just how long will your good fortune last at this time of the year when atmospheric conditions play such a large role in reception, and especially so when your signal is only being received through diffraction due to the line of sight signal path from the Blackhill transmitter being blocked from roughly 2 - 9 miles prior to your location.
But though, and although its neither here nor there if your reception has returned to normal, but when reading the run down on equipment used I was wondering what had influenced your decision to use the Labgear HDU681 for long distance reception when its such a relatively low powered device only offering a 8dB gain on its UHF outputs? albeit I do appreciate that you are possibly using its other multi-band capabilities.
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Thursday, 11 July 2013
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Vince Mathieson5:19 PM
Why can't I receive Gold Radio on DAB in Motherwell just now?
Vince
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