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21/8/2015 at 8:40pm
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Are you trying for Freesat or Sky, Freesat would be impossible at Barcelona but Sky could be possible.
From Astra2 at 28.2East you should be able to get Sky News and Radio such as LBC from London etc, but that will be just about it, which to be fair is as much TV as you need when on holiday.
Failing that point the Dish to 19.2East, you will defo be able to get Sky News, CNN and BBC World News TV, so better than nowt I guess.
Are you using a Sky Box or Freesat Box, or maybe a FTA Box.
We had problems down at Frejus this year, Freesat worked for a couple of days, then all we got was Sky News and the other none Freesat stuff from Astra2 at 28.2East, using a 1m Dish and Freesat Box.
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Come on now, you have no excuse, the SatLink 6906 Satellite Finder you have with it's 3.5" screen will find you a satellite, albiet not the one you wan't, whilst at Barcelona.
The 1m Dish will pull in Astra1 at 19.2 East not much in the way of English stuff just Sky News and a few others.
Also HotBird Eutelsat at 13 East, carries even less English, CNN and just a few others.
Better than nowt though, seen as you have carted the dish all that way.
The strongest satellite signal at Barcelona will be Hispasat 30 West, no English on there apart from BBC World News TV, but plenty of FTA Spanish stuff, but if you find that, you can check that your system is working ok, from there it will be easy to locate Astra1 or HotBird over to the East.
Probably best to forget looking for Astra2 Sky/Freesat at 28.2 East from Barcelona.
Remember your dish has to point up at a much steeper angle than here in the UK, say 36 Deg Elevation or more compared to just 22 Deg here in the UK, it will help if the dish mount is plumb, then you can use the Elevation markings on the dish mount as a rough guide.
I can even get Hispasat here in UK with a 1m Dish.
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Yep, RDS123, but are you getting the Spot Beam channels like BBC/iTV Ch4 and Ch5, if so you are doing very well with a 1m Dish, I would have thought at least 1.2m if at all from Barcelona, but as ever out of footprint reception is always a hit and miss affair.
July 2014 at Frejus, our 1m Dish worked fine for Freesat, but this July same campsite, same pitch, the signal was less, we had Freesat for a couple of days, but mostly it was just Sky News, and the other none Spot Beam channels from Astra2.
For us not getting the Spot Beam channels was not an issue, as we were still getting the TV News, and some of the UK radio channels, and we have plenty of recorded stuff on the satellite receiver, which is always handy.
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