Recent content by phil2spill

Just as an epilogue: Triax 64cm dish and Foxsat HD installed today in place of the old Lidl setup at my Mum and Dad's place. I was able to reuse the cable, just with a new F-plug on the outdoor end. Great to have the luxury of calibrated elevation angles on the clamp and being able to preset...

Ah, it's a relief to know that I should be able to get away with a smaller dish as that makes life easier (not to mention cheaper!), I was way out with the 85 cm dish there. The current one is mounted on the lower end of a mast which I lashed to the chimney. Since it was a faff to do, I'm...

Hi Analoguesat, thanks for the welcome and good info. Will take the info on board. Good to know that I can use a 60 cm dish.

Hello, can I ask for your advice please. I previously set up a LiDL FTA SD kit at my elderly parents' remote place in southern Scotland about eight years ago and it has worked pretty well in that time, except for poor reception in heavy rain and the dish sometimes being knocked off target in...