duffer

I am contemplating to get a bigger dish... however 120cm is massive!

sangiano

Sorry duffer, I inadvertently told a porkie!

I've just looked at the "invoice" and find it's only a 100cm dish. On the roof it looks slightly bigger than the 60cm dish that was already there, but not abnormally so. The pole is quite a bit thicker than for the 60cm one to:

a) take the increased weight.

b) keep the alignment when it gets windy.

If you've already got an 87cm dish, you probably wouldn't notice the difference in size after a while, but you probably would in reception.

The guys that installed it do all the expats round here (Brits, French, German, Swedes, Dutch, Belgian etc) and really seemed to know their stuff. They said the quality of LNB in particular was important for Astra 2D. A poorer LNB would need a bigger dish, which is more difficult to keep aligned.

Hope that puts your mind at rest.

duffer

You're forgiven sangiano!

I thought my antennista was an expert but now I am doubting his abilities in setting an 'expat' installations.

He said the LNB was top-notch!

Anyway, I think I could handle a 100cm dish but anything bigger would probably need some special type of pole. I could give back my 87cm dish and probably keep the same LNB.

I suppose you don't know anything about the skew of the LNB improving the signal for the Astra 2D channels? I've read that adjusting the skew helps but the antennista said it wouldn't make a difference.

The people who did your dish are based in your local area?

sangiano

I'm sorry I don't know if they adjusted the skew - at the moment it's beyond my competence.

Yes the installer was local. We have a European Commission Research Centre nearby, so there are about 20 odd different nationalities living in the area. Obviously, everybody wants to watch their own TV, so the local installers have become very expert in selling equipment and setting up dishes for the various countries. I know it was a case of : You want English Sky? You need this.... He didn't need to look anything up. I'd come armed with all the info, but it wasn't needed.

If you have a 0.2dB LNB and it's a decent make you should be fine. I honestly can't remember the exact make of dish and LNB they used. I was a bit more clued up at the time and remember noting that they really had used good equipment.

I seem to remember that the Astra 2D footprint had a good lobe coming down to this area. Since we're on the edge of the footprint, it may be that the small gain from a slightly larger dish makes all the difference. Vicenza isn't really any further south than me.

andy1970

hi
i know that this reply is months after the question but i have only recently found the website, i live in the north of italy near asti and i bought a telesystem package in mediaworld for 99 euros which consists of a 80cm dish and digibox and fitted myself moved the dish to the astra 28.2 satelite and i recieve all bbc 1,2,3,4 cbbc etc and all itv channels 1,2,3 and film 4 but unfortunately not channel 4 or 5 so theres no subscription or messing around with sky i hope this helps if you still have problems
ciao :

duffer

Hi Andy,

So you'll be watching the first match under The Don on the Beeb tonight?

crewsit

Hello

We moved to the Asti area last summer. We bought an 80cm dish and used our old sky box with an old card - no current subscription - we now get all the BBC's and free channels so I dont understand why people are saying you cant. It all depends on how well you align the dish, a gnats wotsit out and you will lose channels. I bought a signal meter to help me get the optimum signal, cost about €20. I stuck the dish up in my vineyard to avoid messing about with the roof or having the dish on the front of the house.

Hope this helps.

Mitzyboy

In Spain we need a 1.80 dish to get reasonable service from SKY, and further South in the CDS it can be 2.4 mtrs!

andy1970

hi crewsit
thanks for the extra info but are you sure it was in your vineyard and not in the neighbours. i ask this because the last time we were their the neighbour was putting his own new entrance in on a little bulldozer.

TestaRossa

Your location is everything - the further south in Italy you go, the harder it is supposed to be.

captinmorgan

Does anyone know ,of any companies that sell 1.2m sat dishes ,in the north of Italy ,or Italy ,
I have looked on the web but can only find up to 1m dishes , the only option I have found is ,getting one sent from the UK, but the carrage cost are more than the dish ,

Thanks for any help you can give

duffer

Hi, my satellite man told me he could get hold of most sizes. He's in Vicenza, NE Italy.
Out of interest, whereabouts are you and did you want it for UK TV?

captinmorgan

I am in Feltre ,yes wan to get UK tv ,and UK sky .I have been told by a friend ,that knows about these things ,that I will need a 1.2 dish ,because this size would work better with the footprint coverage

duffer

You're not too far from me. About 70km. I've an 87cm dish. I reckon a 100cm dish would be OK for free TV, i.e. BBC + ITV but don't take my world for it ;-)
If you don't want BBC + ITV but only Sky UK then a standard 80cm would be sufficient.

captinmorgan

Do you have the contact details ,of the company, that said he could get all dish sizes , please