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 - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Aug 13:41. . 
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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, 2 October 2012
Trevor Milburn: I'm not an aerial installer and the only observation I can make is that the sensitivity (gain) of yagi aerials drops sharply above the designated group whereas below there's much more of a slope. C46 is the highest channel and therefore the furthest from group A.
See this page for example curves:
Gain (curves), Again
Note that the yagis all have a distinct form where they drop off sharply above their group and that the slope down towards the beginning of and below the designated group.
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Further to my posting of 28 September 2012 11:36AM here is another location, this time Morpeth, where DUK reckons that Bilsdale's PSBs aren't as good as its COMs:
Postcode Checker - Detailed View
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Robert Hill4:50 PM
I have read all the above postings, with interest. As regards the reception of Bilsdale transmitter, I can receive it very well with an indoor aerial which is a 4 element indoor aerial and its halfway up a downstairs window pointing towards Bilsdale. I have no trouble receiving all MUXes. The Quality is 100%. The signal strengths do vary between the 50 and 75%, but I do not have any trouble as I've said already receiving any of the signals from Bilsdale. My television receiver is Panasonic model TX-L 375B, and it indoor aerial is a Maxview - C3010 - Truvision Set Top Aerial by Maxview (Accessory) . I normally get my television signal from Emley Moor. So in other words Bilsdale seems to be working okay where I am, which is about 3 to 4 miles south of Wetherby in West Yorkshire.
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Saturday, 6 October 2012
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Darren Brown8:50 PM
Dave Lindsay:
Dave, I have switched to a wideband aerial and can now receive freeview channels just fine. thanks again for your help mate.
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Monday, 8 October 2012
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Ian7:37 PM
Bishop Auckland
Had all the freeview channels up till the re-tune. Now lost Sky news,Dave, E4+1 and a few others.
Have tried to re tune a few times but they wont come on.
Any ideas how I could get them back on?
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Ian: You are missing COM5 multiplex. See here for an explanation as to a possible cause for loss from Bilsdale after switchover:
Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) full-Freeview transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Try a manual tune first, if your receiver allows.
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Tuesday, 9 October 2012
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teessider6:32 PM
Stockton-on-tees
always had majority of freeview channels, lost sky news and others on same list, this area has to have loft aerials, have two in bungalow loft serving bedroom and living room, have reset as per instructions ,no different ,would appreciate any advice
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teessider's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
teessider: Read the posting I made immediately above yours...
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teessider7:52 PM
Stockton-on-tees
thanks for your prompt reply dave, i'm totally bamboozled with it all, think i will just put up with just getting some channels, it makes life easier . thanks again
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teessider's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
teessider: First off I'd try a manual tune on UHF channel 46.
Do you have COM4 (ITV3) and COM6 (Film4)?
Do you know anything about your aerials? Do they have red tips?
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