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markbarfield

What dish do I need to get SKY in the top half of france and in UK. Needs a folding or detachable arm> Help appreciated.

MB

Traveller_HA5_3DOM

Hi Mark
I started off with a standard Sky dish and an old camera tripod that had a quick release pad on it. Worked well as far south and east as Frankfurt. I now have a Globestat dish on the roof but reception is no better than the old one was. Alignment is critical on the digital system and practice is needed, also a good compass that is not affected by spurious signals from stray magnetic sources.

bigfoot

If you go to the Roadpro site or www.satcure.com you will see footprint maps indicating coverage and the diameter of dish required at locations across
Europe.
Could this information be available on a data base similar to the solar calculator, as we seem to have this question occouring regularly?

DABurleigh

markbarfield (not from east essex are you?),

I assume you mean for freestanding portable, rather than manually erected from inside the van or automatically seeking.

http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/dishes.htm
http://www.omnisat.co.uk/news.htm
http://www.satalogue.com/section9/page2.htm
http://www.brymar.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Caravans_Motorhomes_29.html

Dave

Malc

http://www.frontlinecomm.com/
Excellent range of equipment available here!
Malc

JohnH

Have a look at the Multimo single lnb dish listed on the url below. I have used mine all over the UK and as far south in France as the Dordogne. Because of the style of the lnb (the important bit) it apparently works as if it was a much larger dish. Read the reviews, including one from me. They all compliment the dish

http://www.roadpro.co.uk/products.asp?LID=1140

gaspode · Moderator

Don't waste your money on fancy dishes unless you want a roof mounted one. A simple domestic minidish with a socketed LNB arm (most of them are) will get you reception in UK and Northern France. Remember that the larger the dish, the more difficult to align!