Full Freeview on the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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, 20 December 2021
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StevensOnln110:49 AM
Peter Wingrove: You are only predicted to get good reception of the PSB multiplexes from the temporary mast at Bilsdale Quarry, this may improve when the second temporary mast enters services from the main Bilsdale site, however there are no predictions available. The only other transmitter predicted to be available is Masham which only broadcasts the PSB multiplexes.
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Tuesday, 21 December 2021
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Christopher Smith11:26 AM
Does this help you in the Masham area?
New TVrelay site switched on as latest step in Project Restore, reaching more households in Masham area | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
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Chris.SE11:48 AM
Peter Wingrove:
Unfortunately neither Arqiva or Freeview (on the FAQ page), have listed the UHF channel numbers for this Masham relay. If an auto retune doesn't work yo may have to try a manual retune. Ring the helpline 0800 121 4828 and ask them for the UHF channel numbers for Masham.
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StevensOnln12:20 PM
Chris.SE: The Freeview detailed coverage checker shows UHF channels 29/31/37 @ 100W for the Masham relay.
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Chris.SE8:20 PM
StevensOnln1:
Yes, of course, had seen it before, but it should be on the FAQ page which is (in theory) more understandable for those who are not tech experts. As you know Freeview always need a boot up the .....
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Wednesday, 12 January 2022
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George Bunyan9:58 PM
H, hope you can help , at present I am using analogue from my virgin Tivo box to my upstairs bedroom. I am thinking of purchasing a digital modulator and want to know what Channels are available. to use.
I am receiving my TV signals from BILSDALE
Thank you
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Chris.SE11:36 PM
George Bunyan:
I assume you only need one UHF channel to use, presumably similar to just one being used with your analogue modulator. I would pick any channel above UHF C60 - well away and above any being used by Bilsdale.
If per chance you are thinking of combining an aerial signal with that for your upstairs TV, you should make sure the signal is not too large which could desensitise/overload the TV tuner and result in your aerial signals having problems.
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StevensOnln111:37 PM
George Bunyan: In theory you should be anything from UHF channel 32 to 38 as Bilsdale doesn't use any of those, however in practice it may depend on whether you can also receive signals from any other transmitters which could interfere. If you enter your postcode into the Freeview detailed checker (see link below) it will show you all of the transmitters predicted to be receivable at your location and the frequencies/UHF channel numbers used by each of them.
Detailed transmitter information for industry professionals | Freeview
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Friday, 18 March 2022
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Chris.SE12:14 AM
Just a reminder, as my last post with the information was a while back, that -
Bilsdale's UHF channels are C27, C24, C21, C43, C46, C40, C55 that's in the multiplex order
BBC A/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBC B HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ARQ A/COM5, ARQ B/COM6, COM 7
The Local multiplex L-MDB is on C30 and generally beamed northwards towards Middlesbrough.
(These are the same channels that have always been used at Bilsdale since 2020 and currently used by the new temporary Bilsdale Tower transmitter).
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Wednesday, 10 August 2022
can not keep the singal on my tv since the fire aerial on the roof tune my telly in but does not last
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