Move Over NASA!

Finally; we have a managed to install a certain generic UK satellite television service in our Libyan abode!

It took a little more effort than I anticipated and probably a LOT more effort than the poor Libyan satellite engineer expected. We estimate he was stuck on our roof for over 15 hours in total trying to get a decent signal. He tried 3 different spots on our roof, one of which had to be scrapped because it was behind the washing line of our Egyptian neighbour and every time he put his washing out, we lost the signal!
You got to hand it to the Libyans though - they don't give up til the job's done. Full credit to those guys.

Anyway, it's all up and running now. Amazingly I get around the same signal strength as I did in the UK although we are missing quite a few channels being outside their range.



Anyway, if you ever wondered how big the dish needs to be to receive UK satellite signals in North Africa (something I'm sure you ponder almost twice a week!) well here's your answer.....