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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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bilsdale transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)676mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)676mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Tyne Tees), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C21 (474.0MHz)676mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)676mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)681mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C40 (626.0MHz)681mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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.
regional news image
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)Transposer63 homes (coverage together with SH34)
Hawsker BottomActive deflector 150 caravans
LangthwaiteActive deflector30 homes

How will the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1313 Nov 2019
A K TA K TA K TK TW T
C21BBCB
C23C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C24_localD3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C27BBCA
C29ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C30_local
C31com7
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C35C5wavesC5waves
C37com8
C40ArqBArqB
C43SDNSDN
C46ArqAArqA
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bilsdale transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Jul 1974Yorkshire Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004Tyne Tees Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Bilsdale was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Monday, 26 March 2012
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bob ankers
9:38 AM

no signal on all itv channels. ferryhill co.durham.

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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
A
Andrew
2:08 PM
Guisborough

I live in guisborough, which aerial group would i need to purchase to receive full Freeview service?

Thanks


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Robert Hill
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2:46 PM
Wetherby

Andrew,at the moment I think it is Group A aerials. But come change over i September I think it will be Group K aerials. I look towards the this site there is a link giving aerial groups. May be others will fuller information.

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Dave Lindsay
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4:04 PM

Andrew: I don't think you stand a chance of receiving Freeview until switchover.

When it does happen though, Bilsdale will be Group A for Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) multiplexes and Group B for the Commercial (COM) ones.

The power of the PSBs will be 100kW whereas the COMs will be 50kW. The latter will also use a less robust mode so that they can fit in more services.

As Robert Hill says, you could use a Group K aerial which covers Group A and Group B. However, by extending the range of frequencies that the aerial works for, there is a trade-off in sensitivity (gain).

Looking at the Digital UK Tradeview predictor, you will need all the gain you can get.

You could opt for a Group B aerial on Bilsdale for the COMs and continue to use your C/D Guisborough aerial for the PSBs. Then diplex the two together.

If the downlead is old, then it may be a good idea to replace it with double-screened cable such as Webro WF100.

For lots of information and products, see www.aerialsandtv.com

I'm not a professional on this matter, so perhaps others on here could be more specific.

However, there may be a marked difference in the strength of the signals coming down your aerial lead. I expect that the ones from Guisborough will be stronger. I wonder if a masthead amp will be necessary for the Bilsdale COMs aerial...

Some pages on ATV's site that may be of particular interest:

Bilsdale TV Transmitter

Online TV Splitters, Amps & Diplexers sales - The diplexer that splits at C51 will allow you to combine your Guisborough aerial with the Group B Bilsdale aerial.

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Dave Lindsay
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4:16 PM

Andrew: Another page to look at on ATV's site is the one with gain curves on:

Gain (curves), Again

This shows how yagi aerials aren't so good at lower frequencies and why a wideband (probably high-gain) will not be the best for you if you decide to receive all services (PSBs and COMs) from Bilsdale.

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Thursday, 26 April 2012
Dave Lindsay
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12:56 AM

Andrew: You may find this discussion interesting:

Freeview on Sudbury TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

jb38 says that where there is difficult non-line-of-sight a lower gain aerial with booster is better than a high gain one. The reason being that lower gain aerials have wider acceptance angles.

As you don't have line of sight, I thought that this might be useful to you.

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Thursday, 10 May 2012
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Stuart Morris
9:25 PM
Darlington

In my location I get poor reception from Bilsdale due to trees and am considering changing to Pontop Pike. At present I am receiving most of my stations from Pontop Pike even though my ariel is pointing to Bilsdale. I noticed however that the data for Bilsdale gives a 'rating' for most MUX as low or below average. Does this relate to signal strength and will the signal strength be increased at the digital change over.

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Monday, 14 May 2012
M
Marty
8:31 PM

Hi, I have just purchased a new Panasonic plasma tv which has freeview hd built in, when I set it up a couple of weeks ago I was very surprised to find that it picked up (and still does) the freeview hd channels. I'm not complaining as it's a great picture but I am wondering how this is possible when I live in Teesside TS19....especially as my friend who lives just over half a mile away cannot receive it. I am wondering if it is some kind of test transmission that is likely to go off soon?

Cheers guys.

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Dave Lindsay
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8:35 PM

Marty: Bilsdale does not broadcast HD until switchover.

My guess is that either you are either picking it up from Pontop Pike which hasn't switched over yet, but is one of a handful of transmitters that has a pre-switchover HD signal.

To find out which you have, go to one of the HD programe channels and bring up the signal strength screen. If it says that it is tuned to C63, then it is coming from Pontop Pike. The other possibility is Emley Moor which is on C41.

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