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It's a small village, Denis, in the Abruzzi mountains - Picinisco, to be precise. That's not far from you in Sora, which I know well! The news about the BBC interactive services being off air most of the time isn't good. I was hoping that a 50-60cms dish would be a practical solution for the...

Thanks for your help. It seems at least the BBC channels are available on Astra 2B south beam - will a small dish be enough for these?

Doesn't look promising then - a two metre dish on a roof isn't going to be practical. So, is it possible to pick up any UK digital TV including subscription broadcasts e.g. Sky?

Thank you but I'm not clear about this. What channels could I get from a dish (quite high up at about 700m above sea level) fixed on Astra 2's south beam? What size would it need to be to receive UK TV? It seems that you're suggesting that I'm not going to get anything unless it's a very big dish...

Can anyone tell me what I would need to tell an installer in Italy (location about 80 miles south of Rome) to get free to air UK channels? I've been looking at the posts on this and other forums and have worked out: that a 50cm dish pointed at Astra 2D 28.2E using the south beam would be...