My first Sat dish install :-)
 

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:23:28 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...yP1/007a-1.jpg

Marky P.

1. The cable should be fastened to the LNB arm in two places, one near the
LNB and one near the dish.

Easily fixed. Basically I copied the neighbouring dish.

2. The cable should be fixed to the mount at the rear of the dish. There
should not be a loose loop.
Did think it look a bit wrong. It is fixed to the rear of the dish,
but there was slightly too much cable, and being lazy, I didn't trim
it down.

3. When you run a cable across a wall put two clips in together at the start
of the run, then as you put each sucessive clip in apply gentle a stretching
pull to the cable so that the section fixed is taught. Your cable is loose
on the wall.
Ah! I did wonder how it was possible to tighten up the cable. Never
been any good with cable clips. Or a hammer to be precise.

4. I think you might have assembled the wall bracket to the support arm
incorrectly. I can't really see properly but it looks as if the arm pivots
on the bracket on one bolt.

From my memory, the wall bracket is a centre hole with a raised
centre, and a semi-circular groove round the outside. The arm is
forked and fits around the raised centre hole and bolts go in the
circular groove and through the forked arm, one on top & one in the
bottom. I'll take a closer pic when I can.


Bill

Thanks for the tips.

Marky P.

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

Thanks for the tips.

Marky P.

On reflection this is one of the occasions Bill could have contacted Marky P
outside of the group.
I reckon for a good honest job, despite the learning curve, Marky P would
get my vote.

F

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"The Simpsons" wrote in
message et...

Thanks for the tips.

Marky P.

On reflection this is one of the occasions Bill could have contacted Marky
P outside of the group.
I reckon for a good honest job, despite the learning curve, Marky P would
get my vote.

Yes I agree that the job is basically OK, and exceeds the standards of many
Sky installers. But this is a newsgroup, and the idea is that we all learn
from the material discussed. Mailing Marky on the side would benefit no-one
except Marky, which would be silly because there are probably many readers
here who need the advice more than he does.

The best thing* about Marky is that he displays what he does in a totally
honest way and is big enough to invite and take criticism.

*As far as I know. I've never slept with him.

Bill

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:23:28 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
. ..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...yP1/007a-1.jpg

Marky P.

1. The cable should be fastened to the LNB arm in two places, one near the
LNB and one near the dish.

Easily fixed. Basically I copied the neighbouring dish.

2. The cable should be fixed to the mount at the rear of the dish. There
should not be a loose loop.
Did think it look a bit wrong. It is fixed to the rear of the dish,
but there was slightly too much cable, and being lazy, I didn't trim
it down.

3. When you run a cable across a wall put two clips in together at the
start
of the run, then as you put each sucessive clip in apply gentle a
stretching
pull to the cable so that the section fixed is taught. Your cable is loose
on the wall.
Ah! I did wonder how it was possible to tighten up the cable. Never
been any good with cable clips. Or a hammer to be precise.

4. I think you might have assembled the wall bracket to the support arm
incorrectly. I can't really see properly but it looks as if the arm pivots
on the bracket on one bolt.

From my memory, the wall bracket is a centre hole with a raised
centre, and a semi-circular groove round the outside. The arm is
forked and fits around the raised centre hole and bolts go in the
circular groove and through the forked arm, one on top & one in the
bottom. I'll take a closer pic when I can.


Bill

Thanks for the tips.

Marky P.


now a quick trip to LIDL for a SL65 and you can see whether it really works

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
I've never actually installed a satellite dish before, so here it is.
This is my own dish for Freesat. I do have a 'satellite finder' but
can't use it as I don't have a sat receiver yet. I've aligned it
roughly the same as the other dish in the picture (the one furthest
away). And No More Nails was not used to stick it up!

Marky P.



Looks pretty good for a first attempt. Miles better than most Sky dishes are
put up anyway! Let's wait and see if you can get it aligned ok........

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:01:05 +0100, "Geoff Pearson"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:23:28 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...yP1/007a-1.jpg

Marky P.

1. The cable should be fastened to the LNB arm in two places, one near the
LNB and one near the dish.

Easily fixed. Basically I copied the neighbouring dish.

2. The cable should be fixed to the mount at the rear of the dish. There
should not be a loose loop.
Did think it look a bit wrong. It is fixed to the rear of the dish,
but there was slightly too much cable, and being lazy, I didn't trim
it down.

3. When you run a cable across a wall put two clips in together at the
start
of the run, then as you put each sucessive clip in apply gentle a
stretching
pull to the cable so that the section fixed is taught. Your cable is loose
on the wall.
Ah! I did wonder how it was possible to tighten up the cable. Never
been any good with cable clips. Or a hammer to be precise.

4. I think you might have assembled the wall bracket to the support arm
incorrectly. I can't really see properly but it looks as if the arm pivots
on the bracket on one bolt.

From my memory, the wall bracket is a centre hole with a raised
centre, and a semi-circular groove round the outside. The arm is
forked and fits around the raised centre hole and bolts go in the
circular groove and through the forked arm, one on top & one in the
bottom. I'll take a closer pic when I can.


Bill

Thanks for the tips.

Marky P.


now a quick trip to LIDL for a SL65 and you can see whether it really works

I'm waiting for my 50" Freesat Panny to arrive :-)

Marky P.

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:40:09 +0100, "Carpy"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
I've never actually installed a satellite dish before, so here it is.
This is my own dish for Freesat. I do have a 'satellite finder' but
can't use it as I don't have a sat receiver yet. I've aligned it
roughly the same as the other dish in the picture (the one furthest
away). And No More Nails was not used to stick it up!

Marky P.



Looks pretty good for a first attempt. Miles better than most Sky dishes are
put up anyway! Let's wait and see if you can get it aligned ok........


As it's unlikely that I've aligned it perfectly through guesswork,
I'll shimmy back up there to neaten things up when I get my Freesat
telly.

Marky P.

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:23:47 +0100, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"The Simpsons" wrote in
message et...

Thanks for the tips.

Marky P.

On reflection this is one of the occasions Bill could have contacted Marky
P outside of the group.
I reckon for a good honest job, despite the learning curve, Marky P would
get my vote.

Yes I agree that the job is basically OK, and exceeds the standards of many
Sky installers. But this is a newsgroup, and the idea is that we all learn
from the material discussed. Mailing Marky on the side would benefit no-one
except Marky, which would be silly because there are probably many readers
here who need the advice more than he does.

The best thing* about Marky is that he displays what he does in a totally
honest way and is big enough to invite and take criticism.

*As far as I know. I've never slept with him.

Bill

I tend to fart lot and waft the covers :-)

Marky P.

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

In message , Marky P
wrote

As it's unlikely that I've aligned it perfectly through guesswork,
I'll shimmy back up there to neaten things up when I get my Freesat
telly.

Didn't you say that you had a sat finder? Did you use that connected to
a 12-18V power supply (car battery, 10 off AA batteries etc.) ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMbb....satcure.co.uk
/tech/satmeter.htm



--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

My first Sat dish install :-)
 

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
*As far as I know. I've never slept with him.

Bill

I tend to fart lot and waft the covers :-)

You sound like my sort of bloke.

Bill