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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)676mDTG-100,000W
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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)676mDTG-100,000W
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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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C21 (474.0MHz)676mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)676mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)681mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C40 (626.0MHz)681mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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?

regional news image
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.
regional news image
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)Transposer63 homes (coverage together with SH34)
Hawsker BottomActive deflector 150 caravans
LangthwaiteActive deflector30 homes

How will the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
A K TA K TA K TK TW T
C21BBCB
C23C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C24_localD3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C27BBCA
C29ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C30_local
C31com7
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C35C5wavesC5waves
C37com8
C40ArqBArqB
C43SDNSDN
C46ArqAArqA
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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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

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

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Jul 1974Yorkshire Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004Tyne Tees Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV 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

Comments
Monday, 29 April 2013
S
steve
8:20 PM
Whitby

postcode is yo22 4jh

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jb38
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8:39 PM

steve: Being acquaint with the area that you are referring to I would not hesitate in recommending the DM Log as seen on the link, these being perfect for a multitude of applications whether it be for a caravan, boat or even just household use.


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Sunday, 5 May 2013
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Kenmo
4:25 PM

jb38 A light tap with a magazine either side of the tv with headphones plugged in breaks up the sound but not the picture. Will endeavour to check the aerial connections.

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Sunday, 2 June 2013
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Tom
9:04 PM

Hi I am trying to get ITV 4 on my freeview tv. I live within the catterick garrison. any ideas on what the frequency is ??

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Dave Lindsay
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9:12 PM

Tom: UHF channel 40 or 626MHz, as given at the top of this page.

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Monday, 24 June 2013
Steven Huntington
5:02 PM
Peterlee

I've suddenly lost the ARQA muliplex on UHF 46 using Bilsdale on my living room aerial but I can still get it on my bedroom aerial. All of the other multiplexes are as normal. The aerial was installed in 1996, it is still in perfect condition and it has a black cap on it, so it must be a wideband aerial. I am in Peterlee and the post code is SR8 2JU.

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Dave Lindsay
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5:07 PM

Steven Huntington: Seeing as it's a wideband aerial, can you turn it, or have it turned, to face Pontop Pike instead?

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Steven Huntington
5:58 PM
Peterlee

It's not possible because of the shape of the block of flats that I live in, I hope this is the result of high pressure and it will go away when the weather changes.

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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
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jb38
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12:27 AM

Steven Huntington : When you refer to bedroom aerial and living room aerial are you meaning one aerial with two outlet positions? or are they separate aerials?

If you mean the former, then check what happens when you try your bedroom TV on the living room aerial, if the bedroom stops working then a problem exists with the feed to the living room socket, if though it does work in a fashion then this means that the signal level your devices are operating on is too low and requires boosting as the TV normally used in the living room is fitted with a less sensitive tuner than that used in the bedroom TV.

If on the other hand you are referring to different aerials? then why don't you just purchase a 2 way powered splitter and feed the bedroom TV's aerial into the splitters common input, and with one output from the splitter being run to the living rooms TV and the bedroom TV itself using the splitters other output.

Of course you should really test the signal strength being received at the two outlet positions on mux Ch46 by entering the tuning menu / manual tune and entering Ch46 but NOT followed by pressing search, as on most equipment the level the signal is being received at should be indicated, this test enabling a comparison to be made between the two outlet positions.

The bedroom TV being used for this test on both outlet points.

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Sunday, 21 July 2013
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Ian B
9:06 PM
Richmond

Currently in Gilling West in a motorhome. Have lost al BBC channels. Other campers all round just the same. All other channels perfect. Is there a problem with Bilsdale BBC signal. Retuned, checked aerials all ok, just no bbc chanels at all, very frustrating!!

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