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Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) digital TV transmitter

54.358,-1.151 or 54°21'30"N 1°9'2"W

TS9 7JS

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When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C23: BBCB
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Transmitter faults and engineering works

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The symbol shows the location of the Bilsdale transmitter. The Bilsdale transmitter covers 570,000 homes.

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Bilsdale DAB

Bilsdale AM/FM

Bilsdale region

BBC North East and Cumbria

Tyne Tees

Radiation patterns

Radiation patterns withheld

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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.

Bilsdale transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

Mux	Effective power level, aerial position	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	horizontal	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000
	1 BBC One North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C26 (514.0MHz) from 676m datum.
PSB2 D3+4	horizontal	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000
	3 ITV (Tyne Tees), 4 Channel 4 North ads, 5 Channel 5 The North ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 North ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Tyne Tees), • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C29 (538.0MHz) from 676m datum.
PSB3 BBCB	horizontal	Maximum	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	100,000
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C23 (490.0MHz) from 676m datum.
COM4 SDN	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free*), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C43 (650.0MHz) from 676m datum.
COM5 ArqA	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000
	TV News, TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C46 (674.0MHz) from 681m datum.
COM6 ArqB	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C40 (626.0MHz) from 681m datum.

Regional news from the Bilsdale transmitter

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 74km north-northwest
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 73 masts.

ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 75km north-northwest
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group	A K	A K	K	K	K	K
	C21			2
	C23	C4	C4	C4	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C24			+B			local
	C26	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C27			+C
	C29	ITV	ITV	ITV	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
600	C31			A			com7
	C33	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1
	C34			+1
	C35		C5	C5
	C37						com8
	C40				ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C42			D
	C43				SDN	SDN	SDN
	C46				ArqA	ArqA	ArqA

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 12th September and 26th September 2012.

Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Middlesbrough including Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Bilsdale transmitter using C24
Ofcom have projected that a local television service for York could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Bilsdale transmitter using C24
COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-5	500kW
com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 100kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-10dB) 50kW
Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C	(-19.2dB) 6kW
Mux 1*	(-20.2dB) 4.8kW
Mux D*	(-24.9dB) 1.6kW

Self-help relays

Garsdale (pin Fold)	Transposer	63 homes (coverage together with SH34)
Hawsker Bottom	Active deflector	150 caravans
Langthwaite	Active deflector	30 homes

History of Channel 3 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

• 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.

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Tuesday 3 April 2012 8:38AM

bob ankers: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 4 April 2012 4:30AM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 00:50 today to 01:07 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 00:50 today to 01:07 today [BBC]

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