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Message: <blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 759000">Hello, welcome to the forum.No, you are pointing at the right constellation (28.2 degrees East). In simple terms, there are 3 satellites at 28.2E, and a fourth just next to them on 28.5E. The three on 28.2E are Astra 2A, 2B and 2D. The first two give you good reception, even on a 60 cm dish. They carry among many other thing the BBC News, Parliament etc. The third, Astra 2D, has BBC1,2,3,4 + ITV x + Channel 4/5. That one is MUCH weaker here in the Nordics, so you need a much bigger dish for reliable reception of those channels.So you are indeed pointing to the right constellation, you just don't have a big enough dish to get Astra 2D, as this is mechanically restricted in the satellite's reflector to only illuminate UK and bits of western Europe.(So If you just into Sky sports which is on 2A/B and have a subscription, you don't need to worry. But as you want free TV from the UK, you need to go for Astra 2D).As you will see from other postings here on satellites.co.uk, imperical evidence shows that you need a much bigger dish. I'm almost due south of you on Sjælland (north of Copenhagen), and I have tried first 180 cm crap metal dish (Jonsa/Fortec) and then a 125cm high-quality dish PVC/Glassfibre dish, both of these could barely lock on to the strong horizontals, and not get the verticals at all.I now have a Channel Master 180 cm (expensive and heavy, but also regarded as one of absolute best of the lot), which does the trick. Kitschcamp lives in Skåne, and have been through more or less exactly the same exercise, ending up with a channel master 180cm. Look in the thread on members installations, you will find both of our installations there.The CM180 goes for something like 2500-3500 SEK on e-bay-equivalents here in DK, I think you pay roughly the same in Sweden.Don't get distracted by people receiving 2D on a 120 cm dish around Stockholm. There's a so-called side-lobe there, a kind of hot-spot, which makes it possible. It only is around Stockholm, so you won't benefit from it, I'm afraid.Sorry to bring bad news on your new installation, but I hope to save you some effort in fiddling with different LNBs, receivers etc. Dish-size is the only major differentiator.</blockquote>

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