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

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8:38 AM

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Andrew
2:08 PM
Guisborough

I live in , which group would i need to purchase to receive full service?

Thanks

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2:46 PM
Wetherby

Andrew,at the moment I think it is Group A aerials. But come change over i September I think it will be Group K aerials. I look towards the this site there is a link giving groups. May be others will fuller information.

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4:04 PM

Andrew: I don't think you stand a chance of receiving until .

When it does happen though, will be Group A for Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) multiplexes and Group B for the Commercial (COM) ones.

The of the PSBs will be 100kW whereas the COMs will be 50kW. The latter will also use a less robust so that they can fit in more .

As Robert Hill says, you could use a Group K which covers Group A and Group B. However, by extending the range of frequencies that the aerial works for, there is a trade-off in sensitivity ().

Looking at the Digital UK Tradeview predictor, you will need all the gain you can get.

You could opt for a Group B aerial on Bilsdale for the COMs and continue to use your C/D aerial for the PSBs. Then diplex the two together.

If the downlead is old, then it may be a good idea to replace it with double-screened such as Webro WF100.

For lots of information and products, see www.aerialsandtv.com

I'm not a professional on this matter, so perhaps others on here could be more specific.

However, there may be a marked difference in the strength of the signals coming down your aerial lead. I expect that the ones from Guisborough will be stronger. I wonder if a amp will be necessary for the Bilsdale COMs aerial...

Some pages on ATV's site that may be of particular interest:

Bilsdale TV Transmitter

Online TV Splitters, Amps & Diplexers sales - The diplexer that splits at will allow you to combine your Guisborough aerial with the Group B Bilsdale aerial.

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4:16 PM

Andrew: Another page to look at on ATV's site is the one with curves on:

Gain (curves), Again

This shows how yagi aerials aren't so good at lower frequencies and why a (probably high-gain) will not be the best for you if you decide to receive all (PSBs and COMs) from .

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12:56 AM

Andrew: You may find this discussion interesting:

Freeview on Sudbury TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

jb38 says that where there is difficult non-line-of-sight a lower with is better than a high gain one. The reason being that lower gain aerials have wider acceptance angles.

As you don't have line of sight, I thought that this might be useful to you.

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Stuart Morris
9:25 PM
Darlington

In my location I get poor from due to trees and am considering changing to . At present I am receiving most of my stations from Pontop Pike even though my ariel is pointing to Bilsdale. I noticed however that the data for Bilsdale gives a 'rating' for most MUX as low or below average. Does this relate to signal strength and will the signal strength be increased at the change over.

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Marty
8:31 PM

Hi, I have just purchased a new Panasonic plasma tv which has built in, when I set it up a couple of weeks ago I was very surprised to find that it picked up (and still does) the freeview hd . I'm not complaining as it's a great but I am wondering how this is possible when I live in Teesside TS19....especially as my friend who lives just over half a mile away cannot receive it. I am wondering if it is some kind of transmission that is likely to go off soon?

Cheers guys.

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8:35 PM

Marty: does not broadcast HD until .

My guess is that either you are either picking it up from which hasn't switched over yet, but is one of a handful of transmitters that has a pre-switchover HD .

To find out which you have, go to one of the HD programe and bring up the signal strength screen. If it says that it is tuned to , then it is coming from Pontop Pike. The other possibility is which is on .