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 withheldThursday, 2 September 2021
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John Hardy4:37 PM
Re: Bilsdale Transmitter,
Has anyone thought about asking the Army for the use of a big commercial
Helicopter to take parts of the temperally new mast and other equipment to the site, instead
of waiting for the courts to decide, simple, just get a big enough Helicopter, and go over the private land and offload it at the site.
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StevensOnln17:07 PM
John Hardy: Helicopters are used in the construction and maintenance of masts which are too tall for cranes, so I imagine that the idea would have been considered, although I doubt there would be any need to involve the army when there are already commercially available helicopters which can do that kind of work. Having said that, is the legal issue down to the access route to the site of the temporary mast, or is the use of the land itself for the siting of the temporary mast, which is outside of the 300m exclusion zone around the existing mast? The area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) so the land owner may not even be the party bringing the legal action.
In a further update on the restoration of Freeview services, COM4/5/6 have now been added to the temporary transmitter at Arncliffe Wood on UHF channels 29, 31 & 37. The Teeside local mux and COM7 have been added to Eston Nab on UHF channels 30 and 55.
Freeview have now published a page giving full UHF channel listings for the temporary transmitters and Bilsdale's relays:
Channel information for Eston Nab and Arncliffe Wood | Freeview
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Chris.SE10:22 PM
Arqiva have also provided an update
https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
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Friday, 3 September 2021
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Christopher Smith1:26 PM
Harrogate
MP's mast frustration
Enough is enough: MP's mast frustration Harrogate Informer
Futile gesture but I suppose it ticks a box demonstrating that he's doing his job
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Sunday, 5 September 2021
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Chris.SE7:02 AM
In case anyone misses the information elsewhere -
The UHF channels for Eston Nab are C27, C24, C21, C23, C26, C48, C30, C55 that's in the multiplex order
BBC A/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBC B HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ARQ A/COM5, ARQ B/COM6, Local/(L-MDB), COM 7
The UHF channels for Arncliffe Wood are C40, C43, C46, C29, C31, C37 that's in the multiplex order
BBC A/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBC B HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ARQ A/COM5, ARQ B/COM6
All Bilsdale Relay transmitters are now supposedly operational on their usual UHF channels.
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Alethea Francis8:47 PM
I live in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Although I have retuned my TV several times since I was advised that temporary aerials are now in place after Bilsdale Mast fire on 10th August, all I receive is a fuzzy, streaky and partial picture with distorted sounds and continuing 'clicking sound'. BBC channels have now disappeared completely and some Freeview programmes appear and then disappear. My TV aerial is in the loft. Not allowed to put it on the roof in our area. My postal code is DL78QU. I do NOT have a twitter account or smartphone. I am nearly blind and have mobility problems so TV is my main entertainment. I have an old laptop for Blind People and so it is not possible to view TV on my laptop because the operating system cannot download the TV programmes.
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Chris.SE11:06 PM
Alethea Francis:
Sorry to hear of your predicament. When was the last time you tried a retune?
The most likely temporary transmitter that you may get signals from is Arncliffe Wood, there has been some additional work there recently.
Having an aerial in the loft isn't especially helpful in current circumstances as I'm sure you appreciate. The Bilsdale mast is a few degrees N of due E (bearing 82 degrees) from you, whereas Arncliffe Wood is nearer ENE (bearing 67 degrees). This difference is possibly within the beamwidth of your aerial but with the reduced signal being in a loft and other possible obstructions, it might mean the signal is just too weak BUT it's worth trying another retune.
First, unplug the aerial and do an automatic retune, this should clear all previous tuning as nothing is found.
Plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune, hopefully this will pick up the multiplexes.
If that doesn't work and you don't pick up anything, try a manual tune for the UHF channels listed in the post before yours (for Arncliffe Wood). Auto-retune sometimes misses weaker signals.
If you are picking up all the UHF channels and those multiplexes on them but you are suffering bad pixellation, or not picking up anything, it MIGHT be worth trying to reposition the aerial. Now, is there anyone you know AND trust, that would be competent to go in your loft and move your aerial slightly towards ENE, that's an anticlockwise move by no more than 15 degrees? BUT first they must note exactly which way it points for Bilsdale so it can be put back there in due course. Make sure it's someone agile enough and mechanically competent!
To make matters worse, the current high pressure weather system sometimes can cause signals from other transmitters to travel further and cause interference to the ones you want. So if you are getting the multiplexes but there's occasional pixellation (it can last longer than a few minutes sometimes), there's not a lot you can do, just bear with it.
If you need further help just post back.
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Monday, 6 September 2021
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Christopher Smith10:40 AM
Harrogate
Agree that having the aerial in the loft is not ideal, but unfortunately it's a requirement on new builds in conservation areas such as where I live :(
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Dorothea Margaret Barker11:34 AM
My friend lives in Helmsley she has just lost her husband and is in her eighty's.
She receives her television programs via the Bilsdale mast and has not been able to receive her TV programmes for weeks she is unable to retune her TV herself although I have just read on the computer that this could be possible. Is there a company in the area who may be able to visit her home and do the work for her. I would not know what to do and live near Harrogate.
If you can help please reply to me in the first instance.
Margaret Barker dunedin.darley@uwclub.net
telephone 01423 781544
Many thanks in anticipation.
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Chris.SE12:51 PM
Dorothea Margaret Barker:
You should not post your details - email, phone etc. on publicly accessible sites like this. You leave yourself vulnerable to cranks and scammers. Do NOT accept ANY offers of help that you receive in this way, there are ALREADY scammers taking advantage of people such as yourself and your friend and people are being ripped off.
if someone makes a recommendation on this site, at least you then have the opportunity of looking at the person's/organisation's credentials via a phone book or the internet etc.
Please do not accept any offers that come via your phone or email.
Freeview now have a dedicated helpline where they should be able to advise if there is an alternative temporary transmitter your friend could receive, one might hope they could recommend local installers that could do anything with an aerial BUT that is likely to cost and won't be cheap, phone 0800-121-4828.
BUT does your friend not have a near neighbour that she trusts that could come and retune her TV for her - Freeview again have guides on their website on how to retune for many makes of TV set.
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