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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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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John5:45 PM
Airdrie
I have had a problem with BBC SD channels since Sunday in that my TV will resets itself every minute when viewing these channel. (i.e. switch off and on again). All other channel have no problem including HD. I have a Sony KDL-40HX803. Is there any switchover testing in progress? I have rescanned the channels. Aerial is new and roof mounted.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick6:12 PM
John: The BBC made some changes to their Red Button interactive service programs about a week ago that caused problems for some Humax boxes. It's possible that they've made another change that's causing a problem for your TV.
It's worth checking you have the latest firmware. On the remote, press HOME, then select Product Support, System Information and check that the version is PKG4.092EUT-0108. If not, see Televisions & Home Cinema|
Sony Support Europe for manual update instructions.
Updated firmware is broadcast periodically but with a vast range of different TVs, PVRs and set-top boxes out there, it may be a while before an update for your TV is repeated. It's worth leaving it set to automatically update itself, which means leaving it in standby overnight.
You can contact the BBC by going through their reception page at BBC - Help receiving TV and radio and entering your postcode in the top right. It will take you through a general reception troubleshooter first, but if you keep going you eventually get to a form where you can send an email. (RG47SH)
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Scott8:40 PM
I should have made it clear that only the first paragraph was taken from aerialsandtv.com. The remaining paragraphs were my own comments. '10 time stronger' should of course read '10 times stronger'.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Maurice: There are no changes to Black Hill in 2013, other transmitters are required to release use of C61 and C62.
It is just the low power level on C59 that effects reception, the service is being carried by the analogue C5 transmitter with the same radiation pattern.
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John Beever10:48 AM
I have a problem with ALL BBC SD channels that causes my SONY HD TV to crash & restart every minute. It may be related to the RED button. Anybody else go this? I'm 4 miles from the STV Blackhill tranmitter with a bew aerial. There is no problem with other channels including Freeview HD on this or any other TVs in my house.
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John Beever: I would give this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - a go with your set.
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Scott4:25 PM
Does anyone know when BBC One Scotland will be shown in HD? At the moment it's a national service with a page advising a retune to SD during 'regional' news programmes. They say they cannot 'yet' bring regional variations, which implies this is the eventual aim.
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Scott: At some point in the future. The same is true for everyone in the UK.
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Scott4:54 PM
Briantist: Thanks. I worked that one out from the wording of the notice. I was wondering if anyone had an idea of timescale.
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Scott: I would have thought that in the current financial climate it would not be assigned a high priority.
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