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AUSTRIA
Salzburg (John Mapstone)
Using a Sky zone 2 dish in Sept 2005, I received a good signal
on the north beam but without BBC, ITV,etc.
BELGIUM
Jabbeke near Brugge (David
Klyne)
Dochamps near La Roche en Ardenne (David
Klyne)
64cm dish with Echolink EL 777 FTA receiver - all UK free-to-air
channels received.
CROATIA
Split (John Mapstone)
Using a Sky zone 2 dish in Sept 2005, I received a very good
south beam signal after I retuned to 12.051.
FRANCE.
Bordeaux (Mike Rowe)
I live about 30 miles NE of Bordeaux and receive Sky on a 60cm
dish. I had not realised that ITV was on 2D but we have no
reception problems other than in heavy rain.
Cannes (Frank T.)
I can confirm that a 60cm perforated dish with a universal LNB
picked up BBC1, 2, ITV, Channel 4 & Five when camping at Cannes
and Fréjus in Sept and Oct 2003.
Carpentras, Provence (Yours
truly)
Panasonic TU-DSB31
Sky zone 2 oval dish
All channels received. Some regions of BBC1 /ITV1 broke up in
heavy rain but others were unaffected so we could simply switch to
them instead.
Excénevex, on Lake Geneva
(Sophie Lichfield)
We have excellent reception on all channels just with a standard
perforated mini-dish. The only times we have problems is in heavy
rain when the picture pixelates and freezes.
Gien (eastern Loire) (John
Marsh)
Panasonic TU-DSB31
95cm solid dish
Cambridge 0.6dB LNB. Full
reception of all UK PSB and Sky channels.
Marseille
53cm dish. Full reception of all UK public service broadcast
(PSB) channels.
Maubegue, north east near Belgium border
(David Klyne)
64cm dish with Echolink EL 777 FTA receiver - all UK free-to-air
channels received.
Monflanquin, Lot et Garonne
(Alan Hill)
I get full reception of all UK public service broadcast channels
(BBC1, 2, Parliament, ITV1, 4 and 5, BBC 24, ITV News, CNN, Euronews
etc) in Monflanquin, Lot et Garonne, some 14 km NE of Villeneuve sur
Lot. I have a standard UK minidish (44cm) and a Panasonic DU30
digibox.
Morzine, Haute Savoie (Bruce,
surname not given)
I am receiving full cover from a PACE box and 60cm dish in
MORZINE in the Haute Savoie
Pau, SW France (Sam
Cadwallader)
60cm Solid Sedea Dish and Universal LNB
Amstrad DRX200 digibox.
I pick up all Astra 2D Channels. 60% Signal Quality suggests a
bigger dish may provide better results in bad weather although picture
only breaks up in very heavy rain/snow.
Perpignan (Robert
Benns)
60cm dish. Full reception of all UK PSB channels.
(Alan Pritchard)
60cm dish, Pace receiver. All channels available.
St Maxime (Provence-Alpes) (John
Marsh)
Panasonic TU-DSB31
95cm solid dish
Cambridge 0.6dB LNB. Full reception of all UK PSB and
Sky channels.
Sete (SW of Montpellier)
(Peter Head)
Triax 50x55cm dish. Full reception of all UK PSB channels.
Vaison la Romaine, Provence (Michael
Rollison)
60cm dish. Full reception of all UK PSB channels.
GERMANY.
Baden-Baden. (Geoff
Burns)
Zone 2 (60cm oval) dish.
Good reception of all UK PSB and Sky channels.
Black Forest (30 miles south of Stuttgart).
(Jason and Candida Catterall)
60cm dish.
Pace digibox (model not given)
Good reception of all UK PSB and Sky channels.
Boppard on the Rhine
(David Klyne)
64cm dish with Echolink EL 777 FTA receiver - all UK free-to-air
channels received.
Frankfurt (Fergus
Crossen)
l have very good reception on Astra 2D here about 25
miles ESE of Frankfurt/Main with an 80 cm dish, quad LNB and a cheap
Skymaster DB66 receiver. Reception is very good even in bad weather.
Freiburg. (Anonymous)
65cm dish. Full reception of all Sky and UK PSB channels.
Hamburg. (Geoff,
surname not given)
1.2m dish
0.4dB LNB
20dB inline preamp
DRX100 digibox
2D Strength=100% Quality=80% All BBC + ITV regions in all weathers
Herbolzheim near Freiburg
(David Klyne)
64cm dish with Echolink EL 777 FTA receiver - all UK free-to-air
channels received.
