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Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish.
Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:36 +0000, Dr Zoidberg
wrote: I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. I've done two, one with a 45cm dish and one with 60cm. I did cheat and use one of the cheapo signal strength meters to peak them up, no problems at all. Apart from the cost, you have the satisfaction of DIY plus you will take more care of the fabric of your house than a 'typical' installer will. |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
If you got the DIY skills have a go.
If you fail to get the best out of the dish alignment just get the man in to realign the dish. Regards David |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message ... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" DIY about £100 Contractor £100 - £120 |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:36 +0000, Dr Zoidberg
wrote: Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I had a quad lnb fitted to an existing dish. With cabling, I was charged £100. -- Alan White Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
On Nov 27, 7:19*pm, "Jef Roe" wrote:
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message ... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" DIY about £100 Contractor £100 - £120 Which planet do you live on? Matt |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
In message , Jef Roe
wrote DIY about £100 Contractor £100 - £120 Dish and quad LNG = £25 from Ebay + £75 for cable? -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Freesat would be no more difficult than analogue sky. IMHO the more difficult bit is find the satellite in the first place. Accurate alignment is then just a matter of patience. A cheap meter with a needle and audio certainly helps. -- Michael Chare |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" I assume from what you say you want to put the dish on the front and run the cable round the back? Why not put the dish on the back and save the cable losses. A dish on a pole about 1m above the gutter will see over the roof of most houses. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message ... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" DIY. Buy the dish and cable from eBay. http://www.dishpointer.com/ (select 28.2E)+ common sense for the rest Job done + confidence to do it again in the future. D |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"larkim" wrote in message ... On Nov 27, 7:19 pm, "Jef Roe" wrote: "Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message ... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" DIY about £100 Contractor £100 - £120 Which planet do you live on? Matt the real one |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"Woody" wrote in message ... "Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message ... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" I assume from what you say you want to put the dish on the front and run the cable round the back? If it's a standard semi with a reasonable loft access, it may be quite possible to position the dish under the eaves, cable into and across the loft and then down the rear of the house into the room where the telly is housed, neater quicker and less cable used.. in my own case it was even easier, as the pipes for the central heating run from the loft through the airing cupboard and then down a false side of the living room fireplace, with access via a small removable floorboard right behind the TV, easy peasy:0) It's surprising how in 99% of cases that one is missed on my small estate of similar sixties styled housing, which is certainly a vastly better way than the alternative outside cables, holes through walls and ugly cables along skirting boards, as someone commented on here the other day, not only did they make a much neater job of re-running the cable fitted by a cowboy installer, but they actually saved a large amount of cable into the bargain! Why not put the dish on the back and save the cable losses. A dish on a pole about 1m above the gutter will see over the roof of most houses. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... snip Looking back at the list (I think I included everything but the clothes which I wore to keep warm and not terrify the neighbours) I can see that if you are already kitted out for DIY then the cost for fixing a new dish is quite reasonable. Anyone notice the lack of self amalgamating tape? The LNB has a sliding cover which comes down over the cable connections to shield them from the weather. This was enough to make me decide "I'll give it a few days to make sure it is all O.K. then I'll get some SAT and finish it off". Still in the manana box - must check to see if all is nice and dry in the gaps between the gales and hailstorms....... |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote: "David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... snip Looking back at the list (I think I included everything but the clothes which I wore to keep warm and not terrify the neighbours) I can see that if you are already kitted out for DIY then the cost for fixing a new dish is quite reasonable. Anyone notice the lack of self amalgamating tape? The LNB has a sliding cover which comes down over the cable connections to shield them from the weather. This was enough to make me decide "I'll give it a few days to make sure it is all O.K. then I'll get some SAT and finish it off". Still in the manana box - must check to see if all is nice and dry in the gaps between the gales and hailstorms....... The worst problem I had was getting the SA tape properly applied around the connectors, which are too close together to properly wind it around and tension it. Give me a decent N connector any day! |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
