Satalite dishes.

"Adrian C" wrote in message
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mike/lisa/claire wrote:
"widgitt" wrote in message
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It has to be said that as an installer, I find anything other than a
spectrum analyser and a satellite identification meter is very
frustrating.

Not really related to the above. I need to ask more questions. I was all
set up to go and buy a Lidl satellite for beginners set but now my
husband has been reading round and seems to think he needs a bigger dish.

I think your husband has some interests he maybe should be directly
sharing with the newsgroup. This 'third party' communication of yours
maybe missing out on some particulars which may help in folks suggesting a
sensible solution?

Men are quite direct. "I wanna watch ..."

Apologies, if there is a real reason why he is not "stepping up to the
mic!"

He is no good with computers - he has dyslexia and whilst he can read well
enough he cant spell at all and he is French although he is bi lingual ,
mother was English - does that help any?.

I did ask him what he wanted to watch. He has nothing in particular in mind
except he thinks there may be more films on Satellite. I am aware some of
these satellite dishes pick up material that might be considered riske - is
that what you are getting at? I understand you have to pay for those? Is
that correct?

I do not see the point in pay for TV and neither does he because at heart
he is almost as tught pursed as his Gaelic cousins ( The Scots - apologies
to the Scottish for the stereotypes)

I know he likes rugby rather than football . I know he likes films and he
is always channel hopping because there never seems to be anything on TV
despite having 80 odd channels on digital TV.

As far as I can gather the only reason he has got a bee on about this is
that his brother in law has recently got a system. I dont know anything
about this as I dont speak to his brother in law and only found out in
passing he had spoken to him.

It was one of the sites linked here that got him saying that he needed a
bigger dish. Someone mentioned an 80cm dish as being *better* than the 57cm
dish he was looking at.

I dont think he will be happy to write for himself but I will ask.

However, all the connection instructions you have given and details of
directions of satellites etc. has been taken down, printed off and stored by
him for connecting up especially the ones on how to connect the TV and
retain the freeview channels we have ( ie putting the satellite on AV2.)

"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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"Adrian C" wrote in message
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mike/lisa/claire wrote:
"widgitt" wrote in message
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It has to be said that as an installer, I find anything other than a
spectrum analyser and a satellite identification meter is very
frustrating.

Not really related to the above. I need to ask more questions. I was all
set up to go and buy a Lidl satellite for beginners set but now my
husband has been reading round and seems to think he needs a bigger
dish.

I think your husband has some interests he maybe should be directly
sharing with the newsgroup. This 'third party' communication of yours
maybe missing out on some particulars which may help in folks suggesting
a sensible solution?

Men are quite direct. "I wanna watch ..."

Apologies, if there is a real reason why he is not "stepping up to the
mic!"

He is still keen on the Lidl one as it does seem to cover all the stations
he was looking at. I think he thinks it might not be good enough.

"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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He is no good with computers - he has dyslexia and whilst he can read well
enough he cant spell at all and he is French although he is bi lingual ,
mother was English - does that help any?.
Well it paints a picture if nothing else. Fancy being dyslexic in two
languages! I bet he writes an interesting letter!


I did ask him what he wanted to watch. He has nothing in particular in
mind except he thinks there may be more films on Satellite. I am aware
some of these satellite dishes pick up material that might be considered
riske
Your husband might find these risqué. Do you feel that is risky?

- is
that what you are getting at? I understand you have to pay for those? Is
that correct?
Yes, but you can make your own of course.


I do not see the point in pay for TV and neither does he because at heart
he is almost as tught pursed as his Gaelic cousins ( The Scots -
apologies to the Scottish for the stereotypes)
I agree. I wouldn't pay for TV on principle. To do so undermines the spirit
of public service broadcasting.


I know he likes rugby rather than football . I know he likes films and he
is always channel hopping because there never seems to be anything on TV
despite having 80 odd channels on digital TV.
I should get him a cheap fixed dish and a cheap free-to-air box. Point the
dish at 13E and by the time he has gone through all the channels it will be
tomorrow. I had an eccentric Duke as a customer who used to do that. I do it
myself. It annoys the hell out of Hil's visitors.

When he's gone though all the TV channels he can start on the radio ones.

It was one of the sites linked here that got him saying that he needed a
bigger dish. Someone mentioned an 80cm dish as being *better* than the
57cm dish he was looking at.
A 60 will do for 13E but an 80 is a bit morte reliable (less fade-out in bad
weather).

I'm aware that others have given more full information but I just felt like
putting my twopennorth in.

Bill

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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Your husband might find these risqué. Do you feel that is risky?

I meant riskey ( missed the y off and for some reason the spellcheck didnt
drop in on this because I was spelling it riskey) As in not the sort of
material you want to be watching when visitors call or even which might get
a knock on the door because its illegal in the UK.

mike/lisa/claire wrote:
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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Your husband might find these risqué. Do you feel that is risky?

