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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter._______
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, 5 June 2023
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Dave H6:45 PM
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StevensOnln1: The postcode is TS10 2DQ. The coax is about 5m to one TV and 9m to the other TV they are on a passive splitter. I lost the channels after a recent retune.
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE9:17 PM
Dave H:
We assume your aerial is pointing at a bearing of 191 degrees, that's 11 degrees West of due South, for Bilsdale, and the rods should be horizontal.
You are predicted to get good reception of the multiplexes from Bilsdale by both Freeview and the BBC. Those coax lengths should be fine.
As previously mentioned, current weather conditions may be causing interference as well as the possibility of you last retuning when the transmitter work was taking place.
Also you are predicted to be able to get two other transmitters in your location, so your best bet will be to check that you are correctly tuned to Bilsdale's UHF channels and do a manual tune of them rather than an automatic tune. That way, if signals are weak due to interference or transmitter work, you should get tuned to them eventually.
If the problems persists, as mentioned, phone the project restore help line on 0800-121-4828
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Wednesday, 7 June 2023
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StevensOnln14:16 PM
Arqiva have now confirmed that the PSB3 multiplex carrying HD channels has now transferred to the new mast following engineering work which took place last weekend. See link below for full article.
HD Television services now transmitting from the new mast | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
As a reminder, the Project Restore helpline on 0800 121 4828 will close on 7th July, so anybody experiencing reception issues since the new Bilsdale mast came into service on 22nd May should get in touch without delay.
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Tuesday, 27 June 2023
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Jim H11:16 AM
I live in Guisborough, but tuned to Bilsdale to get full Freeview channels. This week I've noticed some channels gone missing. Quest, Yesterday, Greatest Hits,etc, ie ARQ B, all channels I watch! Retuning hasn't helped.
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Chris.SE1:29 PM
Jim H:
Although not currently listed, there will still be engineering work going on as not all (radio) services & Local multiplex IIRC have been restored.
Also, there has been some quite variable weather related Tropospheric Ducting in recent days which can affect reception because of interference being received from more distant transmitters in Europe or the UK - not all multiplexes are necessarily affected, but this isn't normally sustained for any lengthy periods.
It's never advised to retune when you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures as this will usually just clear correct tuning.
IF you need to retune a specific multiplex in such conditions - which should not be needed if you were correctly tuned before - then stick to a MANUAL tune of the UHF channel for that multiplex so at least you can check you have signal with adequate Quality (or very low errors) before you do so.
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Monday, 9 October 2023
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Stephen Thomason12:14 PM
Is Bilsdale transmitting channels 206, 207 & 208?
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Chris.SE1:41 PM
Stephen Thomason:
It should be, those 3 are on the Local multiplex which is beamed towards the Middlesbrough area, so unless you are in that direction, you may not get it.
Do you get a Local news channel at LCN 7 or 8 and/or HorrorXtra at LCN69 ?
If not, you aren't getting the Local mux, try a MANUAL tune for it on UHF C30 from Bilsdale, you may get a weaker signal (otherwise if you give a full postcode, we could look at the predictions).
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Chris.SE1:55 PM
Whoops, there seems to be a bug in the system at present, posts are not returning to the page on which it's posted, hence 4 copies of my last!
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Monday, 30 October 2023
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Stephen Thomason12:20 PM
Does Bilsdale not transmit Freeview channels 206 or 207?
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Steve Donaldson1:48 PM
Stephen Thomason: 206 Pop and 207 Tiny Pop are available to only some viewers of Bilsdale who are in the direction of Middlesbrough.
206 and 207 are on the Local TV multiplex for Middlesbrough which is beamed directionally towards the town, whereas the other, main multiplexes are higher power and in all directions.
I hope that makes sense. Have you received these channels before?
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