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54.358,-1.151 or 54°21'30"N 1°9'2"W

TS9 7JS

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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. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter which serves 570,000 homes.

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Bilsdale DAB

Bilsdale AM/FM

Bilsdale region

BBC North East and Cumbria

Tyne Tees

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

What do the colours on the map mean?

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.

List by multiplex|List by channel number|List by channel name|See terrain plot

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	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	horizontal max	C26 (514.0MHz)	676m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000W
	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 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	horizontal max	C29 (538.0MHz)	676m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100,000W
	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),
PSB3 BBCB	horizontal max	C23 (490.0MHz)	676m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	100,000W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
COM4 SDN	horizontal -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	676m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000W
	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 21 others
COM5 ArqA	horizontal -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	681m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000W
	11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	horizontal -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	681m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000W
	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 22 others

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
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.
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?

	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.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

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

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.

Your comments: most recent posts are at the bottom

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Rob
Thursday 2 December 2010 11:22AM

John

Freesat has problems when it snows. I used to have Sky TV and whenever it snowed we lost the signal

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Rob
Thursday 2 December 2010 11:24AM

Steve - I'm in Northallerton. I can see the transmitter when I go to Thirsk. You would have thought I would have a stronger signal being so close. But alas NO

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Alex
Thursday 2 December 2010 3:45PM

There are some problems at Bilsdale at present but the engineers cannot access the site due to snow (and yes, they're in a 4x4!). They'll sort it out as soon as they can get there. :) .

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Bob
Thursday 2 December 2010 6:12PM Catterick Garrison

What aerial would you recommend for a strong freeview reception in the Catterick area?

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 December 2010 6:33AM

BILSDALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Reduced Quality from 08:32 on 30 Nov [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 December 2010 6:33AM

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Briantist
Friday 3 December 2010 6:37AM

Bob: Just just need a standard aerial at your location. As long as it is on the roof, a "contract aerial" will be just fine.

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 December 2010 5:41PM

BILSDALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Reduced Quality from 08:32 on 30 Nov [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 December 2010 5:41PM

BILSDALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Reduced Quality from 08:32 on 30 Nov [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 December 2010 6:52PM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 02:07 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Reduced Quality from 08:32 on 30 Nov [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 December 2010 6:52PM

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Transmitter engineering
Saturday 4 December 2010 2:35PM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 02:07 on 02 Dec Analogue BBC ONE Reduced Quality from 08:32 on 30 Nov [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Saturday 4 December 2010 2:35PM

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Transmitter engineering
Monday 6 December 2010 7:04AM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 02:07 on 02 Dec Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:52 today [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Monday 6 December 2010 7:04AM

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Mark
Monday 6 December 2010 11:14AM

Thanks steve. I moved the aerial higher towards the top of the loft space and it seems to have sorted the problem, I guess it needed the height to recieve those lower power signals. Thanks again for the help and advice steve and briantist.
Mark

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Rob
Monday 6 December 2010 5:49PM

Ok - we have lost all channels now including all analogue channels

5 posts

Bob
Monday 6 December 2010 6:07PM Catterick Garrison

I lost all my channels too. They have come back now. What are they playing at? We are being forced to buy new TV's for the digital era but ...........

8 posts

Transmitter engineering
Monday 6 December 2010 6:52PM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 02:07 on 02 Dec Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 17:46 today [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Monday 6 December 2010 6:52PM

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doug
Monday 6 December 2010 7:22PM

I like others lost all of the signal but it came back a lot stronger, it didnt last and
I am now back to jumping and lost pictures.

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Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 7 December 2010 6:58AM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 17:53 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 20:22 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 17:46 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 7 December 2010 6:58AM

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Briantist
Tuesday 7 December 2010 8:24AM

Rob/Bob/doug: There are ongoing problems, see the above Engineering information.

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Steve
Tuesday 7 December 2010 10:34AM

mine has been on and off for the last three to four weeks now,im in york yo10.when is this bilsdale problem going to be fixed and can we claim our tv licence back while its down? cheers

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Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 7 December 2010 5:04PM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 17:53 yesterday to 11:22 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:30 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:28 today to 12:45 today BBC TWO Off Air from 17:46 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 7 December 2010 5:04PM

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Briantist
Tuesday 7 December 2010 5:04PM

Steve: I would see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

If you stop using all your TV equipment and fully disconnect it and/or sell it, then you can get a refund.

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steve
Tuesday 7 December 2010 9:24PM York

no brian what i mean is sometimes i get all the bbc channels and nothing else then the other channels come back then everything go's but its only been since these latest engineering problems it used to be fine so what im saying is if they arent providing a service shouldnt i be able to claim a refund

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Briantist
Wednesday 8 December 2010 8:57AM

steve: They are providing the service - and no, you are not entitled to any kind of refund.

