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<blockquote data-quote="philh" data-source="post: 74583" data-attributes="member: 184268"><p>I remember we bought a big dish, probably 1.2m (it was about 1990 so I don`t remember exactly), Pace receiver etc, all from the local paper. We got it home and I spent the next week or so setting it all up after school (I would have been about 14 at the time), as my own little project as we hadn`t had satellite tv before. I couldnt wait to watch stuff from all around Europe and was well chuffed when I finally got it all set up (with a protractor from my pencil case for working out angles might I add <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />), and went in to watch it for the first time. It all powered up fine, but I only had a VERY sparklie Eurosport picture, and it made no difference how we adjusted it/where we pointed it. We decided it didn`t work properly so literally gave it away to a friend of the family who two weeks later said he was watching Discovery and all sorts and it all worked perfectly. I then found out satellite signals are not miraculous and do not pass through solid objects, hence me realising the forest behind my house into which I had pointed the dish would have accounted for my poor signal. How I laughed <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="philh, post: 74583, member: 184268"] I remember we bought a big dish, probably 1.2m (it was about 1990 so I don`t remember exactly), Pace receiver etc, all from the local paper. We got it home and I spent the next week or so setting it all up after school (I would have been about 14 at the time), as my own little project as we hadn`t had satellite tv before. I couldnt wait to watch stuff from all around Europe and was well chuffed when I finally got it all set up (with a protractor from my pencil case for working out angles might I add :)), and went in to watch it for the first time. It all powered up fine, but I only had a VERY sparklie Eurosport picture, and it made no difference how we adjusted it/where we pointed it. We decided it didn`t work properly so literally gave it away to a friend of the family who two weeks later said he was watching Discovery and all sorts and it all worked perfectly. I then found out satellite signals are not miraculous and do not pass through solid objects, hence me realising the forest behind my house into which I had pointed the dish would have accounted for my poor signal. How I laughed :( [/QUOTE]
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