Alternatives to wall mounted sat. dishes
 

Hi,

As I live in a listed building I cant have a dish on the side of my
house without obtaining permission. Besides which I do not particularly
want one!

Having seen the recent post about the disguised dishes available, I
wondered if anybody has any experience or info on acceptable
alternatives to a dish on the building?

There is no real possibility of having a normal dish inside the house
which probably means an external solution, although I do not want a
normal dish on a tripod in the garden. I have seen the cubsat advertised
that looks quite useful as it can sit on the floor and also some
squarial style 'dishes'. However, I cant find any real reviews of them
in action.

If anybody has any opinions or ideas I'd love to hear them

cheers

jonny

Alternatives to wall mounted sat. dishes
 

jonnyp wrote:
Hi,

As I live in a listed building I cant have a dish on the side of my
house without obtaining permission. Besides which I do not
particularly want one!

Having seen the recent post about the disguised dishes available, I
wondered if anybody has any experience or info on acceptable
alternatives to a dish on the building?

There is no real possibility of having a normal dish inside the house
which probably means an external solution, although I do not want a
normal dish on a tripod in the garden. I have seen the cubsat
advertised that looks quite useful as it can sit on the floor and
also some squarial style 'dishes'. However, I cant find any real
reviews of them in action.

If anybody has any opinions or ideas I'd love to hear them

cheers

jonny

You put a dish anywhere that has line of sight to the satellite. I've seen
them in flower beds that you almost wouldn't notice unless they were pointed
out to you.
--
Adrian

Alternatives to wall mounted sat. dishes
 

On Sun, 14 May 2006 13:40:11 +0100, "Adrian A" wrote:

|jonnyp wrote:
| Hi,
|
| As I live in a listed building I cant have a dish on the side of my
| house without obtaining permission. Besides which I do not
| particularly want one!
|
| Having seen the recent post about the disguised dishes available, I
| wondered if anybody has any experience or info on acceptable
| alternatives to a dish on the building?
|
| There is no real possibility of having a normal dish inside the house
| which probably means an external solution, although I do not want a
| normal dish on a tripod in the garden. I have seen the cubsat
| advertised that looks quite useful as it can sit on the floor and
| also some squarial style 'dishes'. However, I cant find any real
| reviews of them in action.
|
| If anybody has any opinions or ideas I'd love to hear them
|
| cheers
|
| jonny
|
|You put a dish anywhere that has line of sight to the satellite. I've seen
|them in flower beds that you almost wouldn't notice unless they were pointed
|out to you.

Seen one in a flower bed, at the base of a wall, height about 2 ft,but be
careful what you plant in front of it.
--
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Alternatives to wall mounted sat. dishes
 

digiglobe look fine
http://www.sdsdigital.co.uk/Digiglob...sh-pr-615.html
or many other retailers.

I think such things are too expensive. A conventional minidish can be hidden
so easily.

Bill

Alternatives to wall mounted sat. dishes
 

On Sun, 14 May 2006 14:48:46 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote:

|
| digiglobe look fine
| http://www.sdsdigital.co.uk/Digiglob...sh-pr-615.html
| or many other retailers.
|
|I think such things are too expensive.

True :-(

| A conventional minidish can be hidden
|so easily.

It all depends if your neighbours will shop you.


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Dave Fawthrop wrote:
|| On Sun, 14 May 2006 14:48:46 +0100, "Bill Wright"
|| wrote:
||
|||
|||| digiglobe look fine
|||| http://www.sdsdigital.co.uk/Digiglob...sh-pr-615.html
|||| or many other retailers.
|||
||| I think such things are too expensive.
||
|| True :-(
||
||| A conventional minidish can be hidden
||| so easily.
||
|| It all depends if your neighbours will shop you.
||

Perhaps there's a business opportunity for manufacturing a small portable
bed of artificial flowers incorporating a cunningly concealed satellite
dish, this could be then strategically placed somewhere in the corner of the
garden without anyone realising its true purpose ;o)


||
|| --
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|| *worst* method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well
|| advised get a newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say
|| news.individual.net. These will allow them: to see only *new* posts,
|| a killfile, and other goodies.

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Perhaps there's a business opportunity for manufacturing a small portable
bed of artificial flowers incorporating a cunningly concealed satellite
dish, this could be then strategically placed somewhere in the corner of
the
garden without anyone realising its true purpose ;o)

What's really needed is a Phased Array Radar type of flat dish, like the
squarial but it goes Flat against the wall and is steered electronically
until it looks upwards and sideways at the right angle.

They should make a Long and Thin version too, say 3 feet from top to bottom
and only 6 inches wide. With the right kind of electronics you could have a
satellite dish on a reel, like duct tape with a phased array of half inch
dipoles for 12 GHz printed in it. Just spool out a long enough length of
tape and let the electronics do the rest.

Alternatives to wall mounted sat. dishes
 

On Mon, 15 May 2006 12:44:24 +0100, "Stephen"
wrote:

| Perhaps there's a business opportunity for manufacturing a small portable
| bed of artificial flowers incorporating a cunningly concealed satellite
| dish, this could be then strategically placed somewhere in the corner of
|the
| garden without anyone realising its true purpose ;o)
|
|What's really needed is a Phased Array Radar type of flat dish, like the
|squarial but it goes Flat against the wall and is steered electronically
|until it looks upwards and sideways at the right angle.
|
|They should make a Long and Thin version too, say 3 feet from top to bottom
|and only 6 inches wide. With the right kind of electronics you could have a
|satellite dish on a reel, like duct tape with a phased array of half inch
|dipoles for 12 GHz printed in it. Just spool out a long enough length of
|tape and let the electronics do the rest.

Great in theory, but where can you *buy* them? at what price?
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