France is mostly inside the Astra 2D Footprint
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For a detailed Astra 2D reception map for France, click HERE. |
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| Beziers - 20km north of, Mediterranean Coast |
| Receiver: Panasonic receiver |
| Dish: 45cm mini dish |
| LNB: Standard Universal |
| Posted 01-07-03 |
| BBC received ok, with no loss of signal during viewing. |
| Dave |
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| Bourg St Maurice Area Savoy |
| Receiver: Panasonic TU-DSB31 |
| Dish: Sky Minidish |
| LNB: Standard Minidish Universal |
| Posted 04-09-03 |
| All FTV channels available with a very clear picture, although warnings appear on ITV, Ch4, & Ch5 that card is due to expire. No apparent change since BBC moved to ASTRA 2D. Signal Strength: Nearly 100%Signal Quality: 75% |
| Killer |
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| Brionne - situated in Freneuse sur Risle |
| Receiver: Amstrad DRX400 |
| Dish: Raven 45cm elliptical |
| LNB: Grundig minidish universal |
| Posted 19-02-04 |
| Dish is fitted to the front of the terrace only about 4ft from the ground using existing cable brought from the UK. |
| Janine |
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| Chartre |
| Receiver:Amstrad 100 |
| Dish: 60cm |
| LNB: Not given |
| Posted Not known |
| All 2D channels available. |
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| Clermont Ferrand Area - central France |
| Receiver: Nokia Mediamaster |
| Dish: 95cm dish |
| LNB: Golden Interstar Universal 0.3dB |
| Posted 03-03-04 |
| Reception is amazingly good, dish size 95 cm, LNB cheap and cheerful Golden Interstar Universal' claimed -3db, receiver, Nokia Mediamaster. |
| Martin |
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| Flassans sur Issole Var |
| Receiver: Grundig GDS300 & Panasonic TU-DSB 30 |
| Dish: 60cm dish |
| LNB: Very old (make not known) |
| Posted 17-11-03 |
| Both Grundig GDS300 and Panasonic TU-DSB 30 give similar results LNB - Very old (make not known) - can be rotated 360 degrees - useful as skew is crucial. Reception : Normally perfect but very occasionally a blip after 10 pm and ONLY on BBC 1. |
| Neil |
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| Le Camp de Castellet - near Toulon |
| Receiver: Panasonic DSB 31 |
| Dish: 60cm Zone 2 Sky dish. |
| LNB: Standard Mini dish LNB (Cambridge) |
| Posted 02-05-03 |
| All FTV and FTA channels clear 24/7. Further info: Prior to switch to 2D a 43 cm zone 1 Sky dish worked with ITV untill 20.00 Hrs, hence the switch to a larger dish. |
| John |
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| Limoges - 5o km north of |
| Receiver: Panasonic DSB30 |
| Dish: Attisat Flat Plate Antenna |
| LNB: Built in to dish |
| Posted 17-06-03 |
| Signal strength=75%, signal quality=75%, 100% OK. |
| Phil |
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| Limoges and Angoulême (half way between) |
| Receiver: Amstrad drx400 |
| Dish: Not known |
| LNB: Universal 0.6db |
| Posted 30-03-05 |
| We have a house near Exideuil sur Vienne. The dish is old and weather beaten. I found that changing the skew was important in improving the reception. Signal strength and quality both 65%. Excellent reception. |
| David S. |
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| Manosque - not far from Aix-en-Provence |
| Receiver: Panasonic receiver (model not given) |
| Dish: Zone 2 Sky dish 60cm |
| LNB: Universal standard |
| Posted 06-06-03 |
| I live in Manosque, not far from Aix-en-Provence, and have been using a Panasonic receiver and the larger Sky dish for three years now. We have good reception of BBC, CH4, CH5 etc., etc. As for most people, if it rains ITV gets a bit iffy but is acceptable most of the time. |
| Paul T. |
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| Marseille |
| Receiver: Simba 201SA |
| Dish: 60cm dish |
| LNB: Vector 0.6db |
| Posted 22-06-04 |
| Dish elevation set optimally for Hotbird to receive TPS, unchanged to receive Astra2D. Recption 61%, clear view of sky. Picture quality excellent w/o degredation in rain. |
| LNB and dish are el-cheapo, and came free with a TPS subscription and Simba 201SA receiver. |
| Andy |