You do need to check your equipment, you are predicted to get perfect reception on all multiplexes.

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 December 2010 6:14PM

BILSDALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 17:53 on 06 Dec to 11:22 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:44 on 06 Dec to 11:25 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 20:22 on 06 Dec to 11:31 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 18:04 on 06 Dec to 11:28 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 December 2010 6:14PM

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 9 December 2010 11:49AM

BILSDALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:30 on 07 Dec to 12:18 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Bilsdale main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Thursday 9 December 2010 11:49AM

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Steve
Monday 13 December 2010 8:26AM

can anyone help ive got a loft aerial with a booster fitted to it im receiving the bbc channels at 10 out of 10 no problems but the itv ch4 ch5 e4 etc are coming through at about 4 out of 10 and sometimes dipping lower and breaking up any ideas? also why does the bilsdale site always say possible weak signal for digital tv is it ever running normal? cheers steve

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Briantist
Monday 13 December 2010 8:46AM

Steve: I would start by getting rid of the booster.

If that doesn't work, you need to move the aerial to the roof from the loft, where a line-of-sight to the transmitter will provide a stable digital signals.

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Steve
Monday 13 December 2010 8:49AM

cheers brian, why am i getting the bbc channels at 10 out of 10 and not the others?

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Briantist
Monday 13 December 2010 8:52AM

Steve: The 16QAM signals are less effected by the scattering caused by roofing materials than those in the 64QAM mode.

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Steve
Monday 13 December 2010 8:55AM

cheers brian looks like i'l have to bite the bullet and get an aerial fitted some where out side the problem is we are a mid terrace with no chimney !!!

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Briantist
Monday 13 December 2010 9:17AM

Steve: A good installer should be able to provide you with a mounting point, even without a chimney.

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gavine
Monday 13 December 2010 9:33PM

having trouble recieving freeveiw channels (eg: fiver fiverusa itv3 bidtv ect) sometime on other times breaking up. is this a transmitter problem? i have a gigaboost ariel installed with a 8 way booster. THANKS in advance

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Steve
Tuesday 14 December 2010 1:58AM

Steve : You can get a Blake Gangway 'Tile & Slate Clamp' to mount the aerial to your roof. heres the link www.aerialsuperstore.co.uk link icon

Blake Gangway Tile & Slate Clamp

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Steve
Tuesday 14 December 2010 2:07AM

Gavin : try taking your amplifier out & just run the Aerial to your main point to see if this works. If it does your amplifier may have too much gain, too much signal is as bad as not having enough.

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ray
Friday 17 December 2010 9:28PM Trimdon Station

I live in trimdon village and the digital reception is terrible. For about 50% of the time there are vertical lines and some freezing of the picture. I have an outside aerial and the aerial installer said I have a good strong signal. Where can I go for advice ?

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Steve
Saturday 18 December 2010 1:39AM

Ray: Do you have a amplifier? some installers fit them when there not needed, If you have you are probley getting too much signal

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Harold Rush
Sunday 26 December 2010 10:50AM

I have a DAB Radio in the kitchen, perfect reception.
My Hi-Fi in the lounge has a DAB Adapter the reception is virtually non existent.I have tried moving the Aerial around with little or no effect. Any advice please.
All the best,
Harold.

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Dave
Sunday 26 December 2010 2:24PM Middlesbrough

I live in M'bro and have an indoor aerial through which I get the Freeview Channels including Yesterday, Film4 & ITV4. I have just installed a DVD recorder which will not tune into Yesterday, Film4, ITV4 and some other channels. What's the problem?

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Briantist
Monday 27 December 2010 11:19AM

Dave: Indoor aerials are not suitable for Freeview reception, you need to rooftop aerial to provide a stable signal.

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Briantist
Monday 27 December 2010 11:20AM

Harold Rush: Perhaps the "adaptor" is faulty, what sort of "aerial" does it have?

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James Roberts
Friday 31 December 2010 3:40PM

Hi
I kive in the Ripon area. Have been getting increasingly poor reception on Freeview for the last week. today have a no-signal sign on all channels. Aerial is classic outdoor type, been perfect up until a week ago. Weather?
Any thoughts?
James

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Briantist
Friday 31 December 2010 3:42PM

James Roberts: Can you please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions?

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E Barron
Sunday 2 January 2011 8:15PM

I also live in Ripon and ITV3 and Five USA freeze immediately I go to that channel
LizB

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