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THE BILSDALE TRANSMITTER is the UHF main station that serves the predominantly rural county of North Yorkshire and the historically industrial area of Teeside. It is located on Bilsdale West Moor (a name by which the transmitter is sometimes referred to) which is a highly-elevated and remote area of the Cleveland Hills in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. It was built as a new installation by the BBC in 1969, bringing UHF coverage to an area of North-East England that was served on VHF by the BBC from either Pontop Pike or Holme Moss, and by the ITA from Burnhope or Emley Moor, but which represented a 'black hole' in coverage from the equivalent UHF transmitters sited at Pontop Pike and Emley Moor. |
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UHF COVERAGE |
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Bilsdale's principal service area extends from York and Harrogate in the south to the border with County Durham in the north, but with lower grounding towards the south enabling an actual transmission radius of 40-50 miles, reception is also possible across most of South and East Yorkshire, with fringe signals reaching Doncaster and Hull, resulting in a significant overlap with the Emley Moor transmitter and a moderate overlap with Belmont. (See UHF Coverage Map) |
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Aerials> Mast Base> Site Images> Supersize Images> UHF Coverage Map |
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| THE MAST |
The station's transmission structure is a cylindrical 'steel-tube' mast which stands at a height of 290 metres (951-ft) extending to an overall height of 314.6 metres (1032-ft) with the addition of the fibre-glass-cylindered UHF aerial section mounted on top. Excluding aerial installations, the main structure is identical to that sited at Waltham in Leicestershire and is the second of the three cylindrical masts originally built by the BBC, the third being sited at Mendip in Somerset. As with both the Waltham and Mendip masts, Bilsdale has eight layer platforms and is held in place by twelve stay lines, which attach to the structure at alternate platform levels and descend in three directions to a total of six ground anchor blocks. |
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| DIGITAL SWITCHOVER |
The Tyne Tees/North-East region is scheduled for Digital Switchover in 2012, the two stage process currently planned to take place at Bilsdale as follows - 01 September 2012 - Stage 1 (DSO1) |
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BBC2 analogue ceases transmission on Channel 26. |
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Channel 4 moves for remainder of service from Channel 23 to Channel 26 in order to release Channel 23 to PSB1 Multiplex. |
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PSB1 Multiplex (BBC A) commences transmission on Channel 23. 30 September 2012 - Stage 2 (DSO2) |
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Remaining analogue services and pre-DSO digital multiplexes cease and PSB2, PSB3 and COM Multiplexes commence. |
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Aerials> Mast Base> Site Images> Supersize Images> UHF Coverage Map |
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Other Cylindrical Masts |
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(Somerset) |
(Leicestershire) |
(Lincolnshire) |
(Lancashire) |
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STATION INFORMATION |
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Location: |
Bilsdale West Moor, North York Moors, TS9 7JU |
Grid Reference: |
SE553962 |
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Landlord: |
Arqiva (Legacy: BBC/Crown Castle/NGW) |
Ground Height: |
379.1m |
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BBC Region: |
North-East and Cumbria |
Mast Height ("): |
290m |
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ITV Region: |
Tyne Tees |
Aerial Height (*): |
685m |
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UHF Tx Number: |
11600 |
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(") Main structure height only - UHF antenna inclusive is 314.6m |
Ch5 Tx Number: |
16160 |
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(*) Average UHF aerial height above sea level (a.o.d) |
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CURRENT TRANSMISSIONS |
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Analogue Television |
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Analogue Radio (FM) |
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Service |
: Ch/Polarisation/e.r.p |
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Service: |
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BBC1 |
: 33 / H / 500kW |
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BBC Radio 1: |
98.6 |
5kW |
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BBC2 |
: 26 / H / 500kW |
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BBC Radio 2: |
89.0 |
5kW |
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ITV1 |
: 29 / H / 500kW |
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BBC Radio 3: |
91.2 |
5kW |
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Ch4 |
: 23 / H / 500kW |
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BBC Radio 4: |
93.4 |
5kW |
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Five |
: 35 / H / 500kW |
BBC Radio Cleveland: |
95.0 |
10kW |
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Classic FM: |
101.6 |
1kW |
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Teeside FM: |
96.6 |
8.9kW |
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Digital Television |
Real Radio: |
100.7 |
8.9kW |
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Galaxy Radio: |
106.4 |
8.9kW |
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Service |
: Ch/Polarisation/e.r.p |
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Mux1 |
: 34 / H / 4.8kW |
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Digital Radio |
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Mux2 |
: 21 / H / 6.0kW |
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MuxA |
: 31 / H / 6.0kW |
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BBC National (Block 12B) |
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MuxB |
: 24 / H / 6.0kW |
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Digital One (Block 11D) |
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MuxC |
: 27 / H / 6.0kW |
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MXR Yorkshire (Block 12A) |
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MuxD |
: 42 / H / 1.6kW |
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MXR North East (Block 12C) |
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