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 28/10/2024 Screen may go black 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 withheldTuesday, 7 September 2021
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Cornelius O'Donovan8:31 PM
No signals picked up in Thirsk for four weeks now, and no deadlines being given as to when the service will be available. Please enlighten me - what HAS been done over that's four weeks?
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Chris.SE10:07 PM
Cornelius O'Donovan:
Have you read the previous posts here, mostly on p91 with links to Arqiva's statement and information, as well as Freeview's information?
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Chris.SE10:08 PM
Ian johnon:
As you haven't provided a full postcode, we can't suggest what options might be available to you.
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Chris.SE10:27 PM
Cornelius O'Donovan:
Further to my last response to you, have you tried retuning to see if you can get any signals from the temporary mast at Arncliffe Wood?
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Chris.SE11:42 PM
I've just been reading that the Bilsdale mast is beyond repair, I don't know why Arqiva haven't updated
https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
Not very informative as this is now 4/5 days old.
See
Minimum of two months to replace Bilsdale transmitter, meeting told - Richmondshire Today
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Wednesday, 8 September 2021
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Gtibb10:12 AM
Cornelius O'Donovan: The requirement to service the southern part of the Bilsdale area is a temp mast at the fire site. This requires all kinds of permissions as it is in an environmentally sensitive area, & will be done as quickly as possible. There are no other sites in the vicinity that would allow a significant number of customers to have a service returned. The only other feasible site was Acklam Wold, which would have returned services to the York area, but still left a huge area of the Derwent catchment without a service. Even if temp masts are put up, TV antennas are directional & still need to be pointing in more or less the correct direction to use them
An added problem with tubular mast designs like Bilsdale is the internal lift. If this is compromised then much of the mast becomes inaccessible & reconstruction is the only option. Luckily mast fires are rare (about one every 10 years), & most of these only compromise services for a few days.
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Christopher Smith2:25 PM
Harrogate
New temporary mast today at Sutton Bank has restored *some* channels for me (following an auto retune)
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Christopher's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE10:15 PM
Christopher Smith:
Glad you've had some channels restored, this new temporary transmitter is reported to be providing signals to about 100,000 households
The new Sutton Bank transmitter (near Thirsk) serves households across North York, Harrogate, Pickering, Ripon, Masham, and Leyburn according to Arqiva and Freeview.
Arqiva have updated their information at
https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
and Freeview's information is at Help - Bilsdale Transmitter | Freeview
The Sutton Bank transmitter is currently providing the 3 PSB multiplexes on UHF channels C27, C24, C21.
Freeview have provided an updated technical FAQ page at
Channel information for Bilsdale Temporary Mast, Eston Nab, and Arncliffe Wood | Freeview
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Chris.SE10:22 PM
Cornelius O'Donovan:
Please try a further retune if you haven't already. A new temporary transmitter has been set up today near Thirsk.
See the post before this one for details.
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Chris.SE10:37 PM
Dorothea Margaret Barker: David Andrews: Ian johnon:
A Retune may restore some services from the new temporary transmitter at Sutton Bank near Thirsk.
See 2 posts before this for details.
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