| Reception of Astra 2F in Spain and Portugal |
Listed below, are confirmed reception reports for Astra 2F in Spain and Portugal
This is only a guide and not a guarentee of receception in or around your area.
You may be able to receive Astra 2F on a smaller dish than that listed, or may require a larger one.
Remember, other factors other than the size of your dish are also very imortant:
RECEIVER
A good quality receiver with a low threshold, is very important, such as the Freesat Humax FOXSAT-HDR.
LNB
The right LNB such as an Inverto, these are used widely in Spain, or an Invacom. Remember to check your LNB skew.
CABLE
Use a good quality coax cable, replace it, if it is getting old. |
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| Spain |
| Algorfa, 20km from Torrevieja 1.1 M |
| Almeria 1.5 M |
| Calpa, Costa Blanca 1.2 M |
| Cantabria near Santander 1.0 M |
| Denia, Costa Blanca 1.15 M |
| Enguera 1.9 M |
| Gandia 1.2 M |
| Javea, Costa Blanca 1.9 M |
| La Nucia, Costa Blanca 1.0 M |
| Madrid 1.2 M A 1.2 M is the minimum for 2F in Madrid for daytime reception. A 1.5 to 1.8 M would give some rain margin and evening reception. |
| Mallorca, Palma - 1.65 M |
| Marbella 3.0 M (not confirmed) |
| Moreira, Costa Blanca 90 - 1.0 M |
| Murcia 1.9 M |
| Oliva, Costa Blanca 1.2 M |
| Pedreguer, Costa Blanca 1.1 M |
| Rojales 1.10 M |
| San Sebastian 90 cm - 1.0 M |
| Torre de la Horadada, Costa Blanca 1.4 M |
| Torrevieja 1.5 M |
| Valencia 1.0 M |
| Xativa, Costa Blanca 1.0m |
| Zenia, Costa Blanca 1.45 M |
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| Canary Islands |
There have been very few confirmed reports from the Canary Islands. These suggest that a 3.0 M dish (in Tenerife), will be required for reliable reception.
Astra 2F has been picked up on a 2.4 M dish (on Gran Canaria), though reception is not perfect.
Gran Canaria
Dish: 2.4m Channel Master/Andrews dish
LNB: Inverto Black Ultra LNB
Weather: Blue cloudless skies
10.964 H OK but suffered horizontal pixelation earlier in the day. 10.994 H OK but very slight pixellation earlier in the day.
11.052 H, have not seen any problems on this frequency.
11.126 V, not watchable, heavy pixellated/freezing picture, nothing was being received at one point earlier in the day. |
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| Portugal |
| Coimbra 1.2 M |
| Porto - 1.2 M |
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