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?
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-look-north-newcastle.jpg)
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.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-tynetees.jpg)
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 withheldSunday, 21 November 2021
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Keith john Alger6:54 PM
So, I'm in Middlesbrough. The Eston Nab transmitter is up and down like a yo-yo! As for the replacement Bilsdale transmitter, the signal from it is too poor to watch - on a good day I can get more channels from the Nottingham transmitter! Talking to my neighbours, a few have switched to the Eston Nab transmitter, but the majority have abandoned terrestrial TV. If someone were to survey the number of homes without terrestrial TV reception in the area, my gut feeling it is many times that 16,000 quoted number!
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Keith's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 22 November 2021
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Chris.SE3:04 AM
Keith john Alger:
See this previous post, and follow the links Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy
I suggest you contact Arqiva.
Whilst predictions aren't always accurate, current predictions suggest you should get good reception from Bilsdale Quarry, quite good reception from Eston Nab except COM6 (C48) which could be poor/variable, and reasonable reception from Pontop PIke although the COM muxes are likely to be variable.
There has been some "temperature inversion/tropospheric ducting" around on various occasions of late which could have resulted in interference to your reception or indeed provided the conditions to allow you to get the Nottingham transmitter (which you certainly aren't predicted to get in normal circumstances!).
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Wednesday, 24 November 2021
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Christopher Smith3:46 PM
This was posted 23/11/2021 on Bilsdale Mast Project Restore
Power increase at Eston Nab relay transmitter: viewers advised to re-scan for more channels | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
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Chris.SE6:08 PM
Christopher Smith:
Thanks for that update, hadn't been checking recently myself.
Other news as well at Latest News | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview: Off air due to a fire. Go to our Works and Warnings section for more information. from 10 Aug 13:26. . 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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Saturday, 4 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview: Off air due to a fire. Go to our Works and Warnings section for more information. from 10 Aug 13:26. . 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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Monday, 20 December 2021
We still have very limited TV reception in Masham . Only a few channels are available
Please advise
P Wingrove
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We still have very limited TV reception in Masham . Only a few channels are available
Please advise
P Wingrove
HG4 4DT
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln110:49 AM
Peter Wingrove: You are only predicted to get good reception of the PSB multiplexes from the temporary mast at Bilsdale Quarry, this may improve when the second temporary mast enters services from the main Bilsdale site, however there are no predictions available. The only other transmitter predicted to be available is Masham which only broadcasts the PSB multiplexes.
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Tuesday, 21 December 2021
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Christopher Smith11:26 AM
Does this help you in the Masham area?
New TVrelay site switched on as latest step in Project Restore, reaching more households in Masham area | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore
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