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Subject: Re: British Sky TV and Astra 2D in Milan Italy

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Date Posted: 14:13:36 01/24/04 Sat
In reply to: Brit 's message, "Re: British Sky TV and Astra 2D in Milan Italy" on 10:43:38 01/23/04 Fri

I agree...you're doing well for a 60cm dish. I recommend nothing less than a 1 metre dish to all my customers, although as far north as Milan you can get away with as small as a 90...but with a 60, I can imagine that you're getting pretty spotty coverage of the 2D signal.

Happy Viewing!

>>I managed to get English sky tv in Milan.
>
>It's British- that's why it's called BSkyB, not ESkyB.
>
>>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.
>
>With a 60cm dish you're very lucky, although Milan is
>within the 'official' Astra 2D footprint.

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