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, 22 June 2016
J
jb3812:14 AM
alexei romanov: Considering the fact of you having previously said that most other residents in your immediate area are using either Satellite or cable for reception, I would say that Freesat is possibly your best option, as satellite offers virtually trouble free reception for around 99% of the time, the only time not usually being during heavy thundery type downpours, or alternatively during winter months if snow builds up on the dish, sweeping same off with a brush completely rectifying the problem.
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Friday, 1 July 2016
Whatever it is it's not me,HD signals return Thurs nights only.
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MikeP
2:24 PM
2:24 PM
Alexei Romanov:
Once again it appears that you have local interference that is causing all your problems. You will need to investigate that as it is impossible to do it remotely via any website.
Look for equipment that comes on or goes off about about the times your signal problems start and/or finish.
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Monday, 4 July 2016
B
Barry11:53 PM
Hi, My freeview has gone from 100+ channels to 40 since Sunday night, is there still work going on at Blackhill?
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Tuesday, 5 July 2016
B
Barry12:00 AM
**Update**
Just asked wife, it's actually changed since Saturday am. We get service (usually) from Blackhill. Any info of number where I can report this would be appreciated.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016
J
John Watson7:41 PM
Alexandria
Transmitter engineering:
Currently my tv picture is breaking up I am served by Millburn Muir which is a relay of Black Hill main Transmitter, Black Hill is currently showing a weak signal, could this have a knock on effect on Millburn Muir? If so does anyone knw about this and when it will be sorted.
John Watson G83 8NA
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Blackhill has had work being done for a month,how much longer?
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Friday, 11 November 2016
Saturday, 12 November 2016
MikeP
1:50 PM
1:50 PM
Alexei Romanov:
The work at Black Hill is a series of activities aimed at bring better coverage with the possibility of more channels in the future. It is NOT one long period of work but small steps on an approximately weekly intervals, most of the tasks being completed within one day for each engineering activity.
The same is already being done on some other 'main' transmitters and is in prepartion for future changes and enhancements.
Patience is a virtue in these times.
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