Black Hill TV Transmitter
Located at Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire. Broadcasts UK Freeview on channel group Group K, horizontal polarisation, at 100 kW.
The short answer
The Black Hill transmitter is one of the UK's main Freeview broadcast sites. It serves an estimated 2,500,000 people across 16 counties. Covers central Scotland including Edinburgh and Glasgow. Fifth largest UK transmitter by population covered.
Technical specifications
- Location
- Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire
- Channel group
- Group K
- Polarisation
- horizontal
- Power
- 100 kW
- Mast height
- 306.6 m
- Latitude
- 55.8619°N
- Longitude
- 3.8725°W
Multiplexes (MUXes) carried
Black Hill broadcasts the following Freeview multiplexes. Each MUX carries multiple TV channels.
- BBC A
- D3&4
- BBC B HD
- SDN
- ARQ A
- ARQ B
Counties served
This transmitter is the primary Freeview source for the following counties:
Towns served by Black Hill
50 UK towns receive their primary Freeview signal from this transmitter:
- Airdrie
- Alexandria
- Balloch
- Barrhead
- Bearsden
- Bellshill
- Bishopbriggs
- Bishopton
- Blantyre
- Cambuslang
- Campbeltown
- Carluke
- Clarkston
- Clydebank
- Coatbridge
- Cumbernauld
- Dumbarton
- Dunoon
- East Kilbride
- Erskine
- Giffnock
- Glasgow
- Gourock
- Greenock
- Hamilton
- Helensburgh
- Johnstone
- Kilmacolm
- Kilsyth
- Kirkintilloch
- Lanark
- Larkhall
- Lenzie
- Linwood
- Lochgilphead
- Milngavie
- Motherwell
- Neilston
- Newton Mearns
- Oban
- Paisley
- Port Glasgow
- Renfrew
- Rothesay
- Rutherglen
- Shotts
- Tobermory
- Uddingston
- Viewpark
- Wishaw
What aerial works on Black Hill?
The transmitter broadcasts on Group K with horizontal polarisation. Most modern wideband aerials will receive this transmitter, but a group-specific aerial gives better signal-to-noise where there's known interference. If you're in a known black spot or fringe area, a high-gain Yagi may be needed.