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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 327208" data-attributes="member: 176362">I started my forays into this hobby when money was tight... My entire first set of equipment was scrounged - my parents went over to Sky Digital so I comandeered the old analogue kit which duly made its way north in the back of their car on their next visit! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> That 60cm dish that came up from Cannock is still in daily use as our Sky Digital dish (with a new lnb on it of course)My first 80cm dish came off the side of the road down in town one bin day. The LNB holder had been smashed off but some zip ties and duck tape soon fixed that. Since then Ive had an 80cm dish from a bloke at work, one out of the local woods, one that some kids had jumped on, (I straightened it out using molegrips and a 2lb lump hammer and its now my 5E dish <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />) and one off the roof of my workplace which was replaced by a Sky minidish.Ask around - theres plenty of old kit lying around in all sorts of interesting places which can be nabbed for next to nothing.. If its in decent condition, or can be salvaged and tarted up a bit why buy new??</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 327208, member: 176362"] I started my forays into this hobby when money was tight... My entire first set of equipment was scrounged - my parents went over to Sky Digital so I comandeered the old analogue kit which duly made its way north in the back of their car on their next visit! :D That 60cm dish that came up from Cannock is still in daily use as our Sky Digital dish (with a new lnb on it of course) My first 80cm dish came off the side of the road down in town one bin day. The LNB holder had been smashed off but some zip ties and duck tape soon fixed that. Since then Ive had an 80cm dish from a bloke at work, one out of the local woods, one that some kids had jumped on, (I straightened it out using molegrips and a 2lb lump hammer and its now my 5E dish :D) and one off the roof of my workplace which was replaced by a Sky minidish. Ask around - theres plenty of old kit lying around in all sorts of interesting places which can be nabbed for next to nothing.. If its in decent condition, or can be salvaged and tarted up a bit why buy new?? [/QUOTE]

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