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1973: Checking the Weather with a Home Made Satellite Dish | Nationwide | BBC Archive
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5:28Now Playing"So in fact, you have a more up-to-date picture than even the weatherman on the television?"
John Swinfield reports on on John Tuke, an amateur weather forecaster from Scotland, who can give an accurate prediction with the aid of his own equipment - a satellite dish made from chicken wire.
Electronical engineer John uses his cheap and cheerful dish to communicate with state-of-the-art US weather satellites, all from the comfort of his bungalow bedroom.
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 16 November, 1973.
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