Originally Posted by promo-only:
“The problem is that the main beams are firing into the Med and the UK is on the very, very fringe of the overspill. The general rule is the further north you go, the bigger the dish you need. The likes of France, Italy etc are perfectly placed to get a decent signal on a moderately sized dish but we're in a rubbish position in the UK.
Where I am, I'd need a 1.1 - 1.3m dish for good weather reception (and that's on a perfect day... something we never seem to get in Liverpool!) but it'd need to be much bigger to accommodate for bad weather and general noise levels, whether the overspill footprint dips etc - and that's when it becomes expensive and still carries no guarantee of good signal on any given day. If I was going for reception from the other satellite, I'd need a 3m dish as a starting point.
There are just so many variables that it's impossible to give a definitive answer on dish size.”
What you say is correct but that dish size is way OTT. With the right cabling, LNB etc you could easily get a decent signal on both H and V on a 2m dish. There are people in similar NW locations getting something on 90cm dishes and OK coverage on 1.2m dishes so 2m should do the trick.
Like I say its got to be with the right kit though as the dish size isnt the only trick to a good signal.