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

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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54.358,-1.151 or 54°21'30"N 1°9'2"W

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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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Which Freeview channels does the Bilsdale transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	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)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	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)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	676m	DTG-8	50,000W
	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)	681m	DTG-8	50,000W
	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)	681m	DTG-8	50,000W
	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?

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	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C24				_local	D3+4
C26	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA
C27					BBCA
C29	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4
C30					_local
C31					com7
C33	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C37					com8
C40				ArqB	ArqB
C43				SDN	SDN
C46				ArqA	ArqA
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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 Tees

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

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Jul 1974	Yorkshire Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004	Tyne Tees Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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

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Paul
2:11 PM
Saltburn-by-the-sea

Yes have a aerial, postcode is TS13 4RP.

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Fred
3:24 PM

I'm also having trouble picking up 55 and 56 in Redcar. Although my faces I could get signals from too (and still can today on the new frequencies at both transmitters). However I get nothing on 55 nor 56.

Could the fact Bilsdale and Pontop Pike both now use these two frequencies for Com 7 & 8 respectively be causing ?

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4wd
5:08 PM

It's odd if BBC1 BBC2 etc are supposed to be still on 100,000 watts but the is too low and periodically breaking up since the 13th November retune. We always had good signal throughout here is barely 10 miles away
I'm thinking the information on this page is no longer valid regarding outputs.

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Fred
5:18 PM

Further to my earlier comment, 55 and 56 are now working for me. Perhaps they waited until all the relays which used these frequencies were switched away from 55/56 before turning on these two at .

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4wd
5:22 PM

Checking through just now the majority of have bad/low issues I wonder if they are running at reduced power throughout due to ongoing work.
I assume this is all for taking over and .
It won't here much when we still can't even send a text.

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Paul
5:42 PM

Com 7 and 8 fine for me now. Getting 90% , was 0% earlier.

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Chris.SE

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5:58 PM

Paul :

Hi, I was just about to post, your predicted from is good for the 6 main muxes, but could be variable for COMs 7&8.

As you may have noticed some of the posts since yours where they weren't getting COMs 7&8 as well. It's quite likely as suggested by Fred, that they weren't broadcasting until all the Relays which were being changed today as well, had cleared their use of 55&56 for other multiplexes (there was a lot of them).
Glad you are OK now. Just to add, your reception (& others) of COMs 7&8 won't have been helped by the fact that they are now SFNs (single networks where other transmitters use the same for COMs 7&8) but for these two at Bilsdale has been increased from 18kW to 27kW.

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6:08 PM

Fred :

You are correct as I commented to Paul about possible from other transmitters due to COMs 7&8 now being SFNs. Whilst the at has been upped, the power for COMs 7&8 at has been reduced from 33/34kW to 19kW. However the 6 main muxes at Pontop Pike should all be now at 100kW, COMs4-6 having been upped from 50kW.

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6:50 PM

4wd:

Whilst information on some pages is wrong, the and for the 6 main muxes here is correct. The PSBs are on 100kW & COMs 4-6 on 50kW. COMs 7&8 as mentioned to Paul now 27kW, also the Local mux on was being upped from 5 to 7kW.
I would that by now, your should be back to normal as both and the BBC are reporting no faults.
I assume you have a Aerial?

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4wd
7:09 PM

Yes it's , just rescanned and since the changes:

ch21 comes in at strength 1
ch24 is 9
27 is 2
30 is 2
40 is 9
45 is 8
46 is 5

None of them were on 1 and 2 before.

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