Your Satellite Tv Hobby -When & how did it start?

Started with an old Amstrad receiver, then the fantastic D2Mac decoder, A French Philips ex cable receiver, Humax 5400, Spiderbox HD7000 and now a HD6000

I started in the Summer of 1983.

This was my setup:
Lenson Heath 1 mt Aluminium Dish
Cambridge Gold (0.7db) AE 31 Lnb
Jaeger SMR-128 H-H Mount Motor
Pace MSS 508 IP
Cable CT-100
ASTON-SCM MICROSYSTEMS-CAM cost £100

Satellite in them day's was a Satellite users dream