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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)576mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C43 (650.0MHz)576mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C40 (626.0MHz)576mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)576mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)576mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)576mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LG
 H -13dB
C30 (546.0MHz)576mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 2nd June 2014: 8 STV Glasgow,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 26km west (271°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
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 ATransposer22 km NW Oban15 homes
BalquhidderTransposer12 km NW Callander42 homes
Benmore BActive deflector50 m WNW Glasgow7 homes
Blair DrummondTransposer5 homes caravan park
Blyth BridgeActive deflector30 km SW Edinburgh50 homes
GlendaruelActive deflector40 hotel40 homes hotel
Glendaruel BActive deflector12 homes (second level)

How will the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1957-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-133 Oct 2018
VHFB E TB E TB E TE TW T
C10ITVwaves
C30_local
C32com7
C35com8
C37C5wavesC5waves
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C41+SDNSDN
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C44ArqAArqA
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C47ArqBArqB
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C51tv_offLG
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_off_localCOM8tv_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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Comments
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
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StevensOnln1
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11:06 AM

Lorraine Smith: Nobody else is reporting any problems. Have you checked with any neighbours on the same communal system? If it isn't working for others in the building, report the problem to whoever is responsible for maintaining the communal system.

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Monday, 17 May 2021
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C Fraser
9:56 AM

Switched television on this morning to No Signal message being displayed both on freebies and BT TV box. Checked connections and all secure. I am in the G3 area.

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Chris.SE
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1:07 PM

C Fraser :

Can't find any reports of problems at the Black Hill transmitter by Freeview or the BBC, nor is any Planned Engineering listed, assuming that's the transmitter you are receiving. You might be receiving a Relay or another Main transmitter, in which case a full postcode and which way your aerial is pointing would be needed to offer further advice if the problem is still continuing.

Check you are correctly tuned to the Black Hill UHF channels, see Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy

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Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Scott
11:50 AM

I have had no freeview since yesterday, it was working fine at 7am and when i got home at 5:30pm it was completely gone, this happens at times and for a few days i get nothing, when it does finally come back it is as good a signal as i could wish for, i've done all the things recommended as it's common sence but pointless.

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Sunday, 25 July 2021
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Chris.SE
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1:56 AM

Scott:

Without a full postcode to see what the predicted reception is in your locale it's almost impossible to say what the cause may be. As you haven't given any timescale on previous events it'll be a case of considering several possibilities.

When you say you've done all the things recommended does that include checking all you coax plugs and connections, checking the aerial looks intact and is still pointing the correct way?
Have you looked in your TV's tuning section to see what the signal strength and quality is for each UHF multiplex and compared the figures when good and bad?

If this is occurring at the same time of day for similar timescales each time then some electrical interference may be a cause. Has there been any new equipment or any changes since the problems started?

Most recently the current weather conditions have produced some Tropospheric Ducting which causes signals to travel a lot further than normal and so interference from other transmitters results.

Whether loss of signal or severe picture pixellation is due to interference, faults, engineering or weather you should never retune as this usually just clears your correct tuning and you'll need to repeat the process when signals are normal, and that may not be predictable so several attempts may be needed.

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Saturday, 31 July 2021
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Chris.SE
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10:16 AM

Scott:

To add to the above, Black Hill had been listed for Planned Engineering, it's possible work may have been ongoing resulting in your problem. If your set has an AUTO RETUNE function when there is No Signal, turn it off. These things are usually more trouble than they are worth.

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Monday, 29 November 2021
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Tony Bonner
2:05 PM

Who posts the transmitter engineering info? That last post was almost 5 days out-of-date by the time it was posted. Or is the date a typo and we should look out for interference this coming week?

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StevensOnln1
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2:39 PM

Tony Bonner: The transmitter engineering posts are automatically generated using a data feed from BBC Engineering, although it it can often lag behind.

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Tuesday, 30 November 2021
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Chris.SE
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12:11 AM

Tony Bonner:
StevensOnln1:

I think actually it's a date error. Black Hill is listed this week as you can see from the post before mine, but it wasn't last week.
I've noticed before that these "Friday" ones are where the database (DUK) has been updated for the following week but the date doesn't get changed until Monday. It's annoying and got me confused ages back until I sussed out what was going on!

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Tony Bonner
3:08 PM

Good to know - thanks for the response.

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