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| Meze (between Béziers and Montpellier) |
| Receiver: Philips SDB 1100 FTA |
| Dish: 75cm Visiosat bisat dish with 2 lnbs |
| LNB: 2 0.4dB Universals |
| Posted 16-01-04 |
| Location: 43° 27' N, 3°36' E in Mèze (between Béziers and Montpellier) Southern France. Equipment: Visiosat bisat dish with 2 lnbs (0.4 db noise figure) feeding a Philips SDB 1100 FTA. Receive all BBC channels. Signal: 75%. |
| Michel |
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| Montpellier |
| Receiver: Pace 2500b |
| Dish: 60cm Dish |
| LNB: Not given. |
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| Poitiers |
| Receiver: Panasonic TU-DSB30 |
| Dish: Standard Sky minidish (60cm oval) |
| LNB: Cambridge universal 0.6dB |
| Posted 02-06-03 |
| Installed the system ourselves without compasses or monitors - just took our time and jiggled the dish and waited for it to tune in. Have a better signal than at home!! Still receives BBC channels despite the recent changes! |
| Paul |
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| Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, Nr Montauban - South West |
| Receiver: Pace Digibox & Pace Sky+ receiver |
| Dish: 80cm Channel Master dish |
| LNB: Alps 0.8dB |
| Posted 14-08-03 |
| Equipment: 80cm Channel Master dish, 0.8dB Alps LNB, cheap 1st generation Pace Digibox. Signal: Absolutely stacks on 2A, 2B, Eurobird and 2D. No rain fade, except for during heavy tropical storms we seem to get round here! Signal strength and quality are similar to my other setup in the UK (Sky minidish, Pace Sky+ box). |
| Adam |
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| Toulouse |
| Receiver: Echostar receiver |
| Dish: 1.0m dish |
| LNB: not given |
| Posted 22-05-03 |
| With 1.0m dish, 0.6 db LNB in Toulouse (Southern France), 2d signal is weak, but enough for digital reception with an Echostar receiver. Signal disappears entirely in rain. |
| Robin |
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| Toulouse |
| Receiver: FMD ST862D FTA receiver |
| Dish: 80cm dish |
| LNB: Universal |
| Posted 22-02-04 |
| I contacted UKSAT and they were very helpful. In fact they said much the same as yourself in regards to the alignment. They also said they install 75cm dishes just about everywhere in France. |
Anyway, my French installation man came back for a second go at getting my dish to pick up Astra2D. He actually has BBC1 etc at his home, so he plugged his box into my dish (the 80cm dish I think I mentioned)
and it worked perfectly. |
What he then had to do was tinker round with the "configuration" as he called it on my receiving box - this he did by
setting up a new transponder for the right frequency etc for ASTRA 2D, and lo and behold it picked up all the BBC
stations etc perfectly and with no problem. |
| So this is really to let you know that the 80cm dish seems to be fine here in Toulouse. The receiving box is an FMD brand - sold by the BUT chain of stores here in Toulouse. It is an FMD Free to Air Digital receiver - Ref: ST862D - if that is of any use. I'm not too sure of the other specifications or what is useful to you in you "Reception Report" section. |
| Greg |
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| Vaison la Romain - near to Orange, southern France |
| Receiver: Panasonic TU-DSB30 |
| Dish: 60 cm dish |
| LNB: Not given |
| Posted 04-05-03 |
| Mike F. Rollison |
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| Valbonne - Cannes Area |
| Receiver: Grundig Digibox |
| Dish: 90cm dish |
| LNB: Samsung 0.6dB |
| Posted 06-06-03 |
| I live outside of the published 2D footprint (if only just!), but I can still receive 2D signals. |
| I live about 10km inland, north west of Cannes (about 25km west along the coast from Nice). On www.lyngsat.com, it is possible to use the sat locator to set the long/lat to 43.1N,6.9E. That is about where I am. |
| I have a 90cm dish Samsung 0.6db LNB (bought new - not provided with sky dish/box) old Grundig Digibox. |
| You need to be quite accurate with the position of the dish and use a sat finder to help home-in on the signal. I have about 80% signal strength and 50-60% signal quality. All BBC and ITV channels are perfect! |
| Mike |
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