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[Ian]

yep will work anywhere in the World, that’s the thing about satellites, they go around the world. We take our Sky card when we go on holiday, put it in the box and bobs your uncle, fanny's your aunt. Sky TV. Can't always get all of the pay sport and films that we would in the UK.

[Bionicle]

Hi Rick & Doogalman,

Just go here http://www.germansky.com/ i did mine through them, and i live in Denmark they deal with everything send you the box and card, you just need to get a dish sorted out with your local dish installer and bobs your uncle

These days cards and box are married together as far as i know one will not work without the other

[rockhopper]

Not quite true Ian, the Sky satellite will be in a geostationary orbit (which means that its orbiting at the same speed as the earth so its relative position to the ground never changes) otherwise your dish would need to track it as it moved across the sky. The Sky one will somewhere well to the south of the uk which is why all the dishes point that way. The further north you go the lower the angle will be as well and eventually the horizon will get in the way.
Maybe sky have some sort of roaming agreement so you can get their signal of other peoples satellite?

This link

http://www.wotsat.com/footprints.html

shows you which ones cover which area and tells you where they are in the sky.

[Rick]

I Got a reply from SKY and they said that they wont do it outside of the UK and Ireland , oh well, the All Blacks will win, just wanted to know by HOW MUCH

Will try that one in Germany Bionicle ! Or I just run a cable from your house as you are next door to us
Looked at it, and it says that we can get it in Sweden, Thanks Mate, Can you Pm me how you got it installed and pay for it pls

[Chaz]

I have a sky box in my motor home & get reception all over europe no problem.

[katana]

Pikey?

[Rossman_999]

Sky can only be broadcast to the UK and Ireland, but as Sky Digital is transmitted on SES Astra satellites located at 28.2°E and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite located at 28.5°E - these have "footprints" that cover parts of Europe, so the free-to-view channels can be accessed in parts of Europe (with a suitably-sized dish). You can find coverage maps for the Astra satellite on the Astra or Satcure sites.
http://www.ses-astra.com/consumer/az...p?locale=en_GB
http://www.satcure.co.uk/2d/

The difficult bit is getting the equipment and especially card, but its obviously not that difficult just look at all the pubs in spain that have Sky, every single one of them cannot have recieved Sky digital at their Spanish address. Could it be perhaps that there is a number of locations in the UK that are missing a dish and RX?

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by katana

Pikey?

Takes one to know one mush!