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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 withheldTuesday, 5 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick11:31 PM
peter: I believe I saw a message yesterday on Digital UK's Planned Engineering Works website saying that the transmitter was going to be off between 10:30am and 4:30pm.
Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works
That seems to be the only place that works are announced, and it's usually with very short notice. (RG47SH)
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011
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peter5:11 PM
Middlesbrough
thanks for that Mike.
unusual that it seems to work best during the day when it's being maintained?
it's 17:10 now and all seems well :)
thanks again for getting back and answering
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peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 22 April 2011
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Dan Rodway6:03 PM
Shildon
I used to be able to get BBC channels 1,2,3 but now i am unable to get them on my Freeview built in TV. I have tried rescanning the Freeview and also resetting but no luck so far.
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Dan's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Monday, 2 May 2011
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Mike Holmes12:36 PM
Can you advise when HD channels will be available from Bilsdale on Freeview? I believe that they are already available from Pontop Pike although they bare not due ot go fully digital untikl after Bilsdale in 2012. Thanks
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
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Mike Dimmick2:18 PM
Mike Holmes: We don't really know yet. Ofcom and Digital UK are still yet to publish the switchover dates for the Tyne Tees region, and Ofcom yet to publish any frequency assignments. The broadcasters' licences simply say it must be done by 31 December 2012.
Pontop Pike got an early HD service because it was easy to squeeze it in - presumably because the Border region had already switched and the terrain is more rugged - and because the Newcastle/Sunderland area is quite heavily populated. The area south of the Tees is more open. No more early HD services are planned - everyone else must wait for switchover.
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
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Michael12:44 PM
Lost Reception:
For the last 12 months I was able to receive channels listed on the Mux5 list from the Bilsdale Transmitter.
3-4 weeks ago the digital channels have gone and analogue are extremely week and unwatchable.
I have two aerials at separate places on the roof and have tried various TVs and digital boxes but still no signal.
Would this be something at Bilsdale or something interupting between Sharow HG4 5BB?
One of the aerials has a powered gain to improve signal - but signal is the same as the non powered aerial.
I have checked the 'single frequncy interference' and reinstalled but still no signal.
What am I missing please?
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Mike Dimmick3:53 PM
Michael: If your analogue signal is now also poor, that would suggest that the aerial is damaged or become misaligned, or that a cable is damaged.
The prediction for digital service from Bilsdale, at that postcode, is good for Mux 1, but poor for Mux A and C and no prediction given for Mux 2, B and D.
It's possible that the switchovers of Sandy Heath, Ridge Hill, The Wrekin, Lark Stoke and Bromsgrove, plus changes at Waltham and Fenton - all of which now transmit digital signals in Group A - may have had an effect on interference, though this should only have an impact at night (when signals travel further) and in high-pressure weather conditions.
Digital UK's prediction suggests that Emley Moor could be a better alternative in the long run anyway. It switches over at the end of September.
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Steve Craig8:38 PM
I think it is unfair that the Bilsdale transmitter is one of the last transmitters for digital switchover. Unless you have Sky, Freesat or cable you will miss out on enjoying the Olympics in August 2012 in HD.
Why can't DigitalUK bring forward the switchover?
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Friday, 6 May 2011
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Mike Dimmick12:22 AM
Steve Craig: The switchover is being done on a geographical basis - there are dependencies which mean that some transmitters have to switch before others can. The easy bit was to do the area to the north and west of the Tees-Exe line, both because of the terrain (generally bigger hills and deeper valleys, meaning terrain blocks line-of-sight between transmitters) and because there is much less interference to and from overseas transmissions. South and east of this line, the country is much flatter and therefore a lot of low-power digital transmissions overlap with analogue transmissions at a relatively nearby transmitter. When the second transmitter goes high-power it breaks low-power digital at the first.
For example, two multiplexes at Waltham had to retune when The Wrekin switched over. The Wrekin is close to the Welsh border in Shropshire. Waltham-on-the-Wolds is east of Nottingham and Leicester, about half-way to Peterborough.
Sutton Coldfield and Emley Moor are switching together on one day - a 1,000 kW analogue transmitter and an 870 kW one - because they use the other's frequencies and are relatively close together.
However, I do feel that they could have gone more quickly than they have, by doing larger regions on one day, and perhaps doing it in one go rather than staggered over two weeks. I think they've been trying to reduce the number of calls that they receive on one day.
The aim is still to complete the switchover before the Olympics. The second half of the Meridian switchover is due to be announced next week, and I hope we'll see the Tyne Tees and Ulster details announced at the same time (though Ofcom is yet to even publish a frequency plan for these regions).
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