Satellite TV pioneer S J Birkill at his Sheffield home in 1982

[@JimGardner]

I wish I knew as much about anything as this guy knows about everything.

[@MrClingclong]

People love to mock nerds. Probably because they make themselve feel insecure. But I love nerds, we need more and more nerds, they're brilliant!

[@myshadowisblack]

Yes he wrote for CATJ journal in 1978 or 79 and then I followed up with an two articles on how to build a Rat Race Mixer and an LNA. The transistor cost over $200.00 a piece in 1980. Stve and I attended the first cable and satellite show in theUK in 1981. We were kind of celebrities. I had the fortune to stay with Steve and his family outside of London.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I noticed the cartoon that shows up five minutes in that came from Saudi Arabia happens to be Sam Singer's "Bucky & Pepito". Not a very good cartoon I've seen.

[@myshadowisblack]

There is another video uploaded by Werner Vavken "Smoke Signals to Satellite" I would hope that somone has some video from other pioneers of the day. Bob Luly was also a big inspiration to everyone.

[@Nicholas_Chris]

Are you talking about this video? : kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3_XfY14bcZpnNk

[@volkerking5932]

2,5cm wavelength means 12GHz wow a homemade LNC. 10:19 the white drop outs in the picture mean that the f0 (FM Demodulation) is not exact in the center so the white dropout occur during demodulation.

[@myshadowisblack]

Here is another video that I did in 1982. We were just amazed that we could do this. When you think that the satellites were only 5 watts illuminating all of the US. Just think of a 5 watt light bulb 22,000 miles away and picking up the energy.

[@fungo6631]

I think the 5 watts was not the ERP, but the transponder power. When you add the gain, it's a lot more.

[@nguyendailam6703]

No idea what he is talking about but fascinating none the less.

[@kyle8952]

if only he had put together a secam decoder, could've got the soviet telly in full colour.

[@midvodian]

Look at the later videos on my channel -- the 'Blue Peter' one for instance...

[@MediaWatchDawg]

Wowser! 1:50 hose clamps.

[@ppc7457]

awesome

[@simontaylor4832]

What the chuff did he say?!!

[@fungo6631]

Did he ever troon out?