Full Freeview on the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	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)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	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),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C21 (474.0MHz)	676m	DTG-	100,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	676m	DTG-8	50,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	681m	DTG-8	50,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	681m	DTG-8	50,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 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?

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	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C24				_local	D3+4
C26	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA
C27					BBCA
C29	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4
C30					_local
C31					com7
C33	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C37					com8
C40				ArqB	ArqB
C43				SDN	SDN
C46				ArqA	ArqA
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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 Tees

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

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Jul 1974	Yorkshire Television
Jul 1974-Feb 2004	Tyne Tees Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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

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Rachel
5:05 PM

Re fire. I have SD back on my tv but not HD. When will HD be back in HG2? on
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Christopher Smith
10:17 AM
Harrogate

Rachel : Nothing for me even with a retune (also in HG2 but in due to conservation area). We're not in the footprint area and predictor says we wouldn't get all anyway. So guess will just have to wait.

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Christopher's: C's Freeview map C's terrain plot C's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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Chris.SE

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12:59 PM

Christopher Smith:

That is NOT correct, it depends where you are in the HG2 area, some places have coverage from Emley and , but of course that means repositioning the aerial which will not be practical (or cost effective) for most people, and it'll be Yorkshire instead of .

You really need to provide a full postcode to look at predicted coverage which you've done in the checker, so your locale is not in a place where you can get the others and don't either as I'm sure you appreciate.

Rachel:

It'll depend on which temporary you might be getting your signals from at present. There are two that might be giving coverage - and Arncliffe Wood - Here are the UHF for them -
Arncliffe Wood - , , FOR PSBs1-3
Eston Nab - , , , , , , for PSBs1-3, COMs4-6.

I've seen some reports that some have been struggling with the HD PSB3 mux from Arncliffe Wood.
Have a look in your TV tuning section to see which UHF channels you are getting the SD signals from.
Then try a manual tune for the HD as autotune sometimes misses weaker signals.
Eg. if you are getting the SD on C40 and C43, try manual tune on C46 (C stands for channel).

See also Channel information for Eston Nab and Arncliffe Wood | Freeview and posts on the previous pages here for links to other information.

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Christopher Smith
9:58 PM
Harrogate

Actually I used the footprint map on this website and my location is dark grey as opposed to bright green. All the rooftop aerials nearby point to and was very good. Emley Moor is slightly nearer but different direction and I presume we're in a black spot for coverage from there. recommends Bilsdale for full of all at this location but not all channels from Emley Moor etc. Yes an outdoor would be better and easier to reposition. access is tight, don't know how anyone managed to get in there to it. Will wait for Bilsdale to rise from the ashes. Until then, via apps (not quite as slick as tuner, a bit clunky but it works).

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11:50 PM

Christopher Smith:

Yes, via the apps is clunky to say the least, still better than nothing.
Your particular postcode may be a no go for Emley, but I wouldn't treat the as totally accurate, good for a guide.
The Emley one, on a rough check of one postcode I did, is in the gtreen zone and comes up OK on the Freeview predictor which might be a tad optimistic because there is a small hill on the line of sight about 3km away. That said I've known quite a few locations that have small hills like that in the way, but nevertheless there's still good (and generally) stable .
RF (Radio Frequencies) though can very often be more of a black art rather than a precise science, often it's a case of suck it and see.

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Chris.SE

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11:51 PM

Rachel:

Did you read my suggestions 3 posts above?

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5:21 PM

- : Off the air due to a fault from 10 Aug 13:41. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Aug 13:41. . [BBC]

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J.Y
10:08 PM

Got No at all on my TV since 10/08/21.
When will signal be restored.

J.Y.

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Chris.SE

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5:14 AM

J.Y:

Suggest you read several posts on previous pages with links to Arqiva and , but in particular see Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy

If you are unable to get a from any of the temporary sites or relays, please provide a full postcode and we'll see if any further suggestions can be offered.

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Gtibb
3:23 PM

Chris.SE: Anyone south of the site is more likely to have issues until the temporary can be put up on Moor. Arncliffe will be close to horizon for anywhere like Harrogate, & with reduced powers & more loss at the higher channel frequencies, the HD mux on 46 was always going to be tentative at such distances. Once the temporary is put up this can then be used on the allocated for the site & this will improve the footprint significantly even with severely restricted .

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