Succumbing to the dark side

For six months I've lived without TV but the time has finally come and I could put the evil off no longer! I have installed FreeSat so now have 150 channels of rubbish to choose from to help relieve the long winter evening boredom.

Having said that it is surprising how much I had missed the BBC weather forecast!
And Torchwood.
And Dr. Who.
And Top Gear.

The boys will be delighted because they'll be able to be telly addicts whether they are at the house or at the boat now. I shall be rationing them hugely and access to the remote control will only be granted after the chores are done!

Setting up FreeSat isn't as hard as one might think - once you've learned a couple of tricks. My neighbour Pete and I spent two hours getting my dish aligned properly. His took less than 20 minutes. The key sequence seems to be to start with the dish pointing too far East and slowly bring it West until you get a signal from the satellites. Then stop and get the elevation right (pointing up and down). Now you can continue to get the azimuth right (East and West) and then a little fine tweaking of the elevation. This sequence was so much faster than any other sequence.

Next week will be the final (I hope) installment in the central heating saga :-)

S.