Dish for freesat - DIY or get a man in?

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On Nov 27, 9:22*pm, "Jef Roe" wrote:
"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

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

"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"

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.