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Subject: English Sky TV and Astra 2D in Milan Italy

Author:
Dave

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Date Posted: 05:57:24 01/23/04 Fri

I managed to get English sky tv in Milan.
I am not an expert, but I can receive BBC1,BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 along with all the other Sky channels. Presumably that means I am within the Astra 2D footprint. I have a 60cm dish and a new white slimline sky decoder (Supplied by sky as 2nd box in household UK).
The signal on the Terrestrial channels is not that strong.
I get perfect picture 85% of the time, but sometimes when the weather is bad, the pictures start to break up and very occasionally I get no signal. ITV is the first to go followed by Channel 5, Channel 4 and BBC. All other channels are perfect all the time. I had to get someone in to align my dish because it had to be precise to pick up the weekish Astra beam and I was only just clearing a building in the line of fire so to speak! This cost 40 euros. I hope this helps. Ciao form Italia.

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Re: British Sky TV and Astra 2D in Milan Italy	Brit	10:43:38 01/23/04 Fri
Re: British Sky TV and Astra 2D in Milan Italy -- Sky Italy, 14:13:36 01/24/04 Sat