I've heard rumors of people on card sharing networks getting signal up and down the west coast but I have family in the Bay of Plenty who claim to have tried with negative results.
Having said that I tend to think that in the case of the BOP trials it was dish size that was the limiting factor, a descent sized dish, up high, I think a location above 300mtrs should surfice, and reception shouldn't be a problem.
I suggested that my family put a portable dish on the side of Mt Maunganui and point it at skippy land, but they didn't want to lash out on a bigger dish
About all I can suggest mate, is get yourself up high on the West Coast with about a 1 to 1.5 dish and a dream - if you get Al Jazerra then you'll get the lot.
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