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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. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Black Hill (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 940,000 homes.

Other maps:Black Hill DABBlack Hill AM/FMBlack Hill regionBBC ScotlandSTV Central (Glasgow micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

What do the colours on the map mean?

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.


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Which Freeview channels does the Black Hill transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C46 (674.0MHz)576m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Three, 8 BBC Alba, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C43 (650.0MHz)576m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
3 STV (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5 Scotland ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Scotland ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C40 (626.0MHz)576m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		100,000W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 horizontal max
C41+ (634.2MHz)576m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 21 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal max
C44 (658.0MHz)576m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal max
C47 (682.0MHz)576m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		100,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 22 others



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
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 26km west
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?

years1957~851984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-18
aerial groupVHFB EB EEB E KB E KW
C10ITV
600C32com7
C35com8
C37C5C5
C40BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCBBBCB
C41+1+SDN+SDN+SDN
C43ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4
C44+AArqAArqAArqA
C46BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C47+2ArqBArqBArqB
700C50C4C4C4
C51+Blocal
C55C
C56local
800C65D

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 8th June and 22nd June 2011.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Glasgow including East Kilbride, Motherwell, Paisley could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Black Hill transmitter using C51
  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Falkirk including Stirling could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Black Hill transmitter using C56
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM9 UK-wide SFN

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-5 500kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-14dB) 20kW
PreDSO-BBCB*(-17dB) 10kW

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.


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Transmitter engineering
Monday 18 June 2012 11:28AM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Over the next week Black Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] Over the next week Black Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 18 June 2012 11:28AM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Over the next week Black Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] Over the next week Black Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 19 June 2012 3:28PM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Over the next week Black Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 19 June 2012 3:28PM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Over the next week Black Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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samantha
Thursday 5 July 2012 4:39PM
hii wonder if u can help ,i live in the southside of glasgow ,and everyone in my st freeview has went down ,it is saying weak signal .is there anything wrong with the black hill transmitter. thannks ,
M
Mark Fletcher
Thursday 5 July 2012 4:49PM Halifax
Samantha,South side of Glasgow.We can certainly be of valuable help to you if you leave preferably a full postcode to ascertain the reception possibilities at your location,whether yer served from either from the main Black Hill main transmitter if yer aerial is horizontally polarised or whether yer served from a nearby relay mast denoting a vertical polarised aerial as such.
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glasgowjohn
Tuesday 10 July 2012 11:08AM Glasgow
I live in the G13 area and have a communal aerial. My Humax Fox T2 PVR gives excellent reception on all channels all of the time EXCEPT on the HD channels which are either weak or no signal at all. I already use a plug-in aerial signal booster to help the HD issue. Without this booster there is NO HD reception at all.

Would I benefit from a stronger aerial signal booster, do I need to think of purchasing my own personal aerial or is there some other (tuning?) remedy to sort this issue?

I would be grateful for your input.
Thanks
John
Briantist
Thursday 26 July 2012 5:15PM
Conor: Hi. I would have a look at the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice page.
I
Iain
Friday 27 July 2012 9:50AM
Just returned home from working away. My two Humax HD boxes can now no longer play SD or HD channels. The picture is continually interrupted and unusable. I use indoor ariels.
The signal strength is good, the quality is up and down not steady. Has the signal changed with the Olympics and the creation of new HD channels in the last few days.
B
bigdave
Saturday 18 August 2012 8:38PM
Since the end of the olympics my Humax PVR 9200T will not record any programs at all. Timings are set up as usual but ignored. Has anybody else had this problem? Is it related to the inactive channel 302 or some other transmitter problem which happened earlier with an extra duplicate radio station. Once that was removed by the engineers all ws fine.
B
Bleulander
Monday 15 October 2012 11:41PM
Freeview has been off all day In Cardonald/Hillington area, and there no news of transmitter faults on your site.
Anyone else from this area have this problem?
R
richard mcneill
Saturday 22 December 2012 3:41PM
Is there problems with signal in paisley as none of our freeviee boxes have signals?
M
Michael
Saturday 22 December 2012 8:04PM
richard mcneill: No problems reported on Digital UK or the BBC website - if all of your boxes are having problems I would check with your neighbours, and if they are ok then it's likely to be a problem with your aerial or connections.
K
Kevin
Tuesday 1 January 2013 6:43PM Glasgow
My postcode is g69 8fg. I have very poor reception from com4 634.2MHz. Is there a reason for this? All other channels are ok. I have tried manual retuning.
D
d kaye
Monday 7 January 2013 9:52AM Glasgow
ariel on roof 3 freeview tvs no signal since 5/1/13
D
d kaye
Monday 7 January 2013 10:15AM Glasgow
3 freeview tvs no digiboxes no signal message since 5/1/13 g3 6bq area anyone else having probs
D
d kaye
Monday 7 January 2013 10:15AM Glasgow
3 freeview tvs no digiboxes no signal message since 5/1/13 g3 6bq area anyone else having probs
D
d kaye
Monday 7 January 2013 10:18AM Glasgow
0141 332 1079
Dave Lindsay
Monday 7 January 2013 11:00AM
d kaye: How is the feed from the aerial split to the different rooms?

If it is a power splitter (distribution amplifier) then this could point to it being at fault.
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. Radio Scotland FM Weak Signal from 10:20 yesterday to 11:54 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. Radio Scotland FM Weak Signal from 10:20 yesterday to 11:54 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
BLACK HILL transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
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HOWIE
Monday 18 February 2013 10:59AM
Is South Glasgow likely to be affected by the 4G signal?
Dave Lindsay
Monday 18 February 2013 12:57PM
HOWIE: I should imagine that there will be some viewers within the South Glasgow area that will be affected.
P
Pat
Thursday 13 June 2013 7:34PM
Can some help we have HUMAX HDR-FOX T2 BOUGHT IN ENGLAND TO USE IN SPAIN. after going through set up procedure in manual can not get a signal. We are in Murcia Spain post code 30859 has anyone any ideas help or suggestion of how to get us up and running.
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