Is this Maplins kit any good for a newbie?

[Atom-man]

Hi Albert,

Sorry for not getting back to you but I had go overseas to sort some heavy plant out.

I see what you guys are saying about the technomate and I think I'll be getting this for christmas - in the mean time the wife has bought me the maplins package as a coming home suprise

I've set it up at the van (took all of 5 minutes!) and its

Much more choice than before and with the dish size picking up Astra2 was easy.

For information the dish was a Metronic and the reciever was a metronics touch2. Very sraight forward - free scan works very fast and the menu system is very intuitive on the whole everything I needed originally.

Having now got the bug I has asked Mrs Christmas for the technomate so that I can venture in to "patch" land

Thanks again for all your suggestions and assistance much appreciated - time to settle down and read the forumn through and pick up tips and ideas.

[Loathecliff]

Hi Atom man

May I ask, is mains always available, or do you have to use an inverter?

I was just thinking of the risk of killing the van battery with some late night viewing.

A battery should not be discharged below 50%, & the average alternator will only charge up to 70/75% of battery capacity. It doesn't leave much margin.
Sorry to be the misery, but there ways around it, if you need.

Apologies if you know all about this, or it's irelevant.

[Atom-man]

Hi,

mains is always available so the 240V is not an issue thx. I have to say I have been to 4 destinations now and setting up only takes ten minutes (including errecting the dish). :clap: