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PS2502 · 29-10-07, 06:40 PM

Hi I'm new to satallite and find it interesting.
I live in the middle of France and have a Gomag SL55 receiver.It is linked to a 60cm dish with a twin LNB.I Have it pointing to Astra 2 and can only pick up God channel,Movies for Men and other rubbish.I want to receive BBC 1 ETC but can't.Tried moving dish but to no avail.Can anyone help.thanks Paul

arden · 30-10-07, 02:33 PM

my guess is your dish could be alittle small

my friend gets all free sat in his home near Nice with an 80cm dish

have you tried doing a transponder scan for the channels you are missing ?

pathfinder53 · 30-10-07, 07:35 PM

Hi Paul,

I am in the Aude and get perfect reception from a Sky Zone 2 dish which is smaller than yours. Can you hook up your receiver to somebody else's dish to check funcionality? Try ITV first which is stronger than the BBC transmissions.

PS2502 · 31-10-07, 07:40 AM

Thanks for the replies
I can move dish towards hotbird and it is a very strong signal.I can receive all hotbird FTA channels.I don't have to skew LNB either,just leave it on 0 degrees.But for Astra 2 I have to skew LNB to 15 degrees and the signal is quite weak.There are no branches in the way etc.If I had hair I would pull it out.I live in the Auvergne area.Is it worth me signing up with Sky because I can pick that up.Thanks Paul

29-10-07, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
PS2502 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fta In France Hi I'm new to satallite and find it interesting. I live in the middle of France and have a Gomag SL55 receiver.It is linked to a 60cm dish with a twin LNB.I Have it pointing to Astra 2 and can only pick up God channel,Movies for Men and other rubbish.I want to receive BBC 1 ETC but can't.Tried moving dish but to no avail.Can anyone help.thanks Paul

30-10-07, 02:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
arden Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 471 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Fta In France my guess is your dish could be alittle small my friend gets all free sat in his home near Nice with an 80cm dish have you tried doing a transponder scan for the channels you are missing ? __________________ tm9100 diablo 2.3 and triax 1.1 motorized cards inc AKTA and Gamma

30-10-07, 07:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
pathfinder53 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Fta In France Hi Paul, I am in the Aude and get perfect reception from a Sky Zone 2 dish which is smaller than yours. Can you hook up your receiver to somebody else's dish to check funcionality? Try ITV first which is stronger than the BBC transmissions.

31-10-07, 07:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
PS2502 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Fta In France Thanks for the replies I can move dish towards hotbird and it is a very strong signal.I can receive all hotbird FTA channels.I don't have to skew LNB either,just leave it on 0 degrees.But for Astra 2 I have to skew LNB to 15 degrees and the signal is quite weak.There are no branches in the way etc.If I had hair I would pull it out.I live in the Auvergne area.Is it worth me signing up with Sky because I can pick that up.Thanks Paul

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