Full Freeview on the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter which serves 570,000 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 Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) mast?
Bilsdale transmitter - Bilsdale transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Screen may go black 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Bilsdale 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bilsdale transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 74km north-northwest (336°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 75km north-northwest (333°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
Are there any self-help relays?
| Garsdale (pin Fold) | Transposer | 63 homes (coverage together with SH34) | |
| Hawsker Bottom | Active deflector | 150 caravans | |
| Langthwaite | Active deflector | 30 homes |
How will the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | W T | |||||
| C21 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C23 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C24 | _local | D3+4 | |||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C27 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C29 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C40 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C43 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C46 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | 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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com7 | (-14.3dB) 18.5kW | |
| com8 | (-14.4dB) 18.1kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-19.2dB) 6kW | |
| Mux 1* | (-20.2dB) 4.8kW | |
| Mux D* | (-24.9dB) 1.6kW |
Local transmitter maps
Bilsdale Freeview Bilsdale DAB Bilsdale AM/FM Bilsdale TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Tyne TeesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bilsdale transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 31 May 2021
DH6 2PZ. Have noticed severe poor signal strength & quality early hours this morning from Bilsdale. Reasonably sure it's not my equipment. The freeview website says there is no reported problems or planned maintenance but also says there was planned maintenance being carried out WC 24th May. Could this maintenance have carried over?
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Graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE7:39 AM
Graham Armstrong:
As the Planned Engineering list hasn't yet been updated, it's quite possible but there occasions when I've not found it to be that reliable!
That said, however, there is high pressure centered over the North Sea and the Tropospheric predictions do show that there is some quite strong tropospheric ducting around, and there's currently predicted to be a lift which can be affecting parts of the NE and hence there may well be interference from other transmitters in Europe or the UK.
These tropo conditions could remain for a sew days - although they will be variable, don't always affect all multiplexes, and may only last for seconds, but maybe minutes or hours!
I would say that this is the most likely cause of what you are seeing, especially as you are some distance (46km) from Bilsdale (bearing 159 degrees - approx. SSE). I note that Pontop Pike is much closer (28km, bearing 298 degrees - slightly N of WNW) and the Freeview predictor suggests you'd perhaps get better signals from Pontop Pike assuming there isn't an issue with line-of-sight in that direction in your immediate locale. The other main difference being the Local Multiplex and hence the local news coverage centred perhaps more around MIddlesborough for Bilsdale or Newcastle for Pontop Pike depending on any preference you may have.
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Hi can u tell me if there is anything wrong with Freeview at bilsdale my aerial is pointing in this direction when it was fitted many years ago.
Channels or mux with problems.
PSB 1
Com 4
Com 5
Com 6
These seam to be on a low output at the moment I am receiving quality 47 signal 63 .
I have picture and sound quality poor, with constant break ups.
This has been happening since yesterday.
Post code ls13 2ss...
I am not pointing towards Emily moor due to my location.
My earial is new aswell as all cables. I am using a amplifier to boost signal and also at800 due to privious interface.
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Richard's: ...
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Chris.SE7:12 PM
Richard caywood:
Hello Richard. Apart from the information in the post before yours, I can also add that the Planned Engineering list appears to have been updated and Bilsdale is still listed with possible effect "Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" which generally implies it's because of reduced power.
PS. Did you ever get that Ch.60 filter??
Graham Armstrong:
You may also wish to note the update.
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Thank you for Ur response. Do we know how long this is gonna last before full power. Lol
Before I forget I was given X2 channel 59 filters
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Tuesday, 1 June 2021
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Chris.SE12:10 AM
Richard caywood:
Arqiva never give that level of detail unfortunately, added to which we've got the tropospheric ducting, signals coming in from Norway apparently!
How was your COM7 reception impacted by the C59 filters? The C60 filter was a better filter with a sharper cut-off.
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Ok thank you for the input
Com 7. I don't receive at all. Never have done even with the ch59 filter. With it without
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Morning. I've check quality and signal this morning as from when I sent u a response
Quality 22 to 27
Strength 38 to 43
Network north east
64 qam modulation
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Chris.SE1:23 PM
Richard caywood:
Those figures for COM7? Surprised you don't get it some of the time, but under current conditions perhaps not surprising.
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