satellite dish positioning for Spanish TV

[olive]

Hi I have an 80 cm dish and Metronics decoder.

I am looking for info on direction, elevation and if LCB skew is necessary in order to receive Spanish TV. I have looked at other peoples dishes but there doesn't seem to be much of a common theme. The nearest house's dish seems to point West and slightly upwards from the horizontal. Presumably it isn't so critical as say a Sky dish for reception.

How many channels should I be able to receive?

olive

[pmb]

List of free to air Spanish channels on www.flysat.com/tv-sp.php As you can see there are two options. Point a dish at 19E or for a bit more choice 30W. 19E is 11 degrees further West than a Sky UK dish points and 5 degrees higher in elevation(figures for Vinuela) The skew would be slightly less clockwise. 30W is almost at a right angle compared to your Sky dish (86 degrees further west) and 4 degrees higher in elevation than one for Sky. The LNB skew would need altering so it is anti-clockwise when viewed from the front. It still is fairly critical to point accurately but signals are stronger and the smaller dish has a wider beamwidth so you could argue not quite as critical.

[Julie]

Hi Olive

If you don't want to pay for the Spanish sat system and only want the free to view channels, you are better off with a free to air box and a normal outside ariel, as the free to view have a lot of free channels,many more than the satallite, I sacked my spanish sat and went on the free view some time ago, easy to set up, unlike the sat dish.

[olive]

I've got a free to air box (one of the metronic jobs that AKi sold with a dish and LNB).

I have an aerial but no matter where I point it I have failed to get anything on it.

I'll give it a try again as that would be a nicer solution visually!

Thanks, olive

[Julie]

Hi Olive

It sounds like you have a digi box not a free to air, you don't need a LNB or a dish with a free to air box, just the normal type ariel.