is possible to get Hot Bird and Astra using 1 dish only??

[gropius]

Hi there, and thanks in advance for your help!!!

I would like to improve my satellite system:

I Live in London and at the moment I got a 60cm dish pointing Hot Bird 13 east to watch SKY Italy using my subscription, and I would like to keep using it, but since some Italian channels get obscured sometimes I would also like to get the Italian TV without using SKY.

I am also interested to get the Freesat to watch English channels as well. I know Freesat runs on the Astra satellite, so the first question is:

Is possible getting the signal both from Hot Bird and Astra using 1 dish only??
If so, is my dish still fine or do I need a bigger one?
I also guess I would need a double LNBs....

For the SKY Italy I obviously have my sky box, but I will definitely need another one to be able to receive Freesat and some more channels from Hot Bird, is that possible?? Which HD receiver would you advice?

Hope everything I said does make sense!
Would be great to receive some tips and advices!
Cheers!!

[Mickha]

I assume you want Astra 2, 28.2E and 13E.
Yes it is possible and might be OK with your 60cm dish, as you're in London, but personally I would use a slightly larger dish.

[Robbo]

Yep, might be possible on a 60cm, but generally would go a bit bigger than that, try it.

If dish size is an issue generally, a Wavefrontier T55 is fairly small, and would get both easily.

[gropius]

Thank you for your replyes guys!!

I have been adviced to replace my dish with a 80cm one..... which makes sense with what you said.

Regarding the satellite receiver, I would like to buy an HD one, and I have been adviced to buy a Spiderbox SP9000HD, what do you think about this??

I saw it is a bit expansive... (185£)... would you advice another one?
Or in general, which one do you recomend based on my requirements?

Thank you again for all the advices!!
Cheers!