Tortosa Area Forum - Loss of UK TV channels

Herbert Ex Member	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #45 - Dec 28^th, 2012 at 10:12pm	Print Post
	Whilst reading the latest posts on this, thanks everyone. Checked the 5s which we lost along with everyone else ( we are in Vinaros ) Hadnt checked for a while and hey presto theyre back !! We do have the large dish but they definitely werent there a few weeks ago. Keeping our fingers x


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geandi Ex Member	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #46 - Dec 29^th, 2012 at 12:28am	Print Post
	How big is the dish ? Quote: Whilst reading the latest posts on this, thanks everyone. Checked the 5s which we lost along with everyone else ( we are in Vinaros ) Hadnt checked for a while and hey presto theyre back !! We do have the large dish but they definitely werent there a few weeks ago. Keeping our fingers x


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Re: Loss of UK TV channels
Reply #47 - Dec 29^th, 2012 at 7:04am

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Vinaros seems to be just about on the limits of reception with a 1.2M dish. On my way to Alicante I tested at the services in Benicarlo and was receiving some - but not all - channels. In Freginals on a 1.5M dish there was nothing.

If you know how to scan a transponder I would be interested to know if you have any channels received on the following 2 transponders:

Frequency	SR	FEC	Polarity
11023	23000	2/3	H
10994	22000	5/6	H

The first should be BBC channels, the second should be some ITV1 regions.

I didn't receive these two in Benicarlo.

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philmountains Senior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 460 Location: Skipton North Yorkshire Joined: Mar 25^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #48 - Dec 29^th, 2012 at 7:59am	Print Post
	well done a quick search on goggle and eBay and 1.9 dishes are rare at moment, but we can only hope !!!


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Nigel YaBB Administrator Offline Living here and loving it! Posts: 1234 Location: Raval de Crist Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2005 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #49 - Dec 30^th, 2012 at 9:13am	Print Post
	I'm still testing.. It looks like a very good quality receiver will be needed. I lost some channels during the day and had some breakup in the early evening. One of the freesat boxes I have will not receive anything during the day - I don't have a SKY box at the moment although from experience they have much poorer receivers. I'm hoping we won't need a 2.4M dish...


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ddspain Ex Member	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #50 - Dec 30^th, 2012 at 9:56am	Print Post
	Does this mean that the people in the south of Spain will need even bigger dishes? If so, is it possible there will be a load of second hand 2m dishes for sale in Valencia/Murcia etc. soon?


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Nobrot Ex Member	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #51 - Dec 30^th, 2012 at 10:23am	Print Post
	Not being a technophobe but.......I watch football matches via the internet and with other sporting events and films now available,can we not get normal TV via the internet ?? just asking.


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Nigel YaBB Administrator Offline Living here and loving it! Posts: 1234 Location: Raval de Crist Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2005 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #52 - Dec 30^th, 2012 at 10:34am	Print Post
	Quote: Does this mean that the people in the south of Spain will need even bigger dishes? If so, is it possible there will be a load of second hand 2m dishes for sale in Valencia/Murcia etc. soon? Sadly it's unlikely. The change seems to have benefitted them. Where they previously needed a 1.9m dish they now only need a 1.2m. Andalucia seems to have suffered as well. It's still not clear what size they will need but in some areas a 1.9 is sufficient.


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Nigel YaBB Administrator Offline Living here and loving it! Posts: 1234 Location: Raval de Crist Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2005 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #53 - Dec 30^th, 2012 at 10:38am	Print Post
	Quote: Not being a technophobe but.......I watch football matches via the internet and with other sporting events and films now available,can we not get normal TV via the internet ?? just asking. Yes and no.. The BBC and ITV players can determine your location from your IP address (the address on the internet your computer is connected to) and they will block you if your address is not in the UK. There are some services you can subscribe to that fake your address. You would need a fast internet connection otherwise you would suffer from the picture freezing.


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cactus jack Global Moderator Offline If I agree with you, then we would both be wrong Posts: 928 Location: bitem Joined: Dec 17^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #54 - Dec 30^th, 2012 at 2:07pm	Print Post
	I use a VPN address it costs �5.00 a month and I use bbc I player and itv I player bbc works no problem at all but it seems that the itv channels vary itv 2 3 and 4 are ok but itv 1 lags a bit every now and then. Of course by using the Internet you can catch up on missed programs. I have a one meg connection. It would take 16 years to add up to the price of a bigger dish.

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PlanesPete Senior Member Offline In the Pink.... Posts: 458 Location: el Perello Joined: Jun 9^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #55 - Dec 30^th, 2012 at 5:25pm	Print Post
	We use the iPlayer on a VPN from www.my-private-network.co.uk which is very good for a fiver a month. Another advantage of using it it that you appear to be in the UK to other websites too and get around the problem of sites serving you spanish pages automatically - really annoying. <Rant> However - the BBC iPlayer is the biggest crock of **** ever produced. It crashes, deletes your recordings, refuses to play stuff and generally behaves like a two-year-old in a tantrum. The Beeb don't care, provide no support and treat you like a moron. It seems that �5bn a year in licence fees doesn't stretch very far. </Rant>


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Pondgirl Ex Member	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #56 - Dec 31^st, 2012 at 8:08am	Print Post
	Just a point Planes Pete, but if you are accessing the beeb via a proxy server you aren't paying a licence fee so they wouldn't have any obligation to offer you any support. Personally I wish that they would allow access from outside of the UK for payment of a fee.


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PlanesPete Senior Member Offline In the Pink.... Posts: 458 Location: el Perello Joined: Jun 9^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #57 - Jan 1^st, 2013 at 2:42am	Print Post
	Nice try, as it happens I am paying a licence fee on our house in the UK. The fact that I can't watch it while I'm here just rubs the salt in.


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Nigel YaBB Administrator Offline Living here and loving it! Posts: 1234 Location: Raval de Crist Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2005 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #58 - Jan 19^th, 2013 at 9:25pm	Print Post
	I'm still testing with a 1.9M dish but it's not good news I'm getting a lot of breakup and no signal on some channels when it's cloudy/rainy. Looks like we're going to need a 2.4M or 3M dish. Reports from Barcelona are that a 2M dish on a clear day receives nothing... I'm looking at alternative solutions.


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Bigyin God Member Offline Onwards and Upwards !! Posts: 1283 Location: Santa Barbara Joined: Feb 19^th, 2008 Gender:	Re: Loss of UK TV channels Reply #59 - Jan 20^th, 2013 at 10:25am	Print Post
	Your efforts are much appreciated Nigel.

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