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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bilsdale transmitter broadcast?

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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.

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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Colin Mason
1:43 PM
Barnard Castle

Granted at Eggleston I live on the fringe of programs from but since the was increased at the change over I have been able to receive all the with excellent signal strengths. I can receive all the programs from Com5 which is only 50k but since The Drama channel started on Com4 which again is 50k output I have little or from any of the channels including ITV3 and ITV2+1 etc. I have carried out a setup retune but still no good. Why if Com4 is the same output has Com 5 cant I receive programs.

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Miss S M Horsley
6:30 PM
Filey

Having trouble with all the BBC TV and have done off and on since change over. I had a new arial fitted in my at change over. I never know whether BBC will work and it is the one I watch the most. This week is particularly poor with the whole screen breaking up. I frequently up- date my channels, but not in my case!
Didgital was suposed to make viewing better.
Please get back to me with an answer which is not going to cost me more money, I already feel I should have a re-bate on this years licence fee. I live in Filey NY which is suposed to be a good receptionea ar

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alan
4:50 PM
Sunderland

19 cornelia close, silksworth, sr3 1hs.

at the above address I am not getting a from my radio alarm clock (it was working fine before I went on holiday. - I turned it off and back on when I got home.)

it tells me signal n/a when I turn it on.

how can it not be working now and what can I do?

please

thanks

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Dave Lindsay

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5:06 PM

alan: Which or stations are unavailable?

The North East closed on 29th July. See here for a list of it carried:

Details of 12C/North East DAB multiplex | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice

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Colin Mason
5:53 PM
Barnard Castle

I live at Eggleston DL12 0AQ. I have an at an height of 10 metres on the of my bungalow. I am lucky enough to receive most programs at full strength on all from without needing an . My question is why can I receive programs on COM 5 Arqa which transmits at 50,000W but can't get a for programs from COM 4 SDN which also transmits at 50,000W. I use a group K aerial horizontally polarised. I have tried full retunes including manual retunes but no good.

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Bob
4:23 PM
Catterick Garrison

I have recently purchased a new LG Smart TV. I live in DL9 4XG. My is via a free-view ariel. The signal I get on ch 103 itv hd is . All other are received ok and show NE Region. Any ideas why this is happening?

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Dave Lindsay

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4:36 PM

Bob: Because the ITV HD broadcast from transmitters is . This is because there are only a handful of ITV HD regions and so each ITV doesn't have its own HD counterpart.

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Bob
4:39 PM
Catterick Garrison

Thanks Dave.

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4:44 PM

Bob: I explained the reasoning behind this only the other day:

On the tenth day of Christmas Auntie brought to me ... five more HD channels | High definition | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Basically the only reason that ITV HD is divided into regions - albeit larger than those for definition - is for the benefit of the broadcaster. It allows different adverts to be shown to different parts of the country, just as and Channel 5 do.

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Transmitter engineering

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10:23 AM

- Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV () Liable to interruption, Radio () working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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