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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Friday, 10 June 2016
MikeP
12:22 AM
12:22 AM
J Henderson & Bob Rowatt:
It is very likely to be the current atmospherics that causes apparent loss of signals. The high pressure area is expected to move away over the weekend.
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Bob Rowatt11:29 AM
Many thanks Mike P.
You have to agree though that it is a bit poor that you can only watch some channels in bad weather! Can anything be done to restore the missing channels during high pressure phases?
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MikeP
5:51 PM
5:51 PM
Bob Rowatt:
We have no way of changing the perfectly natural variation of the atmosphere. It has happened for as long as transmissions at the frequency range usually affected by the phenomenon have been in use for TV transmissions, more than 50 years. It will happen again at any time there is the atmospheric conditions for it to occur and will continue to do so all the time such frequencies are used - which is why it doesn't affect internet connections made via copper/aluminium, coaxial cable (Virgin) or fibre optics, but it may affect some WiFi services.
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Sunday, 12 June 2016
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Suddenly after ten pm all channels reappeared incl.HD.
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Friday, 17 June 2016
J
jb3812:16 AM
alexei romanov: Hopefully, long may this continue to be the case!! Although the fact that nothing has changed at the transmitter is inclined to make me suspect that the problem might possibly be caused by something local to where you reside, for instance, such as interference being radiated from a neighbours iffy cable box or similar device, the owner of said devices usually being totally unaware of the problem by the interference only affecting others living nearby who receive their signal through an aerial, you apparently being one of the few according to that previously said by your good self.
Still, only time will tell as to how long this upturn in the situation remains.
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Jb38.Back to problems this morning, was perfect last night.
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Saturday, 18 June 2016
J
jb3812:20 AM
alexei romanov: Considering the length of time that this problem has been going on for, I am of the opinion that the only way you are going to get to the bottom of what's causing it is by testing your aerial system out using another HD receiver, or alternatively, having your aerial system checked out by an engineer equipped with a professional grade signal meter.
But to reiterate on something previously mentioned, can you confirm (or otherwise) that your previously made statement of the signal being too weak without the booster did actually involve completely by-passing said device and not just switching it off? i.e: physically removing it by connecting the aerial down lead directly into the coax used to feed the signal into your TV's aerial input socket?. My previous request for this info having been unanswered.
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MikeB10:19 AM
jb38: I suggested that his system was up the spout months ago, to no avail. I've given up helping.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2016
No HD signals today,was there last night.Considering Freesat.
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