Freesat: Free satellite - general
Site settings
For an enhanced Freeview reception
prediction please enter your
full postcode, a national grid reference or
a UK latitude and longitude pair. 
Most popular
On other sites


No satellite signal? Check your dish for snow!

No satellite signal? Check your dish for snow!


Just a quick reminder, as snow has started falling in parts of the UK that it doesn't normally reach.
42 comments

“Please dont try to clear your dish with a hose pipe, you will end up with a skating rink and possibly a damaged LNB. Insistently, if you live in a ” --- Ian
New satellite footprints page New satellite footprints page

A new page has been added to UK Free TV to show the satellite coverage areas - known as footprints - for each of the satellites used to cover the UK.
18 comments

“Can any freesat box be tuned manually to receive all free Sky channels? Is the footprint above freesat or sky? Which one are they likely to be lookin” --- Nick
BBC satellite changes: radio, BBC ONE HD, Red button reduction 12-15 October 201 BBC satellite changes: radio, BBC ONE HD, Red button reduction 12-15 October 201

After the recent cut in the funding for the BBC, the Delivering Quality First review decided that BBC Red Button would be cut to one screen on all platforms. This will cause a few changes in the use of the BBC satellite transponders.
14 comments

“Arthur Morley: There are suggestions that the true coverage is substantially wider than that footprint plot suggests. However, I wouldnt depend on tha” --- Mike Dimmick


Householder guide to satellite dishes Householder guide to satellite dishes

Installation of satellite television dishes: householder's planning guide
95 comments

“Shak - This may have been the installer going ahead on their own unless your neighbour actually installed it himself. Alleyways usually constitute com” --- Les Nicol
Changes to BBC HD transmissions on Astra satellites on 20 September 2012

In preparation for the launch of the Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland versions of BBC One HD, the BBC are making a small change to the way the transponder is configured.
40 comments

“I hope they dont turn the BBC HD channel in to BBC Two HD as this will reduce the choice of programs, but... If they switch the BBC HD channel to BBC” --- Mark A.
BBC free to air satellite channels - generic free satellite equipment retune

If you have a satellite reciever that is not branded by Sky or Freesat, then you will need to retune due to satellite transponders changes to introduce BBC HD.
64 comments

“Briantist: Im really not sure how complex the transponders on the satellites are. I believe theyre just relaying the signal fed to them from the groun” --- Mike Dimmick
Freesat reception - all about dishes

Satellite reception has both advantages and disadvantages compared with terrestrial (aerial) reception.
905 comments

“Ken Swan - The Ross receiver you have is an FTA - Free to Air box These channels - Dave 5 US are not on Freesat either due to contractual agreements w” --- Les Nicol
Michael's "Pay TV" investigation

Michael asks important questions about satellite "gatekeeper" Sky
514 comments

“Hi Brian, Do you mean the Tories will abolish this Pay TV scenario? ” --- Michael
BBC satellite services moving to Astra 1N on 24th February 2012

Between 3am and 5am on 24th February 2012 the BBC will be moving all their satellite television services from the Astra 2D satellite, which is being decommissioned.
35 comments

“will wee get our regional BBC1 in hd also” --- Conor
New Astra 1N satellite to offer more UK-focused capacity - and soon

The launch of a new satellite offers the possibility for improvement and expansion of free-to-air satellite standard and high definition channels on Freesat and fSfS.
72 comments

“Briantist: Typo error, Astra 1F is located at 51 degrees East.” --- NottsUK
BBC HD to switch to DVB-S2 on 6th June 2011

The BBC will switch to the higher-capacity modern modulation scheme for the BBC HD and BBC One HD channels on satellite.
163 comments

“You do not tell us what a Freesat HD TV set will do, will it fail?” --- David


Find us on Google+