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The award for best use of wooden box when installing a satellite dish goes to...

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  • 17-09-2005 12:41pm
    #1
    ro2
    Registered Users Posts: 562 ✭✭✭


    dish.jpg

    dish2.jpg

    I won't name and shame the installer :)


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    #2
    chern0byl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 541 ✭✭✭chern0byl


    Jesus, i thought i was broke but this poor guy literally lives in a box!


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    Charles Slane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭Charles Slane


    chern0byl wrote:
    Jesus, i thought i was broke but this poor guy literally lives in a box!

    He may live in a box but at least he has his priorities right :D:D:D And he has a nice patio.


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    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    ro2 wrote:
    I won't name and shame the installer :)

    are you saying someone paid for that :eek: :eek:
    though saying that i had a worse setup at my previous address
    it envolved a chair, mop handle, 4 pieces of wood, clump of grass and a hedge. they were the days :)


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    Supercell
    Registered Users Posts: 15,326 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Nice !!
    https://www.loughlinstown.ie

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    #6
    djpaul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 845 ✭✭✭djpaul


    :D:D:D :rolleyes: :D


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    Sparky
    Registered Users Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    what ever you do dont move the box, even a cm. :D

    worst install i seen was the dish was installed onto a window sil, i had to move it, and do a new run of sat cable.

    The question i asked was why did the installer put it on a window sil?
    he could of easily moved the ladder 2 meters, unless he made his cable short?

    nonetheless, what a crap install :)


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    eoinm1
    Registered Users Posts: 627 ✭✭✭eoinm1


    Very good install.
    /me remember the day i used a garden fork to support my dish.

    Eóin


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    lawhec
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭lawhec


    Nice cheap way for multi-satellite viewing! :D

    "Just nudge the box a bit... ah great! We've got Hotbird!" :p


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    Tony
    Registered Users Posts: 11,325 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Could you put trolley wheels on the box and a stick under the lid for motorised use? and BTW dont climb over my back wall again to take snaps :D

    Desktop PC Boards discount code on https://www.satellite.ie/ is boards.ie



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    #11
    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    I experimented with the old 1m fibreglass dish wedged onto a step ladder. Opening the legs wider changed elevation and moving the whole assembly the East / West (azimuth)!

    I think the nearly famous "Analoguesat" who maintains a history and current analog sat TX, had a dish sat in a car tyre once.


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    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    oh yes, i believe i have seen that tyre in a photograph. very impressed i was


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    #13
    Ros Man
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Ros Man


    I think it would be a good laugh for this tread to be sticky. If any of the members sees an unusual install, take a snap and post it here.
    Just a thought. I’m crap with a camera tough :eek:


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