Has anyone read this book - "The Satellite TV Expert"?

Robbie71

Im looking for a book covering basic step by step and advanced satellite info i.e explanations on terms, setup, options etc


http://www.satinfo.co.uk

If anyone has read this and can recommend it ( or rubbish it) please let me know.

Any sites you know of would also be welcome
Most sites jump around various topics to much

Thanks
Newbie

Zaphod

An excellent book about satellite television, ranging from the composition of mpeg-2 streams to installing your dish, is "Digital Satellite TV" by Frank Baylin:

http://www.baylin.com/new_books.html

Tony

Try John Breeds book always regarded as a bible for installers

Greenman

So Tony,
What is the book called? and where can you get it?:)

Paddy20

Tony,

*greenman is right. Whats the title of the book, who is the publisher?..not fair saying "Try Jon Breeds book" and then just leave us poor ill informed novices hanging like this!.

P.

DMC

A good tradesmen never lets go of all the secrets!

Tony

Originally posted by greenman
So Tony,
What is the book called? and where can you get it?:)

Jesus guys you ever heard of google, I did a 2 second search and he came up third! anyway its called "The satellite book" by John Breeds, swift publications and before anyone says I mispelt his name I've alreday destryed the evidence:D

Tony

Originally posted by DMC
A good tradesmen never lets go of all the secrets!

So I guess I can speak up in that case:)

jmcc

Originally posted by Tony
Try John Breeds book always regarded as a bible for installers

John Breeds' book is better by far. Frank Baylin's Digital Satellite TV book is not in the same league when it comes to the nitty gritty of installation work. The Satellite TV Book was aimed at installers, primarily those working in Europe with ASTRA dishes. From what I remember, there were two versions, a more detailed A4 book (known in the satellite book trade as the 'white book') and a smaller book intended for teaching courses.

As for the 'Satellite TV Expert' book, I remember seeing a copy of it a few years ago but it was not exactly memorable or expert.

Actually I just spotted the Breeds' book on a shelf here. Both books were published in the early-mid 1990's . There are some good, current, technical books on satellite TV (Martin Pickering's Satcure site [1] has more details on these.)

Regards...jmcc
[1] http://www.satcure.co.uk

(I may be a bit biased on this as I know both John Breeds and Frank Baylin.)

aersat

For anyone who may be interested,the CAI provide a very good publication to the public called "Domestic Radio TV and Satellite Reception",which covers basically everything.
See www.cai.org.uk .Costs about £44.50 including delivery.

Aersat;)