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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 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
Channel icons
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
Channel icons
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)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 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)681mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
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)681mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
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?

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
Friday, 23 February 2018
H
hardy
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

3:05 PM

the above post was a bit theoretical . there is no change to 55 currently listed . But it will happen sometime this year 2018 and a broadband aerial WILL then be needed.

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hardy's 137 posts GB flag
Monday, 26 February 2018
M
MattyB
10:25 AM

MattyB: Thanks for info Hardy :)

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Wednesday, 27 June 2018
L
Lynda
1:23 PM

hardy: Is there any update on Bilsdale changing channels, please? Yesterday and today, we had similar problems to MattyB but on COM5 and COM6. We live in Richmond: our aerial is in the loft (conservation area). Oddly enough, it seems to happen in the morning before 10am and has obviously occurred again for a short period in the evening yesterday, as two one-hour recordings, one each on COM5 and COM6, lost about 15 minutes' at the beginning of the recordings commencing at 6pm. Thanks.

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MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

4:32 PM

Lynda:

If you put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker, at Digital UK - Coverage checker you will be shown the current plan for any changes, at the transmitters serving your area, over the next couple of years.

As far as I can tell, there are no known problems at Bilsdale.



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MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
Saturday, 29 June 2019
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Tricia Whinfird
4:43 PM

Hello,

I've been told that the True Entertainment and True Movies channels have changed their frequencies and that Bilsdale doesn't broadcast these particular frequencies. Please can you explain why Bilsdale can't broadcast these frequencies? Why should we have to lose channels that we have been able to receive for many years?

Thank you for your reply

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:51 PM

Tricia Whinfird: True Entertainment and True Movies have moved to the local TV multiplex, using spare capacity in areas where a local TV channels is broadcast. This is a decision taken by the broadcaster (Sony own the True family of channels). If you can receive a local TV station on channel 7 or 8 then retuning should restore the missing channels.

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satman
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:15 PM

Tricia Whinfird: Also, they are still broadcasting, temporarily, on their original frequencies, with these channel numbers:

790 True Entertainment
791 True Movies
794 movies4men

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Wednesday, 3 July 2019
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Alison Warne
7:13 PM

Due to recent reception problems I have had to retune my TV. I live in Pickering and don't like North East tv as it is not relevant to my area and weather is totally wrong. Up until now I have had access to Yorkshire, calendar news and weather which was perfect, now I have lost the channels. Is there any way I can get them back?

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MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:23 PM

Alison Warne:

Go to the Digital UK Coverage Checker at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…er/, put in your full post code and house number or name, select the Detailed View option and press Go. Scroll down the resulting listings and check your preferred transmitter is present and has green bars for all the channels. Make a note of the channel numbers (these are NOT the programme numbers) and find the manual tuning option on your TV. Use your numbers you noted down to manuall tune your TV set.



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Wednesday, 11 September 2019
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Anthony Brown
11:05 AM
Redcar

My post code is TS11 6BZ
I have problems with my freeview boxes automatically switching between the Pontop Pike and Bilsdale transmitters which results in the loss of channels necessitating manual returning
Also have problems with picking up any channels on the low powered, "" on or below 50kw" ransmitters e.g C33 ,C34 etc.
My aerials are presently pointed towards Pontop Pike.
I have come to the conclusion the fault lies with my old arials . This being the case what specification Arial do you recommend for my location.

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