RE: Cheap Satellite System

["Nick Tyson - The Edge" <nick@xxxxxxx>]

The link didn't work for me but my guess is that it's an analogue receiver
(they were selling an analogue system at this price a few months ago so
it's
likely to be more of the same).

That doesn't mean it's of no use, it'll work on pretty much any of the
European analogue satellites although it would have to be aligned to a
particular one at any one time ie each time you wanted to change satellite
you'd need to go up the ladder with a wrench (and a sat meter).

The big limitation is that there may not be anything of interest to you
left
on analogue, there are virtually no English language broadcasts left
(certainly no Sky ones - Euronews may still be out there and perhaps CNN,
it's been a long time since I checked out any of the non-digital stuff). If
you want German language programmes there's still a few of those but it'll
keep dimishing and won't be that long until there's nothing left.

Nick Tyson
The Edge
Tel 01473 288211
Fax 01473 288255
Email nick@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Lucas [mailto:aardvaark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 August 2003 18:48
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Cheap Satellite System


Hi All,

I dont often post messages to the group but I wanted some advice from
you A / V experts.
LIDL supermarkets are selling an 80cm Satellite dish & Tuner for under
#40.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20030821.p.Satellite_Sy
stem

It could be a great buy but I have a few questions that I dont know
the answer to:

1.	Is a dish without sky subscription any use?
2.	Is it possible to fit and align a dish yourself without
specialist equipment?
3.	Would this setup receive signals from just one broadcast
satellite, or could I pick-up other signals?

If anybody has any answers for me I would be grateful.

Cheers
Mike L


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