Jako Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 That will be the signal strength of the EPG home transponder. In the Algarve there seems to be a 'BBC Switch-Off party', probably just boozing until the picture disappears.. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Bit like Xmas when you were a kid - going to bed and wondering what you will have the next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I suppose you can't blame them. Dumbed down though the BBC is I'd be sad to lose it (and I do pay the licence fee in Britain, and indeed la redevance in France). For those who don't have fast internet access (and we don't) the loss of DSat would be quite a blow.....I'm keeping an eye on signal qualities in Devon to see if there's any discernible improvement.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wils Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Morning all. Report from The Languedoc, Pezenas area, all BBC/ITV etc have gone including local BBC channels. Over to the laptop I suppose until more info on dish sizes etc comes along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham & Brenda Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 OK in Charente this morning, we seem to have all the usual channels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Same here.Grumpy du Gard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 FolksThanks for the two reception reports. What I would find interesting and helpful and no doubt others would also, along with whether you can receive or not, would be the dish size you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Same as Wilson that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 GardianOne person says OK the other not - from the 'grumpy du Gard I presume you are in the NOT camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 50cms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Now 50cm is quite small so you may be ok with a larger dish - hope so because we are about level with wills in 31 (80cm dish at the moment) - in the UK at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wils Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have an 80cm dish with quad LNB. I am now streaming BBC1 via laptop and VPN with no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham & Brenda Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Sorry for the omission, OK with 50cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Repot from someone in the south Midi Pyrenees on another forum: I have a 130cm dish and have most of the BBC channels but at a much low signal and quality level, no HD on BBC But ITV channels are end stop need to tweak the dish I hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Which (Graham and Brenda) confirms that north of the magic line (which I have previously suggested is Arcachon through Cahors to Grenoble) there's not going to be any noticeable difference for most people.Here in Devon my clematis-infested 45 cm dish is seeing quality improvements of a couple of %, 81 -> 83, 85 -> 87 etc etc. So at least the power taken away from those in 30 and 31 is ending up somewhere, although really we had enough signal in Britain already.Those in difficulties do have my sympathies, but apart from the most stubborn cases I suspect that a bigger dish WILL bring the BBC back in southern France, we need to see a few more reports. So far it seems that differences with 2F coverage in the fringes are pretty academic, some people in Spain are getting slightly weaker signals on 2E (compared to 2f) but nothing too significant. However, in the absence of a really big dish the removal of the BBC from the Iberian peninsular seems to have been pretty effective!One of my ex-Sky boxes in 24 is on loan to French neighbours on a 60 cm dish, I'll try and contact them and ask them to let me know what if anything they can see. But I doubt there will be the slightest difference there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 OK many know I have a 140cm dish and we are just north of the Pyrenees near Quillan.We had problems last night with the C5 stable but there was a lot of cloud cover and mist and we have had that several times in the past. Today the C5 stable are showing slight pixelation and tearing as are all the BBC channels both TV and radio (you get a clicking sound every now and again with the latter). For me it could be a 180cm dish as the final solution but we will see.Just checked again and as the cloud has thinned and the mist has gone all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonia Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Status in northern Gard:BBC HD strength 100%, quality 70%BBC SD strength 100%, quality 80%85cm dishInverto Ultra Black Quad LNBAntonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 [quote user="Antonia"]Status in northern Gard:BBC HD strength 100%, quality 70%BBC SD strength 100%, quality 80%85cm dishInverto Ultra Black Quad LNBAntonia[/quote]That sounds promising! Was your dish acquired locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Un autre Gallois Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Game over near Limoux!! May try a larger dish when the dust settles.UaG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Northern Ardeche - opposite Valence.60cm dish - no perceptible change, signal quality remains very high (no numerical number just an analogue representation of the signal strength/quality.)Maybe the Arcachon Grenoble line is a bit far north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 You could be right andyh. I was trying to be a bit "conservative" on placing the line so that we didn't get back a flood of replies on the lines of "you said I'd be OK and now I've lost the signal"! And of course there are folk with just a 45 cm minidish - which may well start to struggle just south of the line I suggested.Certainly interesting to see what's come in so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Another couple of reports from elsewhere:Just north of Auch/1m dish. Some break up on BBC1 earlier this morning but OK now,. Have lost BBC HD channels though. Will try some fine tuning later.I live close to Boulogne SG as well, I have no BBC reception on a 80cm dish. Hopefully my new dish arrives today, it's a 130/120, I'll let you know how I get on (that's in 31) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 And this from someone near Pau:<<Loss of all BBC channelsWe are 30 kms west of Pau in Pyrenees-Atlantiques with 80 cm dish. Assume a bigger dish necessary. Any advice would be welcome. >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jako Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Someone close to Mont-de-Marsan , 100 cm dish: no signal, will try to realign later.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Couple of questions:Would a signal amplifier help?My understanding is that permission is only needed for a larger than 1m dish if it is attached to the house - is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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