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If you search the threads on here there is lots of advice

We have used out 60cm dish in parts of France, you might need slightly bigger further south. Do you currently have a satellite set for the van? If not you can do a google for caravan systems and it will bring up lots of retailers. Also if you are new to satellite this website is very comprehensive. www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk

David

Hi pompeyjas.

                     My advice is go for a none Sky box, as the tuners do not need as much signal to get you a picture, also the BBC signals come from the Astra 2D satellite, which in theory is a spot beam onto the UK, so as David Klyne says, you will need a bigger dish, I have used an 80cm down at Frejus and Antibes, perfect for the BBC, you may get away with a 60cm, so long as it has got a decent Lnb fitted, problem with using a 60cm for the BBC is that you may loose the signal in the evening, as this is when the satellites alter there attitude in order to optimize the positioning of the solar arrays, if you go back into some of my threads, you will find out more detail regarding UK satellite in France.

An 80cm dish should give you All Channels approximately north of a line from Barcelona to Venice provided you have a clear view of the sky. You may need to adjust the skew angle of the LNB as you move from East to  West or vice versa.

Phil.