I meant riskey ( missed the y off and for some reason the spellcheck
didnt drop in on this because I was spelling it riskey) As in not
the sort of material you want to be watching when visitors call or
even which might get a knock on the door because its illegal in the
UK.

There is nothing shown on satellite that would actually be illegal in the
UK, you would probably be quite surprised what is legal these days.

Am Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:24:56 +0100 schrieb mike/lisa/clai

"Adrian C" wrote in message
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I think your husband has some interests he maybe should be directly
sharing with the newsgroup. This 'third party' communication of yours
maybe missing out on some particulars which may help in folks suggesting a
sensible solution?

Men are quite direct. "I wanna watch ..."

Apologies, if there is a real reason why he is not "stepping up to the
mic!"

He is no good with computers - he has dyslexia and whilst he can read well
enough he cant spell at all and he is French although he is bi lingual ,
mother was English - does that help any?.

In that case it might be interesting to aim the satellite at Atlantic Bird
3 at 5.0 degrees West. You get all the main French channels via this
satellite FTA, well except TF1 which seems to be scrambled.
For the details have a look he

http://www.lyngsat.com/ab3.html

The signal should be strong enough for the south of the UK - the more you
go north the bigger the dish needs to be for this satellite - see he

http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/ab3_super.html

All of this of course implies that you have a free line-of-sight towards
this satellite from the intended position of the dish. Once that is working
- a further DIY challenge for your hubby could be to install a motor for
the dish that allows moving to different satellites.
Added to that - here is a list of all French channels that you can receive
in Europe, spread over various satellite positions:
http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/France.html

I did ask him what he wanted to watch. He has nothing in particular in mind
except he thinks there may be more films on Satellite. I am aware some of
these satellite dishes pick up material that might be considered riske - is
that what you are getting at? I understand you have to pay for those? Is
that correct?

Well - you might come across a weired mixture of various crappy channels,
which includes loads of shopping channels and some erotic channels mostly
from Italy, if that is what you mean.

I know he likes rugby rather than football . I know he likes films and he
is always channel hopping because there never seems to be anything on TV
despite having 80 odd channels on digital TV.

There are sometimes good films on the German/French cultural channel Arte.
And you will come across a small number of channels showing old Hollywod
classics. Dutch television would be good as they have all films in original
language with Dutch subtitles - yet these channels are scrambled.

It was one of the sites linked here that got him saying that he needed a
bigger dish. Someone mentioned an 80cm dish as being *better* than the 57cm
dish he was looking at.

I get mostly a clear signal from 13,19 and 28 via one 60 cm dish. Only the
13 signal is in some weather conditions to weak, such as heavy rain or
snow. So an 80 cm dish has more "reserves" for this case, yet is also a bit
more difficult to align.

Andreas

"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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Your husband might find these risqué. Do you feel that is risky?

I meant riskey ( missed the y off and for some reason the spellcheck didnt
drop in on this because I was spelling it riskey) As in not the sort of
material you want to be watching when visitors call or even which might
get a knock on the door because its illegal in the UK.

You won't be allowing stuff like that into your home accidentally, unless
you go searching for it. And don't forget you can lock out a channel if you
once discover that it's unsuitable.

Whisky makes me risqué by the way.

Bill

"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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Where might I get a package ( similar to the Lidl one for example with
such a dish?


From what you say and the following thread I think the Lidl kit will keep
you happy for a long time and the only thing you
might buy later is a bigger dish. Probably you will never buy a new dish.

The Lidl kit is good quality and excellent value.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:43:47 +0100, "Bill Wright"
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"mike/lisa/claire" wrote in message
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He is no good with computers - he has dyslexia and whilst he can read well
enough he cant spell at all and he is French although he is bi lingual ,
mother was English - does that help any?.
Well it paints a picture if nothing else. Fancy being dyslexic in two
languages! I bet he writes an interesting letter!


I did ask him what he wanted to watch. He has nothing in particular in
mind except he thinks there may be more films on Satellite. I am aware
some of these satellite dishes pick up material that might be considered
riske
Your husband might find these risqué. Do you feel that is risky?

- is
that what you are getting at? I understand you have to pay for those? Is
that correct?
Yes, but you can make your own of course.

I made my own once. The camcorder packed in that day, never to work
again. Er... There was a woman involved, it wasn't a solo effort.
Apologies for taking this thread below the belt :-)
Marky P.

Our Lidl has 80cm dishes in stock at the moment for £15 (without LNB),
left over from the offer stock of a few weeks ago. Perhaps yours has
as well. They would partner the rest of the kit perfectly and provide
a more reliable signal in poor weather.

Certainly if husband is French it would be worth aiming at Atlantic
Bird as well.
You could aim one dish at that and the other at Hotbird. (Although as
I have said you can, with a bit of fiddle, mount Two LNB's on one dish
for two satellites).
A DISEC swith, which is controlled by the receiver, will let you
switch between the LNB's or dishes.