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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter._______
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 withheldFriday, 2 October 2015
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DennisD9:13 PM
Hi all.
I've stumbled across this site while searching for info re my recent reception issues.
Postcode SR70HX. As with Bryan they began on 1st October 2015 up until which time I've been receiving a good steady signal with only very intermittent and minor artefacts appearing on screen.
And then on Oct 1st I lost every channel on all Multiplex's except the one containing BBC 1 HD etc..
Occasionally channels from other Multiplex's sputter back into life and then break up to a "No Signal" message.
New aerial on chimney with mast mounted signal booster and new good quality cable installed 5 months ago, and no problems until yesterday, which still continue tonight.
At a loss other than to ask the installer for his advice. He's the most professional and recommended installer in my local area of Seaham, and very knowledgeable, and I'm sure he'll help if he can, but the fact that I have a strong signal (just under 100%) on the working HD channels makes me feel it's nothing to do with the installation.
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Dennis
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MikeB9:36 PM
Macclesfield
DennisD: If your signal strength is 100%, then that is a problem. Search for 'too much of a good thing' on this site. I suspect the booster might not be needed...
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Tuesday, 15 December 2015
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Alan Betteney8:12 AM
Just had notification to retune for channel 70 Horror and is now on 792 among radio stations but no mention of this on Freeview web site. Any ideas why?
This is on Bilsdale transmitter
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Wednesday, 16 December 2015
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jb3812:36 AM
Alan Betteney: Have you retuned as yet? as the horror channel was initially broadcast on Bilsdales COM6 / Mux C40, but has now moved to COM4 / MuxC43 as used by ITV3 (10) / Vintage TV (242) and a host of others, LCN 792 now being an invalid channel.
The fact of the on-screen message is the up to date info.
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Friday, 18 December 2015
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Alan Betteney7:58 AM
jb38: Many thanks. Horror is still on Ch 70. When I did retune, Horror programme was showing on Ch 792 and I thought that it had moved, but now Ch792 shows the retune message.
It is all very confusing for an old man.
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jb389:35 PM
Alan Betteney: I feel that my statement of "moved" has possibly misled you, for which I apologise for not making it clearer, as I was really referring to the multiplex transmitter that the programme was previously broadcast on (COM6) having changed to COM4 /Mux C43, and not the programme guide number (EPG) that the programme is viewed on.
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Monday, 4 July 2016
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A g BELL8:41 AM
why has the signal gone very weak in the last few day on all channels including hd .plus bbc cannot show look north on HD it has become virtually impossible to watch TV ,we live in york
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Wednesday, 6 July 2016
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MikeB8:36 PM
J metcalfe: If your transmitter is fine, it must be your system. You need to check it.
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jb388:53 PM
J metcalfe: If your Freeview reception is via the Bilsdale transmitter? then this station has been listed on the engineering page since Monday 4th under *Possible service interruptions*.
Needless to say, please refrain from being tempted to carry out a retune, as all this would achieve is to lose all channels stored in the tuner, frequent retunes then being required in order to recover same.
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