Lots of information on moving to and living in Spain, including links to sites where you can house swap Spain to UK, or House SWAP UK to Spain. Swap a house in
UK to Spain and enable your move to Sun!!
The TV channels available in Spain are
pretty dismal (even if you speak the lingo!). To make life tolerable the only sensible thing to do (if
only to keep up with home and world news), is to install a SKY or FREESAT digital
satellite system. This consists of:
*These are usually available from your dish supplier,
or via the internet.
Depending on:
Where you eventually settle, and
How much you are prepared to pay, (both in subscriptions to SKY,
and installation costs) ,
you will be able to view a differing number of the 'several
hundred' channels available on the SKY system.
If you have a SKY contract in the UK, you could simply unplug the
digibox bit, stick it in your hand luggage, and bring it to Spain.
Strictly speaking - if it was installed for free, or on one of the
reduce price options, or still under a 'SKY Contract' - you shouldn't take it out of the country, and if
it is still in the first year of the contract, it should be attached to a
UK telephone line- (difficult if you are living on the Costa
Brava!!).
However, if you bought it outright, - well it's yours, and up to
you!
There are a number of suppliers in Spain (Mostly advertising in the
free 'Brit' press), who will provide you with either a full system, or
just a dish and LNB to connect to 'your' digibox. Some will even
organise a viewing card for you, which can be useful if you haven't got a
UK address, also see the advert below.
The cost of a 'full' system varies, depending on who you deal with, and
the digibox and size of dish supplied. Some boxes work better than
others, and you will definitely need a larger dish than the 44cm
one supplied with the SKY box.
Just click on 2A, 2B
and 2D to see the resultant 'footprint' or coverage, relative to the size
of dish used. The southern beam offers a few 'mainline channels',
such as Sky News. Be aware that many of the popular UK channels have
been moved to 2D, which doesn't provides a southern beam, so a larger dish
is definitely needed to view these.
Basically, in
Andalucia, the minimum size dish needed is 1.3m and you may need a dish
up to 2m diameter in the Costa Blanca region.
A good idea is see
what the majority of your immediate neighbours are using.
NOT ALL Digi-boxes are suitable for use in Spain, and if you plan to reside in
southern Spain, a dish of
at least 1.3 metres, or bigger is necessary if you want to receive most of
the channels available for free.
The cheapest new systems bought and installed in Spain, start at around
350
Euros (320 quid approx. at Feb 2009), and go up to over 800 Euros for 'fully loaded
system'.
Many suppliers are
now offering FREESAT systems which are mainly sponsored by the BBC, though
they still use the ASTRA satellite system.
So you really 'pays your money and makes your choice' when it comes to
SAT TV.
Yes - I know you're going to say 'What have caravans to do
with
anything?' - but if you are planning DIY setup - this site might be helpful,
provided
you can put up with it's rather 'holier than thou self righteous attitude'
SES ASTRA
Helps with calculating size and Installation
of dish for
ASTRA 2A, 2B and 2D (SKY)
MUCH OF THE TECHNICAL DATA ON
THIS SITE IS COURTESY SATCURE.CO.UK
This site best viewed
with I E or Mozilla Firefox browser set to 800x600 and medium
sized text. There are a number of 'pop-ups' which are strictly informational
(NOT ADVERTS!) - ENJOY!
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UK TV on the Costa Blanca?
So who are they? - they say: "Predominantly a family business, established in Spain for more
than a decade with many more years experience in the satellite television
industry". - Costa Blanca based. - we say:
-"Give 'em a call"
Adverts
House in SPAIN FOR SALE or SWAP (Complete
with UK SKY TV!)
Great 3 bed, 2 bath fully equipped house in
the fabulous and little known ancient city of Antequera, Spain.
Being just 45 minutes via fast dual carriageway from Malaga
International airport, it is ideal as either a holiday or retirement
home - willing to exchange for suitable freehold property in the
southern half of the UK.
An EXCELLENT! starting point for NEW receivers, dishes, LNB's, tuning-meters, books and
FREE advice.
. . . and . . . you get a £1 discount by buying from here! -
Why not persuade your community
president to stop all the arguments about which Brits can connect on your
system, by changing your Quad output LNB for the excellent
Televes EIGHT- output LNB
This LNB can feed up to 8 Digiboxes or up to 4 SKY+ Digiboxes,
(or a combination of the two).
(though SKY+ is ONLY available with a SKY subscription)
( the Satcure web store gives accurate
quotations of prices and shipping costs to Spain, or alternatively you
can try a collect / delivery quote from Parcel Monkey below)
Advertise your unwanted 'stuff' FOR FREE! - also lots of stuff
FOR SALE
STOP PRESS - Moved, or moving to Spain,
or thinking of it? - well either way, this site is designed to help - by
pointing you in the right direction, so, even if you CANNOT SELL your
current house to move to the sun - CLICK HERE, - you still have the freedom to choose! - We have a House in the Sun for EXCHANGE - PLUS! - Links to many
other sites with permanent swaps or trade-in exchanges,- SO, if your home is
not selling! - take a look and GOOD LUCK!
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