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.
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 04/11/2024 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 withheldMonday, 24 June 2013
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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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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jb3812:27 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 B9:06 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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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
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Colin Mason1:43 PM
Barnard Castle
Granted at Eggleston I live on the fringe of programs from Bilsdale but since the power was increased at the change over I have been able to receive all the channels with excellent signal strengths. I can receive all the programs from Com5 which is only 50k output but since The Drama channel started on Com4 which again is 50k output I have little or no signal from any of the channels including ITV3 and ITV2+1 etc. I have carried out a setup retune but still no good. Why if Com4 is the same output has Com 5 cant I receive programs.
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Wednesday, 14 August 2013
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Miss S M Horsley6:30 PM
Filey
Having trouble with all the BBC TV channels and have done off and on since change over. I had a new arial fitted in my loft at change over. I never know whether BBC will work and it is the one I watch the most. This week is particularly poor with the whole screen breaking up. I frequently up- date my channels, but not in my case!
Didgital was suposed to make viewing better.
Please get back to me with an answer which is not going to cost me more money, I already feel I should have a re-bate on this years licence fee. I live in Filey NY which is suposed to be a good receptionea ar
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Thursday, 22 August 2013
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alan4:50 PM
Sunderland
19 cornelia close, silksworth, sunderland sr3 1hs.
at the above address I am not getting a signal from my dab radio alarm clock (it was working fine before I went on holiday. - I turned it off and back on when I got home.)
it tells me signal n/a when I turn it on.
how can it not be working now and what can I do?
please help
thanks
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alan: Which station or stations are unavailable?
The North East multiplex closed on 29th July. See here for a list of services it carried:
Details of 12C/North East DAB multiplex | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Monday, 23 September 2013
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Colin Mason5:53 PM
Barnard Castle
I live at Eggleston DL12 0AQ. I have an aerial at an height of 10 metres on the roof of my bungalow. I am lucky enough to receive most programs at full strength on all channels from Bilsdale without needing an amplifier. My question is why can I receive programs on COM 5 Arqa which transmits at 50,000W but can't get a signal for programs from COM 4 SDN which also transmits at 50,000W. I use a group K aerial horizontally polarised. I have tried full retunes including manual retunes but no good.
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Friday, 3 January 2014
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Bob4:23 PM
Catterick Garrison
I have recently purchased a new LG Smart TV. I live in DL9 4XG. My reception is via a free-view ariel. The signal I get on ch 103 itv hd is Granada Region. All other channels are received ok and show NE Region. Any ideas why this is happening?
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