Have your say & ask the experts!  Satellite dish 60cm, 80cm....
what's the difference?  1 reply [Last post] stone28's picture
Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 128  Hi everybody,    I am about to
install satelite dish for the freesat. What is the advantage of
installing bigger then 60cm dish? Should I consider bigger dish?
Will it able me to view channels from other satellites
(motorised dish). I was told that if I want to watch channels
from other satellites I need bigger dish. Any suggestions?
Should I install motorised bigger dish? Will I have more
channels options?   Thanks in advance.    Gary Mardell Gary
Mardell's picture Joined: 7 Feb 2008 Posts: 289 Re: Satellite
dish 60cm, 80cm.... what's the difference?  Generally, you need
a bigger dish the further out you go in the satellite's
footprint. i.e. as the signal gets weaker. (sometimes, you need
a bigger dish to overcome local signal weaknesses).  So, if
you're intending to go motorised and get signals from satellites
where the UK is not the prime target for t