[jeremy bright]

thanks for that i am still interested in having a go as have the equipment and the plus point is no uk tv licence fees also found this info today


You will need to sort the card and box out before anything else, you will also have to have the box hand carried into Egypt unless you are happy to pay customs many moneys and go through all the bureaucracy to get it sent to you.

After that you will need the biggest dish you can get, the max allowed in Egypt is 2.4 meters.but if you find bigger can you let me know as I want one too.

Sky is transmitted on more then one satellite, and more then one beam, not a lot of the Egyptian dish guys know this and think if they find one beam then they got it all. You won't get everything unless you find a huge dish, I think it would have to be quite a bit bigger then 3 meters too but what you do get on a 2.4 meter dish is quite easy to find.

You won't get the BBC's apart from and radio, you won't get the ITV"s or Channel 4 or Sky 2 and 3. You will get Sky 1, channel 5, Sky sports 1 and 2 and 3 , some movie channels. you will get almost everything else but some times it will be the +1.

Good luck.
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Satellite dish sizes required for Astra satellite reception in Europe

Country
Location
Astra North Beam
Astra South Beam
Astra 2D



Egypt
Cairo
2.4m
2.4m


Israel
Tel Aviv
1.9m
1.9m


Russia
Moscow


3.6m

Jordan
Irbid
1.8m
1.8m