In article , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian
saying something like:

So - what should I expect in terms of satellite 'reliability' and
terrestrial picture quality?? - given that we are somewhat 'out in the
sticks - I don't want to be unreasonable with them, but I also don;'t
want to pay good euro for a 2nd-class job...

puff, pant

Sorry for the delay, got here as fast as I could.

Right, the sat dish. **** the Sky dish, you need a min of 90cm and
preferably a 1M dish. Sorted.

As far as the aerials go; if you're in an area where all the Irish
channels are on UHF, then you need an outside antenna of the appropriate
channel group.

If RTE1 and 2 are still on VHF in your area, you need a box section VHF
antenna (it's 2 dipoles and a square reflector)

What's wrong with a simple multi element Yagi array For Band three
then?...

and a UHF one for the
other channels (TV3, TG4, C6) and you simply combine them into one at
the masthead.

Easy.

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Tony Sayer