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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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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Mark Fletcher

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11:59 PM
Halifax

Well not long to go now,this being my last text before BBC2 goes off permanently very soon,who knows the programme China on Four Wheels currently on could be either switched off anytime now or goes off after the programme has finished transmission.

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Mark Fletcher

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12:00 AM
Halifax

Thomas,Leeds.Yes BBC1 from is off.

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Thomas

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12:15 AM
Leeds

All from now off except for BBC TWO. Not sure what they're doing; it's as if they think it's DSO2 and have turned off the wrong transmitters!

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Mark Fletcher

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12:25 AM
Halifax

BBC2 from switched off for good at 12.21am just as the programme China on Four Wheels almost ended as the end credits were just starting.
The other four analogue BBC1,ITV1, and Channel 5 are all off but its another two weeks for them before they are all switched off for good.

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Mark Fletcher

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2:03 AM
Halifax

Sorry it took me so long but after trying with the borrowed group W larger aerial,set-top aerial,signal /,etc,despite its difficulties i have managed to receive the BBCA from on frequency 26 in my location the far north of ,HX2 9JY house number 3,using the larger borrowed group W wideband with amplifier on,Signal 99% Signal Strength 67%,without the signal booster it occasionally pixellates,however the set-top aerial with and without signal amplification gives poor results at best frequent pixellations at worst .And before i mention it the larger aerial is in my bedroom so a mixed response to the 100kw BBCA mux from Bilsdale for now,interesting to see in two weeks time whether the D3+4 mux from Bilsdale on frequency 29 is attainable in my location despite a issue concerning SDN mux also on frequency 29 normally not receivable unless an situation lifts that signal towards my abode.No BBCB (HD) im afraid as my box is non-HD but the 50kw COM mux's come two weeks time is less promising as far as i am concerned,still there's no harm as at least is my main plus and as well as Bilsdale are ideal alternatives in emergency situations.

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2:17 AM
Halifax

One thing i forgot to add the name as far as is concerned on my set-top box is Teeside .

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jim
3:04 AM

goodbye bbc 2.. just digital is as consistent as u where

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jb38

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7:42 AM

Mark Fletcher: I will be interested to see if Thomas can receive the ITV mux or any of the commercial muxes come 26th, as although you are predicted to receive both BBC and the HD service on that date with a status of good, (BBC presently good) ITV being on a variable status but with no commercials possible, Thomas on the other hand is only predicted to receive BBC and the HD service on a variable status and no commercials whatsoever, that including ITV.

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Thomas

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10:33 AM
Leeds

I receive all the multiplexes from and am quite happy with that. From 6am I checked and 1, 3, 4, and 5 have come back on. I also retuned my Freeview TV and it picked up the new BBCA Mux from Bilsdale, putting its in the 800s. Emley Moor's channels remained on their normal numbers.

The from Bilsdale is viewable, but the is very low and I get occasional blockiness or freezing on it. Still, I can sort of choose between regions for BBC News now.

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Ian Taylor
5:02 PM
Middlesbrough

Thanks to Dave Lindsay and Mark Fletcher for the detailed info on the . I have retuned and everything seems fine.

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