wrote in message ... On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts" wrote: "David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... snip Looking back at the list (I think I included everything but the clothes which I wore to keep warm and not terrify the neighbours) I can see that if you are already kitted out for DIY then the cost for fixing a new dish is quite reasonable. Anyone notice the lack of self amalgamating tape? The LNB has a sliding cover which comes down over the cable connections to shield them from the weather. This was enough to make me decide "I'll give it a few days to make sure it is all O.K. then I'll get some SAT and finish it off". Still in the manana box - must check to see if all is nice and dry in the gaps between the gales and hailstorms....... The worst problem I had was getting the SA tape properly applied around the connectors, which are too close together to properly wind it around and tension it. Give me a decent N connector any day! who needs SAT http://www.daj.fseltd.btinternet.co....Protection.htm |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
On 29/11/09 21:47, Eric Shune wrote:
http://www.daj.fseltd.btinternet.co....Protection.htm Bargain ... for every pixel displayed, download ten pixels! |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"Eric Shune" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts" wrote: "David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... snip Looking back at the list (I think I included everything but the clothes which I wore to keep warm and not terrify the neighbours) I can see that if you are already kitted out for DIY then the cost for fixing a new dish is quite reasonable. Anyone notice the lack of self amalgamating tape? The LNB has a sliding cover which comes down over the cable connections to shield them from the weather. This was enough to make me decide "I'll give it a few days to make sure it is all O.K. then I'll get some SAT and finish it off". Still in the manana box - must check to see if all is nice and dry in the gaps between the gales and hailstorms....... The worst problem I had was getting the SA tape properly applied around the connectors, which are too close together to properly wind it around and tension it. Give me a decent N connector any day! who needs SAT http://www.daj.fseltd.btinternet.co....Protection.htm Hmmm..must be some joke about taking a lot of bottle to install it....... |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:37:31 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote: "Eric Shune" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts" wrote: "David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... snip Looking back at the list (I think I included everything but the clothes which I wore to keep warm and not terrify the neighbours) I can see that if you are already kitted out for DIY then the cost for fixing a new dish is quite reasonable. Anyone notice the lack of self amalgamating tape? The LNB has a sliding cover which comes down over the cable connections to shield them from the weather. This was enough to make me decide "I'll give it a few days to make sure it is all O.K. then I'll get some SAT and finish it off". Still in the manana box - must check to see if all is nice and dry in the gaps between the gales and hailstorms....... The worst problem I had was getting the SA tape properly applied around the connectors, which are too close together to properly wind it around and tension it. Give me a decent N connector any day! who needs SAT http://www.daj.fseltd.btinternet.co....Protection.htm Hmmm..must be some joke about taking a lot of bottle to install it....... all right, that ones been milked enough now. |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
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Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
On Nov 27, 9:22*pm, "Jef Roe" wrote:
"larkim" wrote in message ... On Nov 27, 7:19 pm, "Jef Roe" wrote: "Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message ... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" DIY about £100 Contractor £100 - £120 Which planet do you live on? Matt the real one The one where DIY'ers can pick up parts for close to 200% of the cost that "trade" can (because ebay doesn't exist on your planet, nor google, nor haggling) and where contractors work for tuppence-hapenny per hour? Ah yes, that real planet. Matt |
Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message ... I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off ebay and having a go myself.... How accurate do you have to be with dish alignment for a mini-dish? I put up an old analogue Sky dish myself with nothing more than a compass to get the alignment right and that worked ok. -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" It's not difficult to do, but it does take time to do it neatly. Why not give it a go if the intended fixing location is easily accessible for you? Get all the cables run exactly how you want and then if you can't locate the satellite and give up hope, get an installer to come and align the dish for you. The trade cost of all the parts is about £36 ish (dish with bracket / quad / cable / plugs). Obviously more if you want to mount it to look over a roof etc. I'd normally charge £150 to supply all the bits then install them - 2 feeds to the lounge. Price is the same whether it's a wall or chimney install. If you're not in the London area then you'll probably find this price will go down a bit. Gives you an idea of what the difference will be anyway. Obviously if you get an installer to do it, then you get the guarantee (if the LNB fails etc) but if the dish is easily accessible then this will be an easy fix for you in future if you go down the DIY route. |
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