On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:13:05 +0100 someone who may be Dave
wrote this:-

I have got all that, except the cables, but they are available locally.

The only thing to add is to use water-resistant connectors for
outside. Either rubber boots of self-amalgamating tape.

You may, optionally, want to get a signal strength meter, like
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=48325. The
positioning of a dish has to be fairly precise and a meter helps get
the ideal alignment.

The other thing to consider is whether you want a dual feed.
Recorders need two feeds if they are to record two things at once,
or record one thing while you watch another. As you haven't put up
anything yet I suggest you consider getting a twin LNB, for example
http://www.sateuropa.co.uk/product_overview.asp?id=1501&catid=12&subcat=50
which is connected via two cables to two sockets. There are then two
flying leads between the sockets and receiver. There is a fashion
not to fit sockets, it is claimed this gives a better signal though
I suspect it is more to do with saving cost. Provided they are
fitted properly sockets are fine.

Recorders are fairly expensive, but useful. They can occasionally be
picked up one from the likes of Lidl for more sensible prices



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David Hansen, Edinburgh
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