Kirchzarten (nr Freiburg)
(John Marsh)
Panasonic TU-DSB31 satellite box
95cm solid dish
Cambridge 0.6dB L.N.B.
Full reception of all Sky and UK PSB channels.
Krün (nr Mittenwald, Bavaria)
(John Marsh)
Panasonic TU-DSB31 satellite box
95cm solid dish
Cambridge 0.6dB L.N.B.
Full reception of all Sky and UK PSB channels.
Lemgo near Bielefeld (David
Klyne)
64cm dish with Echolink EL 777 FTA receiver - all UK free-to-air
channels received.
Mannheim (John
Mapstone)
With a Sky zone 2 dish in Sept 2005, I received all Sky
channels including BBC, ITV, etc.
Munich (about 40 miles east).
Triax 1.1m dish. Full reception of all Sky
and UK PSB channels.
Munich (Geoff Burns).
West of Munich 75cm dish, city centre 88cm
dish, east of Munich 1m dish will give full reception of
all Sky and UK PSB channels.
Traben Trarbach. (Tony
Greves)
40cm Multimo dish (claims to be equivalent to a
conventional 55cm dish).
Good strong reception of all UK PSB channels.
Ulm. (Allan Garrity)
60cm dish
4 guys here in Ulm (about 70kms East of Stuttgart )are using 60cm
dishes for all channels no probs - I am using Nokia 85 cm dish and LNB
as I have some house shadow - it's fine apart from very heavy rain.
ITALY.
Florence (24kms south). (John
Marsh)
Panasonic TU-DSB31
95cm solid dish
Cambridge 0.6dB LNB
Sky, Channel 4 & 5. No BBC, no ITV.
Milan. (Chris Harper)
For your info, we can receive BBC, ITV, etc, using a 1.1m
parabola in Milan, Italy. Gets a bit interrupted under extreme
weather conditions, but reception is usually very good.
Milan. (Graham Roach)
15 minutes east of Milan Using 1meter dish, BSkyB
Pace 2200 box and freeview card. After VERY careful tweaking and
numerous adjustments, I now get perfect viewing of all standard
channels (BBC,ITV, 4 and 5) plus ALL the other digital channels
allowed by the card. Signal strength is about 55-60% for the BBC
channels and other Vertical alignment and 70% for the other
(Horizontal alignment) channels. So far everything is fine but not yet
had extreme bad weather to put it fully to the test. MY foreign life
has been made easier thanks to this website. :-)
There you go David, thanks again. Hope this
information makes it to the site to help the next person like it did
me. [There you go Graham, it did!]
Moniga del Garda (Russell
Whiteley)
I have an 85ch dish and have 90% quality on the signal and about 70%
strength. All BBC and ITV, C4, C5 etc are there loud and clear.
Reception is ok in bad weather, but bad weather and night time
together - and the BBC and ITV channels break up. Good weather and
night time are OK.
Pisa/Lake Garda. (Maurice
Squier)
85cm dish. Reception OK until Pisa, then 2D signals began to
break up. Nothing at Florence just 50 miles to the east. Continuing
north, BBC/ITV came back in at Lake Garda.
LUXEMBOURG.
Luxembourg. (Jason and
Candida Catterall)
60cm dish
Pace digibox
Good reception on all channels.
PORTUGAL.
Estoril near Lisbon. (Tim
Briggs-Mould)
All UK PSB channels - BBC, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five.
Standard 1m dish, although this was only
needed to get Channel 4. BBC & ITV came in with a 90cm dish!
AP8-XT2 LNB
Panasonic DU30 digibox.
Skew angle approximately 20 degrees clockwise
(looking towards the dish. It didn't have to be spot on but anything
less than 10 degrees or more than 30 degrees and the signal went)
Lisbon. (Nikos Drakos)
I bought my kit from AKI - it was a cheap Spanish Metronics
system; €169 for the whole kit including an 80cm dish
and an FTA receiver. The alignment for 2D is extremely sensitive -
even a slight movement of the dish and it is gone. However it is
possible to get 2D as far down as Lisbon with an 80cm dish (at
least some of the time!) .
SPAIN.
