Full Freeview on the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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54.358,-1.151 or 54°21'30"N 1°9'2"W

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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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bilsdale transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Tyne Tees), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C21 (474.0MHz)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	676m	DTG-8	50,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	681m	DTG-8	50,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	681m	DTG-8	50,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C24				_local	D3+4
C26	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA
C27					BBCA
C29	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4
C30					_local
C31					com7
C33	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C37					com8
C40				ArqB	ArqB
C43				SDN	SDN
C46				ArqA	ArqA
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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 Tees

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bilsdale transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Jul 1974	Yorkshire Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004	Tyne Tees Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Bilsdale was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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Steve Donaldson

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6:03 PM

Phil Charlton: lists here, along with which they are on:

Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview

For :

PSB1 - BBC A -
PSB2 - D3&4 -
PSB3 - BBC B -
COM4 - SDN -
COM5 - Arq A -
COM6 - Arq B -

Is this a new problem? How long has it been happening?

Is this your own or is it a shared aerial system, such as in a block of flats?

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Phil Charlton
6:47 PM

Steve Donaldson: hi Steve.

Firstly the is solitary use for us only. How long...well up until when caught fire and the whole thing went to hell it was OK. I can't swear about these specific omissions from back then. Our principal viewing is via , but the TV has a built in and occasionally flip it on rather than use the cable box and the TV. Freeview included GHR on 716 several weeks ago and was initially happy to see this as I don't have a downstairs, this was when I became fully aware of it, say 3 months ago, but im sure its been going on longer but... the various stages of bilsdales ressurection did mean changes and initially very few , gradually increasing from the initial 5 or 6 to 70+ so it was difficult to gauge. It's now clear that something isnt right and I'm trying to get comment / advice from someone in the know. I looked at the details on the page at the channels which you have again stated. All are fine apart from as I said COM 4,5&6 ch 40, 43 and 46.

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Chris.SE

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3:25 AM

Phil Charlton:

As listed in the post at the top of this page (208), is still subject to Planned .
Work was continuing to finish the installation of the , and the FM and antenna were only installed a few weeks ago but not in service at that time.

Whilst Planned Engineering is continuing, that is the most likely explanation for for the COM muxes when you checked.
I'm fairly sure that the FM are now operational on the new , but DAB transmissions are still on the temporary Bilsdale Tower.
The Local is on UHF but it's still being transmitted from the site.

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Chris.SE

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3:40 AM

Stephen Thomason:

The Pop are carried on the Local as mentioned by Steve Donaldson. But as noted in the post above, the mux has been transmitted from the site since the fire.
It's only a few weeks ago that installation of the for the Local multiplex was completed on the new , and was not operational a couple of weeks ago, so you may not yet be able to receive it, it's on UHF - you could try a manual tune in case you may pick up the from Eston NAb.

Arqiva had hoped to have all the complete and up and running by the end of October, (not sure if that included mobile services which have been on a separate temporary mast) but recent weather conditions have no doubt hampered that. services were still on the Bilsdale Tower.
So I'd expect the Local multiplex (and DAB services) to become operational in the near future, you may then be able to receive it if you are in the direction.

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Stephen Thomason
12:43 PM

Chris.SE: What is the local found on from the ?

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Chris.SE

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2:24 PM

Stephen Thomason:

It'll remain on UHF (546MHz). If UHF channel numbers on this site are posted with a C immediately in front of the number, you can hover over it to get the centre in MHz.
At present I can find no definitive statement from any authority that says it's now operational from the itself, having to rely on reports from a few techies in the know nearby. I'm hoping for a more precise update later this week!
Did you ever receive it in the past? If so, just keep Manual tuning C30 from time to time.
If you don't know, if you provide a full ,postcode (or click on the cog-icon at the top RHS of this page and enter it there) we can check if you are predicted to be likely to get it.

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Stephen Thomason
3:42 PM

Chris.SE: Yes, used to get these 2 until very recently but Freq 30 now no longer responds. I'll keep trying.

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Garry
2:45 PM

What group do I need for Harrogate Hg32up area

Thanks

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Chris.SE

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11:45 PM

Garry :

You need a Group K , probably med-high . You certainly don't want a or Group T - if you have one of those you may need a Free Filter from https://restoretv.uk
You should have had a postcard from them.

Even with a Group K, if from a new/upgraded phone is strong enough you may still need a Filter from them, especially if you have any aerial amp/splitter to feed more than one TV..
Such a filter should go before the amp.
The aerial should point at the mast, compass bearing 33 degrees - about halfway between NNEand NE with its rods )or squashed Xs) horizontal.

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C Haenderso
5:29 PM

Miss S M Horsley:

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