Receiving Usa Channels In Uk

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Can you receive US chanels with a satellite dish in the uk?
 

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No - the satellites they transmit off are below our western horizon.
 

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If you had a dish about 5M+ in size, you might get a glimmer of something, but as analoguesat says, it's a no no due to our position... :(
 

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I can never understand the fascination with getting Stateside telly - all the best programmes are shown over here anyway which leaves an awful lot of dross and far too many hours of ad breaks every day :D
 

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In any case even if it was possible, the equipment they use stateside is mostly circular polarisation either left or right whereas we use horizontal and vertical IIRC
 

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Does anyone remember the MS NBC ntsc broadcasts from about 5 years ago on 12 or 15w ?
 

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MSNBC is still available on 15w. 11532 H SR 3.198 SID 1.

Analogue is right, there is no need for anyone to want American television when we have all their imports and now American programmes are shown much sooner after their first broadcast in the US due to illegal downloading. American sports are also available on various UK channels.

And we're not short of American news coverage, Fox News on Sky, CBS news shown on Sky News as well as MSNBC on 15w.
 
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