Almería (Paul
Coppinger)
1.2m dish
I took an old Grundig GDS200 with me to Almeria, plugged it
in to a 1.2 metre channel master dish, and got every channel,
this was after the local "know it all" told me I had wasted
my time bringing it over ! I would add though that other people I have
spoken to with regards the receiver type, have not been as fortunate
with reception results. I initially could not receive all channels
until I adjusted the LNB skew making small adjustments until I
eventually was able to achieve good results.
Barcelona (Roland
Clarke)
85cm dish
I'm receiving 2D signals perfectly 24/7 in Barcelona (city centre)
with an old (solid) 85cm dish, a Panasonic DSB-45 digibox and an
AP8-T2 Manhattan MTI LNB 0.6dB. The LNB makes all the difference;
with a "normal" LNB I got no 2D signal at all even with a 1m
dish.
Benicásin (Graham
Jones)
Triax 110x100cm dish
Cambridge 0.7db LNB
Panasonic TU-DSB30 digibox
ALL BBC channels 24/7, plus ITV, ch4, ch5 plus all the usual
others. People on the same site could often receive some of the BBCs +
others with 80cm or 90cm dishes for varying parts of the day, but not
all the time. They usually lost them just as peak evening viewing
started and it was well and truly dark outside, just when they really
wanted them.
Cartagena (John Marsh)
Panasonic TU-DSB31
95cm solid dish
Cambridge 0.6dB LNB
South beam only. No BBC, ITV, 4 or 5
Gijón, north coast
(Kate Davies)
60cm dish
2D reception OK as far as here.
Madrid (Michael Bennett)
120cm dish
I got the BBC with my 1.2m dish but found the loss of signal in the
evenings frustrating. I upgraded first to a 1.5m dish, then to a 1.8m
Prodelin, which I now have. I found the Invacom Quad C120 (LNB) to be
dramatically better than any of their other models, especially the
single. (I had an email exchange with Invacom's technical director, in
which he stated that it was something to do with the quad's more
advanced power management.)
Málaga (Derrick
Northrop)
130cm dish
0.7db LNB
2D reception generally OK but dish alignment and LNB skew are
critical. Some BBC regions are better than others.
Málaga (John
Marsh)
Panasonic TU-DSB31
95cm solid dish
Cambridge 0.6dB LNB
South beam channels plus BBC and ITV. No Channel 4 or Five.
Mallorca and Menorca (Peter
Wrigley)
In Menorca and Mallorca you need a 1.2m dish and a 0.3db LNB
and a low signal skybox to receive ITV1. You can get a 0.3db LNB for £70
from Brymar.co.uk. This cures all the reception problems.
Pals in the Baix Emporda region of
Catalonia - on the coast, about 50 miles south of the French
border and 100 miles north of Barcelona.
78cm dish. Full reception of all Sky and UK
PSB channels.
Peñíscola
1.1m dish
Panasonic DSB30
All 2D channels 24x7
San Sebastián (Nadia,
surname not given)
60cm dish
Panasonic DSB40
Ive just had my digibox installed with a 60cm dish and I can watch
all the Free-to-air channels perfectly including all the BBC channels
(no FTV card so no encrypted channels)
Santander and Haro (Robert
Jervis)
80x70cm dish
All 2D channels 24x7
SWITZERLAND.
Geneva. (Geoff Burns)
Zone 2 (60cm oval) dish. Full reception of all UK channels.
Lausanne. (Melvin
Wood)
I would like to tell you that I live in Lausanne, Switzerland. On
moving here last year I took my Sky kit with me, the standard zone 2
dish with Sony digibox and it works very well. I got a handyman to
bolt the dish to the wall for me and last winter I had a small amount
of break-up of the 2D channels in the worst weather but then I fiddled
with the dish position and have had perfect reception ever since.
Remains to be seen if snowstorms this winter spoil things; if so I
guess a bigger dish will be the only answer. In the meantime, the
standard equipment is doing fine.
Zurich. (Jürg M Hummel)
Arcon Sweety 43cm dish (claims to have a performance equivalent to
a 55-60cm standard dish)
Astra 2D OK in all but the worst weather.
Zurich. ('Fluffy Bunny')
Zone 2 domestic oval dish (60cm)
Pace DS430N digibox
Perfect reception of all channels even in snow showers.
Zurich, about 20 miles NE. (W.F.Ruttiman)
I use a 60 x 80 cm Visiosat dish with a better than 0.3
db LNB as recommended by a well known satellite specialist here in
Zurich. I can receive all digital free-to-air programmes transmitted
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