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 withheldSunday, 20 September 2020
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alf hall3:13 PM
for the last few days have had trouble receiving channel 7 teesside and channel 50 sony movies
my neighbours are also having same trouble are you carrying out maintenence causing this problem
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Tuesday, 22 September 2020
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Chris.SE12:27 AM
alf hall:
"We" don't do the maintenance as this is an independent help site. That said, Freeview have not currently listed Bilsdale for Planned Engineering.
Your problems are more likely to be "Tropospheric Ducting" around causing interference, see Effect of tropospheric ducting on Freeview | RTIS for a simplistic explanation. Not all multiplexes can/will be affected or at the same time, It can be quite variable, come and go within seconds, minutes or hours. It has been particularly strong recently which can wipe out reception. Climate change is likely to mean these sort of events could be more common.
Currently it may continue on and off for a day or two more.
It's best not to retune if you have no signal or badly pixellated signals as this can just clear correct tuning and you have to repeat the retune when conditions stabilise.
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Tuesday, 8 December 2020
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Tom2:07 PM
Middlesbrough
I'm migrating from cable to Freeview and live in the TS7 post code area. The Freeview site says I should tune to Pontop pike, however the ukfreetv site says I should get strong coverage from bilsdale. my neighbours seem to be aimed at Bilsdale.
Which is the best transmitter for me to aim at?
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Tom's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln12:25 PM
Tom: We need a full postcode (or one from a nearby shop/pub/church/school etc) to be able to see your predicted coverage. TS7 covers a wide area and the coverage checkers only work with a full postcode.
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Monday, 1 February 2021
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Ken D1:57 PM
At certain times of the day all of the channels listed under PSB2 & D3+4 from the Bilsdale transmitter are either disappearing from the Freeview list on both of my smart TVs and my BT Box or the pictures and sound quality is very poor. When checked, the signal level for all of the channels affected is zero on the BT Box. I have manually tuned both TVs and all of the channels although listed in the tuning menu do not show on Freeview. Something odd is happening, but not 24/7. Suggestions?
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Chris.SE8:02 PM
Ken D:
Difficult to say without a full postcode to look at the predicted reception at your locale. I can't find any reports of transmitter faults either from Freeview or the BBC, and the transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering.
Does this happen at exactly the same times each and every day and what times have you had it happen so far?
What are the signal levels and quality for the other multiplexes on your BT Box and your TV?
Check that you are tuned to the correct UHF channel for D3&4/PSB2 which is C24 and that you haven't become inadvertently tuned to a low power local relay transmitter.
Have you changed anything in your installation recently? Check all your connections, coax plugs etc for corrosion, breaks in flyleads etc.
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Monday, 31 May 2021
DH6 2PZ. Have noticed severe poor signal strength & quality early hours this morning from Bilsdale. Reasonably sure it's not my equipment. The freeview website says there is no reported problems or planned maintenance but also says there was planned maintenance being carried out WC 24th May. Could this maintenance have carried over?
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Graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE7:39 AM
Graham Armstrong:
As the Planned Engineering list hasn't yet been updated, it's quite possible but there occasions when I've not found it to be that reliable!
That said, however, there is high pressure centered over the North Sea and the Tropospheric predictions do show that there is some quite strong tropospheric ducting around, and there's currently predicted to be a lift which can be affecting parts of the NE and hence there may well be interference from other transmitters in Europe or the UK.
These tropo conditions could remain for a sew days - although they will be variable, don't always affect all multiplexes, and may only last for seconds, but maybe minutes or hours!
I would say that this is the most likely cause of what you are seeing, especially as you are some distance (46km) from Bilsdale (bearing 159 degrees - approx. SSE). I note that Pontop Pike is much closer (28km, bearing 298 degrees - slightly N of WNW) and the Freeview predictor suggests you'd perhaps get better signals from Pontop Pike assuming there isn't an issue with line-of-sight in that direction in your immediate locale. The other main difference being the Local Multiplex and hence the local news coverage centred perhaps more around MIddlesborough for Bilsdale or Newcastle for Pontop Pike depending on any preference you may have.
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Hi can u tell me if there is anything wrong with Freeview at bilsdale my aerial is pointing in this direction when it was fitted many years ago.
Channels or mux with problems.
PSB 1
Com 4
Com 5
Com 6
These seam to be on a low output at the moment I am receiving quality 47 signal 63 .
I have picture and sound quality poor, with constant break ups.
This has been happening since yesterday.
Post code ls13 2ss...
I am not pointing towards Emily moor due to my location.
My earial is new aswell as all cables. I am using a amplifier to boost signal and also at800 due to privious interface.
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Chris.SE7:12 PM
Richard caywood:
Hello Richard. Apart from the information in the post before yours, I can also add that the Planned Engineering list appears to have been updated and Bilsdale is still listed with possible effect "Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" which generally implies it's because of reduced power.
PS. Did you ever get that Ch.60 filter??
Graham Armstrong:
You may also wish to note the update.
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