BBC Satellite Television Channel Reception Costa Blanca Spain

BBC Satellite Television Channels are transmitted from two satellites in the same "constellation". On both satellites they are available for free, with no Sky viewing card required. They are classed as free to air channels.
The BBC channels are split between two satellites, one has a vey strong signal for the Costa Blanca, and the other has a weak signal.
The channels on the stronger signal satellite include BBC News, BBC Parliament, the BBC Sports Interactive streams, BBC Radio 1,2,3,4 and many other radio stations. This signal can be easily received on an 80cm satellite dish around the majority of Europe., and why you can receive them even when you have lost the main BBC1 channels.
On the weaker satellite, Astra 2D, there are two "beams", vertical and horizontal. The channels on the vertical frequencies tend to be much stronger than those on the horizontal frequencies . Most of the BBC1 regions (apart from BBC1 London) tend to be on the stronger vertical frequencies . BBC2, Cbeebies, CBBC, BBC Three and BBC Four are all on the weaker horizontal frequencies. Hence why you can get BBC1 Channel Islands for more hours during the day than BBC2!
Reception of the frequencies on Astra 2D are the ones that require a "big dish".

The BBC channels are located on several frequencies.

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BBC One LondonBBC Two EnglandBBC Four (20-04)CBBC (08-20)CBeebies UK (07-20)BBC Three (20-05)BBC One Northern Ireland

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BBC One West MidlandsBBC One North WestBBC One East Yorkshire & LincolnshireBBC One Yorkshire & North MidlandsBBC One East MidlandsBBC One East

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BBC One WalesBBC Two WalesBBC One ScotlandBBC Two ScotlandBBC Two Northern IrelandBBC Radio 5 LiveBBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

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BBC One WestBBC One South EastBBC One SouthBBC One South WestBBC One North East & CumbriaBBC One Oxford

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BBC One CambridgeBBC One Channel IslandsBBC HD UK

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BBC NewsBBC ParliamentBBC AlbaBBC Radio 1BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 3BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 LWBBC Radio ScotlandBBC Radio WalesBBC Radio UlsterBBC Asian NetworkBBC World Service UKBBC Radio CymruBBC 1XtraBBC 6 MusicBBC Radio 7BBC Radio nan GaidhealBBC London 94.9 FM

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BBC Interactive Streams

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