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 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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 withheldWednesday, 10 August 2022
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Chris.SE11:42 AM
patrick timney:
Your best bet will be to contact the special Freeview/Arqiva helpline on 0800-121-4828
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Tuesday, 18 October 2022
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Graham Denison12:05 PM
A quick question, the BBC transmitter site shows a relay at Thirsk on the Felixkirk road.
I can't find any further details on it, do you have any?
Link: Check transmitter faults | Help receiving TV and radio
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StevensOnln12:01 PM
Graham Denison: Thirsk is one of the temporary relay sites that was switched on last year to fill gaps in coverage after the Bilsdale fire. It broadcasts the PSB1/2/3 multiplexes on UHF channels 23/26/30.
New TV relay sites switched on as latest step in Project Restore, reaching 6,000 more households | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
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Wednesday, 19 October 2022
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Chris.SE5:06 AM
Graham Denison:
See also Channel information for Bilsdale Temporary Mast, Eston Nab, and Arncliffe Wood | Freeview (but note COM7 is now closed at all transmitters)..
Depending on where you are in your postcode (reception does vary across it, no doubt due to changes in terrain & line of sight) you MAY get good enough reception from Emley Moor and possibly Bilsdale Tower depending on which region you may prefer - North Yorkshire or North East/Cumbria.
If your aerial is currently pointing at Bilsdale (compass bearing 40 degrees - almost NE) then you may get good enough reception for just the 3 PSB multiplexes from Thirsk without repositioning the aerial - ideal bearing is 80 degrees - heading towards slightly N of due E).
If you would prefer the Emley Moor region then it's compass bearing 196 degrees - almost SSW (but note reception may be variable).
If you are currently getting poor reception from the Bilsdale Tower or Thirsk, you MAY get free help with the aerial, (the main help is currently suspended due to very low demand) but try ringing 0800 1214828.
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Friday, 2 December 2022
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Kennedy Clear9:04 PM
You seem to have channels 21 and 27 swapped over on the details for Bilsdale Moor transmitter.
21 is the HD channel.
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Chris.SE9:18 PM
Kennedy Clear:
As has been mentioned several times in posts here
Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy
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Saturday, 17 December 2022
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4wd3:46 PM
Is there any information about when the rebuilt Bilsdale transmitter might start up.
Whatever they claim about percentages covered, large areas don't have any signal at all especially to the east of the temporary masts
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StevensOnln15:34 PM
4wd: There is a website dedicated to Project Restore and the building of the replacement tower. It's supposed to be completed around the middle of next year I believe. There was a help scheme for viewers who couldn't get a signal from any of the temporary transmitters, although I'm not sure whether that is still going given the time elapsed since the fire.
Latest News | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
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Sunday, 18 December 2022
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Chris.SE5:41 AM
4wd:
As mentioned by StevensOnln1, the full help scheme may not be operating as it was, but some help might still be available.
If you provide a full postcode, we may be able to advise which of the relay transmitters you might get some signals from.
Unfortunately the Project Restore latest news doesn't include a mention of all the relays that were turned on.
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4wd9:54 AM
They have been rather poor at updating that site it was previously reported that if all went well it could be live by the end of this year (2022) but first half of next year is about all we might assume.
The new mast is already lit at night not sure how much is still to do with the major building.
The temporary masts are only serving larger towns and and have no hope whatsoever of reaching the dales located towards the coast which the full sized mast covered - so no point trying.
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