Astra Footprint changed?

[Bustup15]

Currently in the south of France near Montpellier and surprised that we can still access UK TV.

Has the footprint Ben modified as this map seems to indicate we would be outside the reception area, or is the mapped area full coverage that gradually falls away the more you travel south?

 

[Stealaway]

It seems certain atmospheric conditions will help but I think you are about at the limit of the reception area.

It also depends on the size of your dish

 

[Allanm]

I think it depends where you are and the terrain. We were in Perpignan last year and picked up all Freesat channels, yet when we were near Toulouse, we couldn‘t pick up more than a couple of channels.

 

[Speve]

We have latched on to Astra 2 as far along as Tarifa, Cabo de Gata , Tabernas & El Rocio and will get it. In Portugal as well we use a sky+HD box and built in sat recieved on telly. With an Oyster V with auto skew??

 

[Clarky]

It’s all down to atmospheric conditions I think.
We go to Gruissan, near Narbonne, fairly often. Some days we can pick up BBC etc. other days no signal at all on most of the UK channels.

Richard

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[Bustup15]

Spoke too soon - a sea fret rolled in today and the number of channels available reduced significantly

 

[Satandpcguy]

On the three UK TV satellites, beams and their "footprints" cannot change, as they do not have steerable beams...
but what they can do is move channels from beam to beam, like a few sky pay channels have recently, moving from the European bean (nice and easy to receive across western europe), to the UK beam, (tricky to get in western europe).

Also, use these maps with caution, as they do not tell the whole story. in fact they only tell the theoretical footprint...I can get most of the (non HD) uk beam channels here in Valencia on an 80x85cm dish... not shown on that map