John H
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In view of the recent reductions in reception, the following may be useful:
We have an 85cm Maxview satellite dish mounted on the roof of the motorhome and have been touring through central and southern Europe. We had perfect reception all the way through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to Austria (Prutz was the furthest east we got, so the signal may go further). We lost reception at Lake Garda but picked it up again as we turned west and stopped at Lake Maggiore. We then had reception through Briancon in the French Alps and at Sommieres but lost it at Marseillan Plage. We then travelled broadly east to west along the French Pyrenees and must have been on the edge of the signal because in some places we got no reception (eg Gavernie) at others we got full reception (eg Biarritz) and at others we got some channels but not others (eg Mirepoix). We got full reception along the Spanish Basque coast to Zumaia and, as we turned south, we lost all channels.
An interesting point about all this is that we used to get full reception down to about central Catalonia; now we lose it in northern Catalonia. So, although there has been some reduction, it is not as much as we thought might be the case. However, while BBC used to give out a very strong signal, it is now the weakest. BBC2 was always the last of the main channels to go but now all the BBC channels disappear first. In particular, we used to get BBC News and BBC radio all the way to the south coast of Spain (and indeed into Morocco). Now, these channels disappear along with all the other BBC ones. It looks very much as if we will have to rely on slow and buffering internet connection to get our favourite Radio 4 programmes in Almeria! In a nutshell, the independent channels have reduced the footprint but not by a great deal but the BBC has really gone to town!
Of course, all this applies only to an 85cm dish - I don't know how large a dish you would have to have in order to get full reception in the south of Spain but I am guessing it would be too large to fit on my van!
PS why can't you change mistakes in headings???
We have an 85cm Maxview satellite dish mounted on the roof of the motorhome and have been touring through central and southern Europe. We had perfect reception all the way through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to Austria (Prutz was the furthest east we got, so the signal may go further). We lost reception at Lake Garda but picked it up again as we turned west and stopped at Lake Maggiore. We then had reception through Briancon in the French Alps and at Sommieres but lost it at Marseillan Plage. We then travelled broadly east to west along the French Pyrenees and must have been on the edge of the signal because in some places we got no reception (eg Gavernie) at others we got full reception (eg Biarritz) and at others we got some channels but not others (eg Mirepoix). We got full reception along the Spanish Basque coast to Zumaia and, as we turned south, we lost all channels.
An interesting point about all this is that we used to get full reception down to about central Catalonia; now we lose it in northern Catalonia. So, although there has been some reduction, it is not as much as we thought might be the case. However, while BBC used to give out a very strong signal, it is now the weakest. BBC2 was always the last of the main channels to go but now all the BBC channels disappear first. In particular, we used to get BBC News and BBC radio all the way to the south coast of Spain (and indeed into Morocco). Now, these channels disappear along with all the other BBC ones. It looks very much as if we will have to rely on slow and buffering internet connection to get our favourite Radio 4 programmes in Almeria! In a nutshell, the independent channels have reduced the footprint but not by a great deal but the BBC has really gone to town!
Of course, all this applies only to an 85cm dish - I don't know how large a dish you would have to have in order to get full reception in the south of Spain but I am guessing it would be too large to fit on my van!
PS why can't you change mistakes in headings???
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