Recent content by wards287

Here in the Var near Fréjus, levels are comparable with previous years. Friends with 1M dishes are struggling but as we have a 2galli 1.4M dish on the ground, no HD's but SD's ok if no rain etc. We have a Humax HDS 1000S and Opticum LNB so ITV on 111 is good since the recent frequency changes.

Hi Henrithefourth, just an update for you. No ITV HD at all. All other HD's good on Freesat via Humax 1000S. To cover the times when reception is very poor I have installed a VPN on a small Gli router with UK access connected to our internet box. Then I use Ondemand on the Humax for ITV Hub and...

Same problem here in the Var. This time of year sat levels always reduce and if its raining not good at all. I upgraded a few years ago from a 130cm to a 150cm dish ( installed on the ground) and we just manage to keep reception on our Humax 1000S even with light rain at this time.

Hi Stephen, last year during the summer I too lost everything on Astra2F so knew that once Astra2E came alive this year it was only a matter of time. My previous dish was fine when the Astra2E/F signal was at its strongest which is every couple of weeks. Today signal strength is still very low...

Hi StephenG, I live at 83490 in the Var and my previous dish was the same size as yours. I now have a 1.3M dish and have all UK TV channels OK this evening but many HD are borderline reception. The signal at the moment is about as low as it has been over the last few months with this dish and I...

I installed a 1M dish from 2 Galli just before Christmas and they are very good. On Astra2F today 11023 H 23000, 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK I have S90% Q70% which drops to S80% and Q50% in the evening and watchable. I have tried various online TV options including tvcatchup but found it poor. I too have a...