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RTÉ did not confirm that Saorsat would broadcast from [[KA-SAT]] until February 2012. There is no other current satellite solution with a spot covering only Ireland. Strictly speaking the spot covers a large part of [[Wales]], [[South West England]] and the [[Hebrides]] of [[Scotland]], but the frequency and polarisation reuse scheme means that no matter how big a dish is used, interference from a similar spot over northern [[France]] would prevent reception much beyond terrestrial overspill into Wales.<ref>{{cite web|author=TechTir |url=http://www.techtir.ie/saortv/saorsat-coverage |title=Saorsat Coverage | TechTir |publisher=Techtir.ie |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> Reception over all of [[Northern Ireland]] may be possible.
At least a Ka band [[Low-noise block downconverter|LNB]], dish and DVB-S2 receiver will be required to receive Saorsat. Reception of Sky or Freesat from the Astra 2 satellites at 28° East will require a separate feed and a [[DiSEqC]] or Multiswitch with a Diseqc compatible receiver. 2rn state that a dish of 1m diameter is required for reception of Saorsat on the island of Ireland. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.saorview.ie/about-saorview/saorsat/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-06-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610182204/https://www.saorview.ie/about-saorview/saorsat/ |archivedate=10 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Saorview is really the RTÉ NL name for the public service broadcaster multiplexes. According to the RTÉ submission to Oireachtas committee the proposed RTÉ NL operated Saorsat is expected to be a copy of Saorview. {{As of|2011|05|28}} the test loop used the same total bitrate as the terrestrial DTT mux.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lyngsat.com/eka.html |title=Eutelsat Ka-Sat 9A at 9.0°E - LyngSat |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> A dual feed dish (with Ku and Ka LNBFs) or a separate second boxed Cassegrain "dish" is required with a Diseqc switch and HD DVB-S2 tuner to have Freesat and Saorsat on the same set-box or IDTV receiver.
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To receive [[Freesat]]/Sky or other services alongside Saorsat, a dual- or multi-feed type dish or two dishes are needed with either one or more [[DiSEqC]] switches or a multi-switch. On a multi-switch the Saorsat LNB needs to be connected to vertical 0 kHz port only. The other 3 input ports are left unused.
Even with the narrow beam reception is available in the western parts of Scotland, England and Wales<ref>[http://www.astra2.org/saorsat.html Saorsat Reception] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922072719/http://www.astra2.org/saorsat.html |date=22 September 2013 }}</ref> with an LNBF on an 80cm dish pointed at Eutelsat 9E.
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