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 withheldSunday, 3 October 2021
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Fiona Tate10:53 AM
Darlington
DL3 8RP
When will I receive a signal?
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Chris.SE1:30 PM
Fiona Tate:
Parts of the Darlington area have been one of the more difficult areas to get signals to from the current temporary transmitters. Have you tried a retune recently? You may get some signals from one of the existing temporary transmitters, more likely the one at Arncliffe Wood. If an auto retune doesn't get anything, try manual retuning on the channels detailed here Channel information for Bilsdale Temporary Mast, Eston Nab, and Arncliffe Wood | Freeview
Arqiva had hoped to have the new temporary 80m mast at Bilsdale operating by Oct.5th but this has now been delayed by the current atrocious weather.
Arqiva have been proving updates on the situation see -
https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
They are also hoping to get some further temporary masts installed to cover areas that may not get signals from the Bilsdale temporary mast.
Freeview have also provided updates, mainly a summary of information from Arqiva -
Latest Bilsdale Transmitter Update | Freeview
There's also been some fairly good reports here (read through to see earlier reports) -
Bilsdale transmitter: Arqiva boss responds to job losses and impact on fixing mast | The Northern Echo
I did read/hear somewhere that Arqiva were going to be setting up a dedicated helpline, but can't find the detail at present. Freeview have one but it's primarily recorded information and they don't have the technical knowledge that Arqiva have!
If after the temporary Bilsdale mast is operating, you are still having problems getting a signal, the helpline may be of some help - number will be posted when available.
The Predicted reception checker shows your location should usually get an excellent signal from Bilsdale, so reception from the temporary mast may be ok. But you are also predicted to get very good signals from the Pontop Pike transmitter but this will involve repositioning your aerial in almost the opposite direction to which it currently points. After the new temporary mast is operational, it could be that those still struggling to get reception may have financial or free help with aerial work, as you'll see from the reports there is various funding being provided, it'll be a case of see what develops.
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StevensOnln11:51 PM
Fiona Tate: The completion date for the temporary transmitter at Bilsdale has been delayed due to bad weather, it is now expected to start broadcasting later this month (the current target date is 19th October according to the link below). You may be able to get some channels from one of the existing temporary transmitters by doing an automatic retune (if you haven't tried that already).
Latest Bilsdale Transmitter Update | Freeview
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Wednesday, 6 October 2021
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Chris.SE4:06 PM
All:
It seems the damaged mast at Bilsdale was brought down earlier today by controlled explosion.
https://pbs.twimg.com/ext…mall
That's from a tweet richardo on Twitter: "Well that`s Bilsdale transmitter down,,,... "
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Chris.SE4:38 PM
It seems to be true
Arqiva Mast Dismantling - YouTube
https://www.itv.com/news/…tled
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StevensOnln15:57 PM
Chris.SE: The demolition company did a very neat job, it only took around 10 seconds for the whole mast to come down in sections, with the bottom section landing on an adjacent building and the rest collapsing on top of each other on the ground nearby. That should limit the damage caused to the buildings around the base of the mast (beyond the damage already caused by the fire) which should help avoid further delays to building the new mast and bringing it into service.
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Chris.SE6:43 PM
StevensOnln1:
Yes it looked a very neat and well done job. I wonder how far away you could hear it coming down!
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Tuesday, 12 October 2021
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Chris.SE3:07 AM
All:
With recent good weather the new temporary (quarry) mast at Bilsdale is due to be tested today (Tuesday 12th October).
"Between 9am and 2pm on Tuesday 12th October service will be disrupted to viewers on Eston Nab and Sutton Bank. DO NOT retune as service will be restored at 2pm. "
DO NOT RETUNE except when advised in the following articles -
Latest Bilsdale Transmitter Update | Freeview
Home | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
The BBC have an update -
Problems with television and radio services in North Yorkshire and Teesside | Help receiving TV and radio
History of events can be seen at -
https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
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Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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jm1:08 AM
Stockton-on-tees
Temporary mast seems to be operational now
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