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 11/11/2024 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
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 withheldThursday, 25 May 2023
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ian Atkinson 8:47 AM
why after the suggested reset have I lost
100 channels .
tried factory reset etc with no more than 41
channels now.
?????
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Chris.SE1:22 PM
ian Atkinson :
Contact Arqiva, call the Project Restore Helpline on 0800 121 4828.
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Friday, 26 May 2023
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ALEC YOUNG7:05 AM
After retuning my tv as instructed, I have no HD channels
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StevensOnln19:28 AM
ALEC YOUNG: If you're receiving the Bilsdale transmitter then call the Project Restore Helpline on 0800 121 4828 as Chris mentioned in the post above yours.
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Sunday, 28 May 2023
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R.Pratt8:39 PM
RIPON. Re-tuned a few days ago and for the first time in a long time all channels appeared. Noticed that many of the minor channels signal strength poor with pixelation. This evening even the BBC channels pixelating. Tried a 're-tune but no change
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Chris.SE9:38 PM
R.Pratt:
Do NOT retune when you have pixellation or no signal if you were already correctly tuned. It can end up clearing your correct tuning.
IF, as at present, we have weather related interference due to "Tropospheric Ducting" you can end up tuned to interfering transmitters in Europe or the UK whose signals disappear as conditions change.
You then have to retune again when signals are normal which you may have to try more than once as you won't know when that may be.
Such interference can last for seconds, minutes or longer and won't necessarily affect all multiplexes. There's nothing you can do except wait for conditions to change.
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Sunday, 4 June 2023
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Chris.SE3:38 PM
All: Latest on the new Bilsdale mast
From the BBC -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec…from
Quote "This work will affect television services only.
Weather permitting it will take place during the day on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th June. "
From Arqiva Project Restore site
NEW BILSDALE MAST NOW LIVE | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
A pop-up provides the following -
Quote "Please note that there are also service improvement works scheduled this weekend 3rd/4th June. If you notice new interference this weekend you do not need to do anything unless it persists.
You can find advice on retuning your TV here on our website.
If you have a question about retuning or the support we can provide that is not covered on our website, please call us during our opening hours of Monday - Friday 9AM to 6PM. You can also request a call back using the contact form, on this website.
Please note the Bilsdale Mast Project Restore help scheme is scheduled to close from 7 July 2023."
NOTE: The date in the last paragraph. if you need help with aerial re-alignment etc. you need to contact them asap.
Reminder, their number is 0800-121-4828.
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Dave H6:24 PM
I can't get a picture for any of the channels on 40 43 and 46 on one of my TV boxes despite them both being on the same aerial. If I move the box it works in the other location. I can see that the problem channels broadcast at half the power. Will my problem be more likely to be coax related (the coax is only a couple of years old) or do I need a better aerial. I've remade all of the connections and even tried a different aerial, but again just a cheap aerial.
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StevensOnln17:09 PM
Dave H: We need a full postcode to see your predicted signal strength. How long is the coax from the aerial to each TV/box? Are they connected to the aerial via a passive splitter or a powered amplifier?
If this has only been happening in the last few weeks since the new Bilsdale tower went into service then call the Project Restore Helpline on 0800 121 4828 - but don't wait too long as it has been announced that the helpline will be closing on 7th July.
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Chris.SE8:19 PM
Dave H:
It's possible you may currently be affected by the works as detailed in the post before yours - if you read it?
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