Recent content by furkin

many thanks,,,, more research needed,,,, all the best

Of course - people do believe these & enter into all sorts of carp. Some of 'em are plain greedy - don't mind ripping off foreign governments / families / whatever,,, some of 'em are just, dim. The scams do work, or the perpetrators wouldn't carry on with them. They will only spend time &...

Thanks for the update. Are Analogue sat's used anywhere in the World now ? It would be a shame to dump the Earth Station if I could sell it somewhere else.

Cheers - I thought I was pressing the wrong button ?! Thanks for letting me know.

Hi Topper, As I say, I haven't touched Satellite since Sky (or whatever it was called then) came along,,,, and started charging us. Currently I use Freeview TV & am a 'general' viewer. I think I had satellite because it was the latest gadget. I thought it was just the next step in TV viewing...

,,, talking of old satellite (analogue) kits,,,, are there any analogue satellites still in use (for the UK) ? I still have my Drake Earth Station 250, which is in better nick than my newer stuff !? I’ve not used satellite since Sky started, so am a little more than behind the times ! Is it...

Many thanks CH: Yep - it is a bit too modern,,,, but very very similar to the item I'm looking for - apart from mine was for arithmetic. I can’t be the only person that saw it,,,, or can I ?

Here’s a long shot. I had a satellite system before sky came along. It would scan the available satellites, which included (I think) Eutelsat, Eurosat etc. One of the advertorials was for an Arithmetic ‘system’. This infomercial ran for about 15 minutes or so, & showed even small children...