Riverblue
Regular Member
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2012
- Messages
- 598
- Reaction score
- 419
- Points
- 63
- Age
- 62
- My Satellite Setup
- See Signature
- My Location
- Near Brighton
On the back of finding out what people do for a living I was wondering how folks interest in "satellites" started? Whether from a professional background or purely hobbyist?
Personally mine started with the DTT switch over in the UK. I was researching how DTT would affect me at my location and what I would get out of it when I came across Freesat and receiving my TV via satellite. I did more research into what was needed, how to install the equipment and how to set it up, that's when I discovered this forum .Then I just bought all the bits I needed and fitted it myself. I had no problems and it all went smooth as could be, all the tutorials and the advice on this site were excellent and very helpful, it just requires a bit of time to seek it all out. Once it was all set up and working I started regularly visiting the forum and discovered that there was a lot more to satellite TV than just Freesat. I'd enjoyed researching, installing and setting up my Freest dish that I decided to go for a motorised dish as well to watch football on and that was it, my "hobbyist" interest began.
I have to say that this forum has been foremost in helping out with my interest and although I do visit a few other sites, this is without doubt the best. You get such a diverse cross section of subject matter and opinions on this site and people are genuinely helpful, there's some good banter as well.
Personally mine started with the DTT switch over in the UK. I was researching how DTT would affect me at my location and what I would get out of it when I came across Freesat and receiving my TV via satellite. I did more research into what was needed, how to install the equipment and how to set it up, that's when I discovered this forum .Then I just bought all the bits I needed and fitted it myself. I had no problems and it all went smooth as could be, all the tutorials and the advice on this site were excellent and very helpful, it just requires a bit of time to seek it all out. Once it was all set up and working I started regularly visiting the forum and discovered that there was a lot more to satellite TV than just Freesat. I'd enjoyed researching, installing and setting up my Freest dish that I decided to go for a motorised dish as well to watch football on and that was it, my "hobbyist" interest began.
I have to say that this forum has been foremost in helping out with my interest and although I do visit a few other sites, this is without doubt the best. You get such a diverse cross section of subject matter and opinions on this site and people are genuinely helpful, there's some good banter as well.