Recent content by sevans59

Hi, Anyone in the Madrid area upgraded their dish since the BBC switch? I'm hoping to get away with a 150cm dish and wonder if anyone has tried. I'm using a Panasonic TD20. Any reports from other parts of Spain might be helpful too. Cheers, Steve

When we talk about "background radiation", what are we referring to exactly? The sun which is more of a problem in the summer, or the domestic environment - maybe the proximity of the receiver to other electrical appliances etc? Steve

Thanks to all the replies above - keep them coming from Spain. In the meantime, I had this reply elsewhere which is interesting: I live in (Cadiz) which is 36.35ºN 6.14ºW. I am using a 3 year old Amstrad 100 digital box. 0.7dB LNB. And about 30 metres of cable. I installed it myself. I hope...

Bought a Panasonic DSB20 last year and have an 80cm dish and standard 0.7dB universal LNB. Live near Madrid - 40km NW and 900 meters above sea level (don't know if that matters). Get Channel 4 most of the day in the winter, though now hardly at all - suspect recent high winds might have moved...

Original message posted on Satmania.com on the 19th Nov read as follows: TV channel Channel 4 has started on 28E 11565V/27500 (Sky Digital) : Audio: 2342 (ENGLISH); Video: 2341; Videoguard

I hvae just read that a new Channel 4 stream has appeared on the Eurobird satellite, whith according to the footprint given on the page looks more like the Astra South beam than the North beam usually used to broadcast the channel. Is this likely? Would a reinstall of the box pick up the new...