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 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 withheldTuesday, 7 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
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5:23 AM
BILSDALE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Aug 13:41. . FM: Poor quality due to a fault from 2 Sep 12:35 until 2 Sep 13:38. Poor quality due to a fault from 2 Sep 12:17 until 2 Sep 13:38. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Aug 13:20. . [BBC]
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David Andrews10:45 AM
Harrogate
An old lady living at , Whitewall Lane, Felliscliffe, HG3 2JZ relies on Bilsdale for her TV. She can't receive a signal from Emley Moor bacause of a hill. She doesn't possess a computer, so no broadband. What do you suggest she does for the next 2 months?
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Chris.SE1:00 PM
David Andrews:
She might be able to get some signals from the temporary transmitter at Arncliffe Wood, it could be a big might, I would guess that Eston Nab is too far away.
Is her aerial on the roof, has she tried a retune?
A manual retune would be preferred, details of the channels in a previous post on p91 here
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It is always worth a try.
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Transmitter engineering
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2:23 PM
BILSDALE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Aug 13:41. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Aug 13:20. . [BBC]
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Cornelius O'Donovan8:31 PM
No signals picked up in Thirsk for four weeks now, and no deadlines being given as to when the service will be available. Please enlighten me - what HAS been done over that's four weeks?
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Chris.SE10:07 PM
Cornelius O'Donovan:
Have you read the previous posts here, mostly on p91 with links to Arqiva's statement and information, as well as Freeview's information?
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Chris.SE10:08 PM
Ian johnon:
As you haven't provided a full postcode, we can't suggest what options might be available to you.
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Chris.SE10:27 PM
Cornelius O'Donovan:
Further to my last response to you, have you tried retuning to see if you can get any signals from the temporary mast at Arncliffe Wood?
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Chris.SE11:42 PM
I've just been reading that the Bilsdale mast is beyond repair, I don't know why Arqiva haven't updated
https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
Not very informative as this is now 4/5 days old.
See
Minimum of two months to replace Bilsdale transmitter, meeting told - Richmondshire Today
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