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<blockquote data-quote="A nonymous" data-source="post: 905104" data-attributes="member: 240839"><p>How did i get into this. I was given an old BSB squarial and a BSB receiver after the demise of BSB @31w. By changing the the plate round inside squarial i managed to get some of the channels off the French TDF satellite and German TVSat sattelites @ 19w using the same equipment.</p><p></p><p>This went on to playing with D2Mac stuff at 5e and 1w and Analogue channels at 19.2e until about 2002 when personal circumstances didn't leave much time to play with Sat Stuff.</p><p></p><p>In 2004 i was given an old Sky Digibox so i started to play agian on 19.2e and 28e. This got very boring very quickly due to the Digibox being used. In 2005 i purchased a FortecStar Gamma receiver, and an 80cm dish and setup for 13e and 19.2e and a minidish at 28e.</p><p></p><p>I then purchased a Patched Technomate TMS 1500 CI+ which at the time gave me access to the French TPS & Multivision channels and also the Spanish Digital+ and German Premier Channels all on 19.2e. This got me hooked so up went the 1m motorised setup, giving me Digi TV at 1w and TVCabo at 30w. This is when i purchased my Digitalb card and my first genuine Dreambox. </p><p></p><p>At that point i found a job advertised for trainee Satellite and Aerial engineers. I applied and got the job. It didn't take me long to get the hang of it and after 7 months i left the company who trained me to work for a competitor looking after the TV systems for the local council. As with most things i got bored after about 12 months and went back to the company that trained me to install new TV Systems for another Council. The biggest system i installed was in 2010 serving 188 properties from one aerial and one dish. As far as i know its still up and running.</p><p></p><p>I stayed with that company for about 3 years and then went self employed if anything to get away from the complete silly of a boss i had at the time, you know the sort, the ones who take all the credit when things go well but are the first to criticise when something becomes difficult or when they get their arses kicked from above. Being self employed went well until Digital switch over happened and the bottom fell out of the market completely. At that point i went back to driving HGVs as there was more money in it and i now just do TV stuff as a hobby and when friends need help.</p><p></p><p>I still keep up to date with new things as one day i may well get back into it as a career although probably not in the UK. Since 2011 i have passed a CAI (Confederation of Aerial Industries) IRS Networks course, a C & G Fibre Optics course, and i also got qualified to install Communications cabling in Canada. I also intend to get qualified to install Satellite Broadband within the next few months.</p><p></p><p>I have had far too much equipment to list it all including about 20 different dishes and well over 60 receivers within the last 10 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A nonymous, post: 905104, member: 240839"] How did i get into this. I was given an old BSB squarial and a BSB receiver after the demise of BSB @31w. By changing the the plate round inside squarial i managed to get some of the channels off the French TDF satellite and German TVSat sattelites @ 19w using the same equipment. This went on to playing with D2Mac stuff at 5e and 1w and Analogue channels at 19.2e until about 2002 when personal circumstances didn't leave much time to play with Sat Stuff. In 2004 i was given an old Sky Digibox so i started to play agian on 19.2e and 28e. This got very boring very quickly due to the Digibox being used. In 2005 i purchased a FortecStar Gamma receiver, and an 80cm dish and setup for 13e and 19.2e and a minidish at 28e. I then purchased a Patched Technomate TMS 1500 CI+ which at the time gave me access to the French TPS & Multivision channels and also the Spanish Digital+ and German Premier Channels all on 19.2e. This got me hooked so up went the 1m motorised setup, giving me Digi TV at 1w and TVCabo at 30w. This is when i purchased my Digitalb card and my first genuine Dreambox. At that point i found a job advertised for trainee Satellite and Aerial engineers. I applied and got the job. It didn't take me long to get the hang of it and after 7 months i left the company who trained me to work for a competitor looking after the TV systems for the local council. As with most things i got bored after about 12 months and went back to the company that trained me to install new TV Systems for another Council. The biggest system i installed was in 2010 serving 188 properties from one aerial and one dish. As far as i know its still up and running. I stayed with that company for about 3 years and then went self employed if anything to get away from the complete silly of a boss i had at the time, you know the sort, the ones who take all the credit when things go well but are the first to criticise when something becomes difficult or when they get their arses kicked from above. Being self employed went well until Digital switch over happened and the bottom fell out of the market completely. At that point i went back to driving HGVs as there was more money in it and i now just do TV stuff as a hobby and when friends need help. I still keep up to date with new things as one day i may well get back into it as a career although probably not in the UK. Since 2011 i have passed a CAI (Confederation of Aerial Industries) IRS Networks course, a C & G Fibre Optics course, and i also got qualified to install Communications cabling in Canada. I also intend to get qualified to install Satellite Broadband within the next few months. I have had far too much equipment to list it all including about 20 different dishes and well over 60 receivers within the last 10 years. [/QUOTE]
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