Advice needed on basic FTA system

Father_Ted

Hi All,

I am looking to purchase a FTA receiver and dish. It will be used during the summer months on a mobile home located on the Waterford coast. I am a complete newbie to the world of satellite TV and any recommendations or advice on a complete FTA system for a budget of 150euro's would be greatly appreciated.

Looking through the sticky I came upon this
Sab explorer fta + 60 cm dish+ lnb+ wall mount+f connectors
Satellite system design for Astra 28,2 for 159euro's.

Is this a good deal and what quailty of stations would I receive.

watty

Any FTA system pointed at 28E gives
http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Free+To+Air+on+Sky

The channel numbers will be wrong, I'll fix that in next day or two.

Expect to pay €160 to €250 ex install. It can be DIY.

If you go for an 80cm dish and a motor then you get about 20 satellites instead of one. This costs 100 Euro extra for the motor. Though it adds about 1500 TV and 1400 Radio free, you probabily delete most and keep only about 20 TV and 30 Radio extra

Father_Ted

Thanks for the information Watty. I'll be going down the DIY route, what tools
are needed for an install of the Sab explorer system posted above and have you got any tips on getting a good signal. I am looking at a 60cm dish as anything bigger may be to big for a mobile home.

satworld

you never mentioned cable,or bolts and plugs,also would be handy to have a sat finder might be easier but not much.
tools; a drill,spanner,screw driver,hammer

L1011

Proper expansion bolts are a must, if you want the dish to stay on your wall in Irish winds.

L1011

Err, scratch that, expansion bolts aren't going to work on a mobile home

watty

On my "batcave" at bottom of garden I used stud bolt from co-op and drilled right through wall. Then put washers and nut son both ends before cutting of excess.

Some walls crumble with expansion bolts and Mobile Homes etc you need to go right through and fit a plate on inside.

Father_Ted

Cheers lads, thanks for all the info. I'll be starting on my little project in the comming weeks, I'll let you know how i get on.

satworld

watty wrote:

Some walls crumble with expansion bolts

true

yvry

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watty

Upside down snapped cord whirly bird line works. I've used them with a single wire cord tying all four arms and 8 blocks on wire to support a radio transmitter mast.

xbox-man

ummm the guy that happens to own corksat, his name is also yvry, i wonder,
maybe your'e advertising, the guy is already lookin to buy the gear of corksat,
isn't that enough????