Sky Minidish in Spain
Dec 7th 2005, 12:08 am
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Sky Minidish in Spain
Does anyone know if a Sky Minidish or Mesh Dish will work in Javea Spain?
What is the difference between a large solid satellite dish,and a smaller minidish or mesh one.
Can they perform just as well if you get the right one?
Roughly how much do they cost?
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What is the difference between a large solid satellite dish,and a smaller minidish or mesh one.
Can they perform just as well if you get the right one?
Roughly how much do they cost?
Kind Regards
Dec 8th 2005, 5:35 am
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Re: Sky Minidish in Spain
Originally Posted by daveyboy_daveboy
Does anyone know if a Sky Minidish or Mesh Dish will work in Javea Spain?
What is the difference between a large solid satellite dish,and a smaller minidish or mesh one.
Can they perform just as well if you get the right one?
Roughly how much do they cost?
Kind Regards
What is the difference between a large solid satellite dish,and a smaller minidish or mesh one.
Can they perform just as well if you get the right one?
Roughly how much do they cost?
Kind Regards
Your looking at É400 for a brand new top of the line 1.5m, they are made in Italy.
Some channels are difficult to pick up - Channel5, ITV1, any of the +1 channels and a few more.
This is not always due to your dish, even with a top of the line dish, you require a modern, half decent reciever box in order to pick up the best signals.
Last edited by BritBull; Dec 8th 2005 at 5:38 am.
Dec 10th 2005, 11:46 pm
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Re: Sky Minidish in Spain
A Sky Minidish will not work in Javea at least for picking up most, if any, of the UK channels broadcast on the Astra 2D sat.
http://www.mlesat.com/antennas.html explains the differences in dishes far better than I could.
Some parts of Spain are on the Astra 2D "lobe" so even a 80CM Dish may get all the main channels.
Javea is not and whilst I have seen reports of a 1.2M dish working there I have seen a lot more reporting even a 1.8M or 1.9M dish will not get the BBC and ITV channels and a 2.4M dish is needed.
I doubt a 2.4M dish can be bought for much less than 500 Euro.
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Loco
http://www.mlesat.com/antennas.html explains the differences in dishes far better than I could.
Some parts of Spain are on the Astra 2D "lobe" so even a 80CM Dish may get all the main channels.
Javea is not and whilst I have seen reports of a 1.2M dish working there I have seen a lot more reporting even a 1.8M or 1.9M dish will not get the BBC and ITV channels and a 2.4M dish is needed.
I doubt a 2.4M dish can be bought for much less than 500 Euro.
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Loco
Originally Posted by daveyboy_daveboy
Does anyone know if a Sky Minidish or Mesh Dish will work in Javea Spain?
What is the difference between a large solid satellite dish,and a smaller minidish or mesh one.
Can they perform just as well if you get the right one?
Roughly how much do they cost?
Kind Regards
What is the difference between a large solid satellite dish,and a smaller minidish or mesh one.
Can they perform just as well if you get the right one?
Roughly how much do they cost?
Kind Regards
Dec 18th 2005, 10:08 pm
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Re: Sky Minidish in Spain
As Loco said, you'll need a 2.4m dish to get what you get with Sky in the UK including BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
Even with a 2.4m dish you may have problems viewing a particular channel or two 24 hours a day.
Lots of things can influence this from your equipment, dish alignment, location, weather etc.
Even with a 2.4m dish you may have problems viewing a particular channel or two 24 hours a day.
Lots of things can influence this from your equipment, dish alignment, location, weather etc.
