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 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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, 6 May 2011
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Anthony12:20 PM
Have had problems with the HD channels on freeview over the past week. I use a One For All indoor aerial, and even though its not perfect i footered around with it when first got it and as long as the thing is tilted i get between 68 and 72 signal strength with, what my tv says is, 1700 and 1920 bit error level.
As long as this error level does not go up to 2000 i get a stable picture however this past week is been acting up and now i am getting full bit error level (2000) so not picture. Its just a bit of a co-incidence that all these HD signal problems are happening at the same time with the Blackhill transmitter.
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Anthony: As a general rule, you need a rooftop aerial for reliable Freeview reception.
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Saturday, 7 May 2011
J
Jim3:13 PM
Motherwell
I've been getting reliable HD reception on Ch59 from Blackhill at ML1 5NJ but since the day of the royal wedding the reception has degraded until today when there is no HD reception at all.
I have a wideband antenna pointed at Blackhill, and when I originally sited it the angle from which I got a signal was extremely acute. A nudge in either direction meant 0% signal for my Humax HD 2 box. So I am certain the antenna is sited and operating well.
Changing flyleads makes no difference either.
I've switched everything else off too to remove any potential interference sources.
SD channels are 75% strength and 100% quality BTW.
What should I do next? I want my HDTV!!!
Jim
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Jim's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 9 May 2011
S
Scott7:52 PM
I would be patient guys. By June the temporary transmission will have ended and HD will be transmitted at ten times the power (I know this is not the correct way to look at it - should be in decibels).
For what it's worth, I have never had a single problem with HD since I bought the TV and I live a long way from the transmitter.
I still hold to the theory that the propagation is directional and those at certain angles form the transmitter are having problems. No-one agrees with this though.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Scott: From what I have been told, all of the "preview" Freeview HD services have been "piggybacked" onto the analogue Channel 5 transmitter at the various sites, so they should have the same radiation patterns as the Channel 5 services.
These old analogue Channel 5 transmitters are all (I think) omnidirectional and not the "panel" type transmitters used for digital services which allow considerable flexibility for radiation patterns.
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Scott9:00 PM
According to:
Black Hill Transmitter
Black Hill is planned to transmit a pre switchover low power HDTV MUX (on CH59 at 10kW) from Feb 2010. Its radiation pattern is the same as that for analogue C5, which is concentrated in a cross shape, due N, S, E and W, i.e. it is nominally omnidirectional.
My interpretation is that the signal is stronger on the east-west and the north-south axis, which would account for me getting perfect reception living due west and others having problems.
I accept I could have got this completely wrong but I thought this was worth pointing out.
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Scott: I'm going from what I was told by those "in the know".
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Friday, 13 May 2011
we are currently viewing freeview in Glasgow by btvision...reception has been great up unitl wednesday when bbc1 and 2 have started digitising..rest of channels ok
as i found my bt recording box had recorded 1 programme 5 times and their new iplayer channel crahsed after 3 minutes wondering if fault is there. checcked aerial ..its been there for 5 years outside and seems to be ok. checlked cables ok
rebooted box and channel scan....still same problem....bt hasnt even good manners to reply to my emails.
anyone out there got any ideas of fault???? jw
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jenny wilkie: It might be a good idea to do a "first time installation" on the BT Vision box.
But, also can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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