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    Help Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Not sure what's the issue but my parents have moved to Portugal have a bloody huge sat dish on the house yet can't get any of the sky channels on the f5s!

    now I know someone else in Portugal that has all the channels on another box that I sourced for them.
    so I'm guessing the dish is pointing the wrong way.

    now I sent them a sat finder but movement of the dish is very limited.
    is there a chance it's pointing to the wrong satellite?

    if it is pointing on the wrong direction which direction should it be facing?
    and would they need to alter the angle etc?

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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Google is your friend here bud http://www.dishpointer.com ... I entered Lisbon into a couple of search results and they all came back with the same bearings pretty much ... this should get them in the right direction and your finder should trim them in.

    Isn't there another dish they can see locally to give them some sort of focal idea? b3

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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    They have changed the footprint of the sky signal now (about 4 months ago) and I know a lot of people in Portugal/Spain cant get Sky anymore who used to get it - same in the Canaries etc.. I think you need at least a 1.2 metre dish to stand a chance of picking it up now.

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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Thanks @big3card
    @monkfish they have a massive dish it is either a 1.2 or 2m dish.

    Which satellite should they be pointing the dish at so many to choose from?
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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Astra 2E (28.2°East)

    Some people are saying they have had to get a 3m dish to pick up the service it all depends on the location.

    If they cant get a sat signal then get them an £80 android iptv box they`ll be able to watch everything using ontapp.tv on xbmc (as long as they have broadband over 3mbs)
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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Brilliant thanks monkfish.


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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Right next question!
    they get sky channels sky1 sky movies etc but no English BBC itv 4 and 5.

    i thought if they got the sky channels normal terrestrial via sat would be fine?
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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    So they have to choose sky or BBC ?


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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Quote Originally Posted by Teajunkie View Post
    So they have to choose sky or BBC ?


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    No they have to choose between living in Portugal and watching Sky or moving closer to the signal and watching the BBC.

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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Lol so they can't get BBC and sky without moving the dish from one sat to the other.
    I have set them up a VPN via my hp server but slows me down when they watch live tv.


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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Quote Originally Posted by Teajunkie View Post
    Lol so they can't get BBC and sky without moving the dish from one sat to the other.
    I have set them up a VPN via my hp server but slows me down when they watch live tv.


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    They don't need to move the dish to get BBC, they simply can't in their location. 28.2e is a group of satellites, the BBC sats have a focused footprint that only really serves the UK. The sat the Sky channels are on has a much wider footprint.

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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Ahh I see.

    Thank you beerman.


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    Default Re: Portugal no sat signal on sky channels

    Footprint maps HERE

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