All my initial weather signals were from the low orbiting NOAA satellites.
It was quite some time before I purchased a dish and down-converter
for receiving the geosynchronous Meteosat signals.
I purchased the dish and down-converter from Brian Davis via an ebay auction.
The first hurdle of transporting it from Devon to Lancashire went smoothly.
The second hurdle of installing it was a little more difficult. I took the opportunity,
before installing it, of stripping down the dish, repainting it and fitting new dish
mount brackets at the end of the four arms.

	Groundpost
	Plasticised rubber modified to grip the vertical pole
	Ground post mounted to concrete slab and 'guyed' by 1inch square steel tubing. The 'pegs' in the ground are made of the same tubing and are about 2ft long.
	A close-up of the support 'guys' for the scaffolding pole. The round section steel plates were obtained by cutting up an old mast coupler. The plasticised rubber inserted, some small steel brackets made and the 1 inch square tubing bolted to them.
	The frame which supports the dish was in need of some TLC after several years of British weather. I used a (water) pressure washer to remove the loose paint and rust
	The dish mounting brackets which are fitted to the ends of the four arms were beyond TLC, but fortunately some new galvanised ones were supplied by Brian.
	The newly painted frame with the new brackets.
	The route of the cable from the dish/down-converter to my 'shack' crossed the main path at the side of the house. In order to protect the cable I had to cut a channel in the paving slab/concrete, fit a length of plastic conduit, then cement over the top. This turned out to be more time consuming than it sounds. I had to buy a cheap angle grinder and work between the rain showers.
	Installed! The down-converter can't be seen in this photo. It is mounted on one of the four dish support arms
	While I was in the mood, I fitted some brackets to the side of the house, bought a 12ft length of 1.5inch aluminium tubing and moved the crossed dipoles (which had been in the loft) outdoors. The box below the lower dipoles is a masthead preamp.
	My first image from Meteosat 7. This is a photo of the monitor screen so is not of the best quality.