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"

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.

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

"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

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

On Nov 27, 7:19*pm, "Jef Roe" wrote:
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message

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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

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

"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

"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

"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