Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?

"larkim" wrote in message
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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

the real one

"Woody" wrote in message
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"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"


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

"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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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.......

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:


"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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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!

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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:


"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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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

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!

In article ,
says...

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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:


"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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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

Yes! I think that's been posted here before but ...

.... these bottles decompose, so it's only a short term measure (in fact,
I'd be very interested to see a recent picture of the SAME
installation!)

--

Terry

"Eric Shune" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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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.......

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:37:31 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
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"Eric Shune" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:


"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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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.

And another

http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/IMG_0310.jpg