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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54.358,-1.151 or 54°21'30"N 1°9'2"W

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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter.

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, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	681m	DTG-8	50,000W
	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 TV 2, 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
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 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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ian Atkinson
8:47 AM

why after the suggested reset have I lost
100 .
tried factory reset etc with no more than 41
channels now.
?????

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Chris.SE

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1:22 PM

ian Atkinson :

Contact Arqiva, call the Project Restore Helpline on 0800 121 4828.

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ALEC YOUNG
7:05 AM

After retuning my tv as instructed, I have no HD

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StevensOnln1

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9:28 AM

ALEC YOUNG: If you're receiving the then call the Project Restore Helpline on 0800 121 4828 as Chris mentioned in the post above yours.

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10:08 AM

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

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R.Pratt
8:39 PM

RIPON. Re-tuned a few days ago and for the first time in a long time all appeared. Noticed that many of the minor channels strength poor with pixelation. This evening even the BBC channels pixelating. Tried a 're-tune but no change

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Chris.SE

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9:38 PM

R.Pratt:

Do NOT retune when you have pixellation or if you were already correctly tuned. It can end up clearing your correct tuning.
IF, as at present, we have weather related due to "Tropospheric Ducting" you can end up tuned to interfering transmitters in Europe or the UK whose signals disappear as conditions change.
You then have to retune again when signals are normal which you may have to try more than once as you won't know when that may be.
Such interference can last for seconds, minutes or longer and won't necessarily affect all multiplexes. There's nothing you can do except wait for conditions to change.

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4:08 AM

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

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3:38 PM

All: Latest on the new

From the BBC -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec…from

Quote "This work will affect television only.
Weather permitting it will take place during the day on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th June. "

From Arqiva Project Restore site
NEW BILSDALE MAST NOW LIVE | Bilsdale Mast: Project Restore

A pop-up provides the following -
Quote "Please note that there are also service improvement works scheduled this weekend 3rd/4th June. If you notice new this weekend you do not need to do anything unless it persists.

You can find advice on retuning your TV here on our website.

If you have a question about retuning or the support we can provide that is not covered on our website, please call us during our opening hours of Monday - Friday 9AM to 6PM. You can also request a call back using the contact form, on this website.

Please note the Bilsdale Mast Project Restore scheme is scheduled to close from 7 July 2023."

NOTE: The date in the last paragraph. if you need help with re-alignment etc. you need to contact them asap.
Reminder, their number is 0800-121-4828.

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Dave H
6:24 PM

I can't get a for any of the on 40 43 and 46 on one of my TV boxes despite them both being on the same . If I move the box it works in the other location. I can see that the problem channels broadcast at half the . Will my problem be more likely to be coax related (the coax is only a couple of years old) or do I need a better aerial. I've remade all of the connections and even tried a different aerial, but again just a cheap aerial.

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