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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Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Dave Lindsay
5:01 PM
5:01 PM
grainne: In order to answer any question on reception it is necessary to know one's location. As you are attempting to receive from more than one transmitter then it is also relevant as to where your aerial or aerials point, and if you have two whether they are combined and fed into your TV.
Depending on your location you might find that reception of Freeview is variable, such as because there is another transmitter on the same frequency which might cause you difficulty at some or all times.
Blurry pictures relate to analogue pictures and Freeview and Saorview are exclusively digital, and bad reception can result in blocky pictures and break-up of picture.
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Thursday, 1 October 2015
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GMAN737:24 PM
Glasgow
Blackhill is still showing as Weak Signal. Purchased a new TV and cannot get some of the HD channels, BBC News HD, Al jazeera HD, etc.
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MikeB8:06 PM
Macclesfield
GMAN73: Could be a number of things. If the signal is very weak, then perhaps the HD Mux might have dropped out. However, it could also be due to your system - a weak connection etc means that the signal strength drops below what your tuner can pick up. And if your not getting any HD channels at all, make sute that your TV has an HD tuner in it - sadly, not all do, even now.
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jb389:33 PM
GMAN73: Apart from that mentioned by MikeB, another factor has to be taken into consideration, this being the fact that engineering work is presently taking place at Blackhill, a warning of "possible weak signal" having been posted on this weeks engineering notice board.
Its always advisable to check if anyone else in the area is also experiencing similar problems with reception, or if the problem is confined to your installation, such as by a deficiency in your aerial installation. If though on the other hand the problem "is" being experienced by others, then there is nothing you can really do about the situation except to wait until the TX power returns to normal.
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Saturday, 10 October 2015
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GMAN7310:24 PM
Glasgow
Any idea when this Engineering works will finish. Digital Uk have had Blackhill listed as "possible weak signal" for god knows how long now.
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Tuesday, 24 November 2015
I am afraid the signals are breaking up o BBC channels and HD you get broken sound no pictures.My postcode is PA7 5HD.
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MikeP2:43 PM
Trowbridge
Alexei Romanov:
If you look at theposting above yours, and assuming your are using the Black Hill transmitter, then the possible weak signals will cause just what you are experiencing. Do not perform a retune else you will lose programmes and have to do another retune once the work has been completed.
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Tuesday, 1 December 2015
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Maurice7:13 PM
Hello
Can you confirm or otherwise is the com 7 HD channel 32 currently being trasmitted?
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015
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Maurice10:08 AM
Re channel 32. Thank you for reply. The reason I asked is that I can receive all other Blackhill channels but on both of my HD tuners there is no suggestion of a signal being present on channel 32. As I used to install tv aerial I am totally bafelled why I cannot receive some glimmer of a signal. I know I live In Fintry (G630YQ) I am not supposed to receive Blackhill but as I have the a high gain aerial ( Wolsey HG 36 group B) + an Ikusi WB 32db gain amp and receiving channels, 35HD,40HD,41SD,43SD,44SD,46SD,47SD & 51SD but no 32HD. I have a Panasonic TV (No HD tuner) which idicates a full signal on 32 but alas on tv with HD tuner and my Humax HD PVR no suggetion of signal. I note that that channel 32 has a higher transmission power than channel 35 So why do I not receive it? It only 3.7db down on full power! Any suggestions?
Thank you
Maurice
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