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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Thursday, 11 July 2013
Vince Mathieson: See:
Ofcom | Radio Broadcast Update May 2013
Gold was removed from the Central Scotland multiplex in May.
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Friday, 12 July 2013
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Ian Young7:57 AM
jb38: Thanks for comments,yes I am using the other capabilities of the HDU681. It is used to downlink terestial and sat to main room then uplink TV + Sat & video to rest of house. The unit also supplies a 16db masthead amplifier before input to HDU681. System has worked fine since pre digital, apart from these 2 days when it was completely unwatchable. Hopefully a one off occasion!
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Saturday, 13 July 2013
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David Dunbar8:18 PM
Hi I received Let's be CLEAR 800 Package through the post a few weeks ago. What do I do with it thanks?
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David dunbar8:24 PM
Glasgow
Glasgow G12 0JX
I received a Let's be CLEAR 800 PACKAGE THROUGH THE POST A FEW WEEKS AGO. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT PLEASE CAN U HELP THANKS.
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Michael8:53 PM
Burntisland
David dunbar: How about reading it?
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Michael's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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David Dunbar10:35 PM
Glasgow
9 Endfield avenue G12 0JX
There is NOTHING TO READ. Its inthe form of a cable!!!!
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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DAVID DUNBAR10:45 PM
Glasgow
G12 0JX
I have read the enclosed leaflet Michael in Burntisland, still none the wiser
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jb3811:08 PM
David Dunbar: These units are simply placed in-line with the aerial connection to your TV or box, if though the aerial downlead is being fed into a booster / splitter then the AT800 filters "output" is connected into the boosters "input" rather than the aerial, the latter being connected into the AT800's filters input.
Mast head amps are a problem though, as by rights the filter should really be fitted between the aerial and the mast head amps input, and if this applies in your installation I would contact AT800 about this.
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jb3811:13 PM
David Dunbar: Also meant to add, that I see why AT800 has sent you this device, as on checking I noticed that you are surrounded by ten mobile phone transmitters, some of having possibly installed 4G transmitters ready to spring into action once that the service starts.
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Sunday, 14 July 2013
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Vince Mathieson2:43 PM
Thanks to Dave Lindsay for answering my question about Gold. Do you know why it was removed from the Central Scotland multiplex?
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