Freesat and the Cologne area.

[ijenk64]

I am moving to Cologne in the near future, so I will be investing in a freesat receiver. The house I will be living in is privately owned, and has several dishes already installed on the side of it, so one more wouldnt hurt.

I have a metre dish in the UK so I could take that, but just in case they wouldnt like a metre dish stuck up there with the other two, could I get away with a 85cm or even an 80cm one in the Cologne area.

Many thanks

Ian

P.s I have hooked up my old sky dish to try out with my echostar, but very few channels are free to air, is there a reason for this.

 

[Captain Jack]

Where are these dishes pointing to? 19E has plenty of FTA channels but most of German. 28.2E also has a good number FTA but most are on the tight Astra 1N beam. That said, you should be OK with an 80cm dish in Cologne I believe.

 

[ijenk64]

Where are these dishes pointing to? 19E has plenty of FTA channels but most of German. 28.2E also has a good number FTA but most are on the tight Astra 1N beam. That said, you should be OK with an 80cm dish in Cologne I believe.

Thank you Captain Jack, the sky dish is pointed at 28.2E.

Regards

Ian

 

[Vin Blanc]

could I get away with a 85cm or even an 80cm one in the Cologne area.

According to this site, Dortmund needs a 70cm dish to receive Astra 1N at 28.2˚ East (Freesat & $ky).

_http://www.satbeams.com/footprints?beam=5223

So 80cm should be fine.

Vin Blanc


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[Topper]

I thought the questions had generally already been answered in your other thread
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/freesat-support-forum/194762-freesat-paranoia.html#post1005754

 

[ijenk64]

Duh, what am I like, I think its was actually seeing the new place and I needed reassuring, must be early onset alzheimers.

Ian

I thought the questions had generally already been answered in your other thread
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/freesat-support-forum/194762-freesat-paranoia.html#post1005754