FTA in Costa Rica

[wirerunner]

New to the whole "FTA" thing. I'm moving from the US to Costa Rica in a couple weeks. I have electricity to the house, and that's it. No phone,cable ect.What equipment(dish size) would work well 11'N 85'w??

 

[SatelliteAV]

Unfortuantely, Costa Rica is not well served by most of the popular North American KU-Band satellites. Most C-Band signals do provide very good coverage and there will be many KU-Band signals available as well.

Below is an example list of items that you might consider consider purchasing:

• 2.4M - 3M (7 -10ft) Polar Mount dish
• C/KU LNBF
• 36" - 36vdc jack type motor
• DVB/MPEG II receiver
• DiSEqC Switch (combines the two LNBF outputs into one coax to the receiver)
• V-Box II (converts the DiSEqC motor commands generated by the DVB receiver to control the 36vdc jack motor)
• Installation Kit

The only item that you would probably want to purchase on location is a 10 foot schedule 40 3.5" post.

 

[jayelem]

Don't know your situation , if your retiring in Costa Rica or Working out there, but if language is not a problem I believe you can get Direct TV Latin America , then again I haven't seen the channel lineup and I don't know what U.S. programming is available.

 

[texasclaw]

We were there in December and you can get most English speaking channels, including movies, sports and Prime time shows on DirectTV or Cable!