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 04/11/2024 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 withheldMonday, 14 May 2012
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Marty10:01 PM
Dave: thanks a lot for the info I will certainly do as you suggest, if it is pontop pike like you suspect then do you happen to know if they will continue to broadcast hd till the full switchover? Also (sorry to be a pain) but can you explain why I am picking up a signal from another area when I should be getting the bilsdale transmission.....is it just a case of my aerial pointing in a different direction? Am I likely to eventually end up with an inferior signal because of it? Sorry if these are dumb questions and I fully understand if you don't bother to reply.....much appreciated if you do though.
Cheers.
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Marty: Aerials pick up signals from other transmitters, usually to a lesser degree than the one they are intended for. How much (and if at all) you could say depends on luck.
Evidently your aerial is picking up a HD signal from somewhere, and as Bilsdale doesn't broadcast HD at the moment, your receiver has tuned to it. So don't be surprised if reception isn't perfect because an off-beam signal is being received.
Yes, Pontop Pike will continue broadcasting HD as it does now until switchover. As I say, HD isn't part of the standard offering before switchover. A handful of transmitters nationwide that operate (and operated) before switchover were selected to carry HD services and Pontop Pike was one of them. This does not affect Bilsdale's HD signals that will come on air at switchover in September.
So come 26th September you should be able to receive HD services from Bilsdale.
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Marty5:35 PM
Dave thank you for taking the time to explain the answers to my questions.....which I fully understand now, looking forward to the full switchover in September.
Best regards.
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Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Mark Fletcher5:12 PM
Halifax
Stuart Morris.Darlington,DL2 2LJ.
Come DSO at Bilsdale (BBCA DSO1,Wednesday 12 September 2012,the rest DSO2,Wednesday 26 September 2012) the new higher powered post digital switched signals of 100kw on the public service broadcasters multiplexes BBCA,D3+4 and BBCB (HD),plus the 50kw commercial multiplexes SDN,ArqA and ArqB will vastly improve reception in your locality which at present is somewhat difficult.However you stated that your aerial is directed at Bilsdale yet receive some Pontop Pike transmissions due to poor reception issues in your locality because of trees.Is your aerial that faces Bilsdale a group W wideband (tipped black) antenna by any chance ? For Bilsdale once DSO takes effect you need a group K (tipped grey) semi-wideband aerial (either Yagi 18K,or X-Beam 16K) which is optimised for the lower/middle frequency bands,fitted with superior copper-copper co-ax cable (black coloured preferred for longevity) and importantly brass co-ax plugs,not alloy or worse plastic ones they're useless.
If you decide to opt for Pontop Pike instead which also switches over simultaneously with Bilsdale too,you need either a group C/D Yagi 18C/D aerial (tipped green) or a group E semi-wideband (optimised for the middle/higher frequencies) X-Beam 16E aerial (tipped brown).One possibility is to use a variable frequency diplexer (if available),one that splits the signal at a certain frequency say for example at frequency 47 so you can effectively have two main transmitter choices,one group K aerial using Bilsdale and a second aerial either a group C/D (Yagi) or group E (X-Beam) aerial using Pontop Pike as well.
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Monday, 28 May 2012
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Darren Brown9:36 AM
Gateshead
ITV1 missing from Bilsdale Transmitter.
Postcode: NE10 8JP
Roof mounted aerial.
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Friday, 1 June 2012
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John Benson11:02 AM
Could you please let me know if there is a reason why the DAB signal on my car radio, in the Middlesbrough / Billingham area, often cuts out at 8:00 in the morning. This is when I am on my way to work and not before or after that time
It does not seem to matter where abouts in the journey I am. It can be on the Tees flyover, where there is no blockage anywhere to the signal, or in the middle of town but always at the same time
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Friday, 8 June 2012
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Yvonne10:14 PM
Whitby
Hi, hope someone can help me, I've scoured the internet and found nothing! My daughter is hoping to move into a flat in Whitby. The letting agent told us the signal there is pretty useless and she won't be able to get freeview. However, as it's a listed building she can't have a satellite dish so is there anything she can do to actually receive any programmes? Thank you in anticipation.
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Yvonne: As you probably know, Whitby is now poorly served by terrestrial television following the debacle in which the transmitter was resited to the back of beyond in 2007.
The Whitby relay transmitter will start broadcasting Freeview in September, but it will carry only Public Service channels. These are BBC, ITV1, ITV1+1, ITV2, Channel 4, E4, More 4, Channel 5 and the four HD services.
There will be no Dave, Film 4, ITV3, ITV4 etc. Only main stations such as Bilsdale carry these.
Is there a TV aerial and is it just satellite dishes that aren't allowed?
Where abouts is she thinking of moving?
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jb3811:11 PM
Yvonne: If your daughters flat is located in the lower down areas on the same level as the marina then she most likely wont be able to receive Freeview thanks to the residents having been somewhat foolishly given a choice where the replacement transmitter was sited.
However the only option she would then have is to use an online service "if" the flat is located in an area where that service exists, but it is still possible to use a smaller satellite dish kit indoors if your daughters window is Southerly facing and she is NOT located on the opposite side of the marina to where the Co-op building is situated, so if you could provide her post code or one from very nearby (a pub etc) then this could be checked out.
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Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Mike Dimmick12:01 AM
Yvonne: The prediction for the postcode you've provided suggests an excellent chance of getting reliable reception from the Whitby transmitter. This will provide the PSB multiplexes only after switchover in September - see references to 'Freeview Lite' or 'Freeview Light' elsewhere on this site, or the Whitby transmitter page, to see what channels will be available.
It's very unlikely that a full service from Bilsdale will be possible at that postcode, even after switchover completes. The chances of even getting the PSBs reliably are very low indeed. Currently, Whitby only provides BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1 and Channel 4 on analogue - Freeview is only currently available from Bilsdale in your area.
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