Well blow me down. Bought one this a.m., assembled it, lined it up to 143+3 deg for local magnetic variation
http://www.magnetic-declination.com/ , Switched on the box to start alignment, it said loading for a few mins then.....lit up in BBC HD! Brilliant! Signal 99% 45%. Bit of wiggling got that up to 99% 57%. Turned off three hour standby. Well made up with this! Thankx for the advice chaps.