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FTA BBC & ITV reception southernmost Spain
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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 40188" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>I have relatives living in Estepona, just round the corner from you, and they use 1.3m dish to get a strong enough signal for ITV and BBC (I don't know if they still get Five - I must ask them). They used to use a 1.2m dish for the old $ly analogue so obviously the extra 10cm makes all the difference...</p><p></p><p>If you are content to settle for the BBC and other true FTA channels then almost any digital receiver will do the job. If you want the other FTV channels (ITV, C4 and Five) then you need a card to go into a digibox. The FTV (Free-to-View) card is no longer available, except at inflated prices on ebay so, unless you know someone with old series 2 card (yellow house on dark blue background) that they don't want you will have to subscribe to one of Ucle Rupes packages through an address in the UK. There are companies in Spain who will organise a subscription for you but you will pay even more this way.</p><p></p><p>Can't help you very much with Spanish terrestrial TV except that you won't need a 1.3m dish to pick it up. As it will be aimed at the Spanish something like a 60cm dish will be enough. Your Digital receiver will have to have a CAM, or CI slot for an external CAM, and I think they use SECA for the encryption - someone help me out here.</p><p></p><p>I went to Tarifa a couple of years ago. Does the wind always blow that hard?</p><p></p><p>PaulR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 40188, member: 176256"] I have relatives living in Estepona, just round the corner from you, and they use 1.3m dish to get a strong enough signal for ITV and BBC (I don't know if they still get Five - I must ask them). They used to use a 1.2m dish for the old $ly analogue so obviously the extra 10cm makes all the difference... If you are content to settle for the BBC and other true FTA channels then almost any digital receiver will do the job. If you want the other FTV channels (ITV, C4 and Five) then you need a card to go into a digibox. The FTV (Free-to-View) card is no longer available, except at inflated prices on ebay so, unless you know someone with old series 2 card (yellow house on dark blue background) that they don't want you will have to subscribe to one of Ucle Rupes packages through an address in the UK. There are companies in Spain who will organise a subscription for you but you will pay even more this way. Can't help you very much with Spanish terrestrial TV except that you won't need a 1.3m dish to pick it up. As it will be aimed at the Spanish something like a 60cm dish will be enough. Your Digital receiver will have to have a CAM, or CI slot for an external CAM, and I think they use SECA for the encryption - someone help me out here. I went to Tarifa a couple of years ago. Does the wind always blow that hard? PaulR [/QUOTE]
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