Time again - Weekend Satellite Projects?

[Mr Tony]

Decided to start a new thread on this since the old one got a little cumbersome

Weekend is a couple days away....so

Whatcha got going on in the FTA projects??

 

[Mr Tony]

If my package from Sadoun comes on Friday I'll be busy Saturday for sure with the project
(better not rain)

 

[dfergie]

I hope my package from Sadoun comes in tomarrow as I am on my "weekend" right now, but it will probably be Friday or Monday...

 

[PSB]

I will be continuing work on the "Free Dome"

Or its little brother the "Wee Dome"

 

[Mr Tony]

I like the wee dome

 

[scottc98]

Hopefully...finding a mount and hooking up the Fortec 120.

May move the channel master dish and realign for SBS6, and a couple others for some college football.

Oh how a desperately need a analog receiver

Considering possibly building a fiberglass fence in the front corner of the house so I can mount the 120 on the ground, not block the signal. and paint it the same color of the house.

Has anyone done something like this before? If so, any recomended materials or a paint that would work?

 

[gabshere]

Oh how a desperately need a analog receiver

they are cheap on ebay shipping is what gets ya

Has anyone done something like this before? If so, any recomended materials or a paint that would work?

didn't they make those rocks that sat out in the yard to cover up a dish
big rocks..... boulders.....

 

[gabshere]

my project is kinda more than a weekend one
have to order a motor & lnb
ok set pole today
lay out coax and prep to bury
install motor & lnb

figure it will probably take close to a week with my work schedule

 

[iafirebuff]

Man, everyone has a package from Sadoun coming....wish I did

 

[gabshere]

you got all those dishes and your watching tv ...
i won't be able to do that for a couple more days

but it is nice to be getting a package

oh hey iafirebuff i went driving around town the other day
you know looking for folks with fta and maybe spy an old prime*
well low and behold i passed 3 places that were out of business
and they all had a ku dish setup ;o) boy this is like hunting for gold ;o)

 

[iafirebuff]

I am always on the lookout! There is still a Primestar in a backyard a few blocks away, but I have never gone to ask about it

 

[techpuppy]

IaFireBuff: Don't Wait! I spotted a 6 foot dish on a metal stand setup behind a house in a nearby town. The coax was coiled up on the back and it looked unused. Today I went by to ask about the dish and the house was gone! The property was bought for commercial development and they bulldozed everything. I'm still going to see if the dish is available. It's still sitting on a small cement pad at the back corner of the property. No one was around to ask.

This weekend I plan to get the LNB for IA7 mounted permanently and tweaked. The electrical tape and tree bark won't hold forever. I'm also going to try using a signal combiner to put the FTA receiver on channel 4 throughout the house. The "one more dish" fever has hit hard so I'll probably lurk around the area looking for just one more.

 

[Eastcoast]

Now that tropical storm Florence has gone I want to run a couple of new RG6 cables out to my 1.2m dish.Do you guys direct burry the RG6 in the ground or use a pvc conduit?

Dave

 

[dashaund]

I've always direct buried. Never had a problem with them.

 

[digiblur]

Direct burial with approved direct burial coax...the gooey gel filled type.

 

[iafirebuff]

IaFireBuff: Don't Wait! I spotted a 6 foot dish on a metal stand setup behind a house in a nearby town. The coax was coiled up on the back and it looked unused. Today I went by to ask about the dish and the house was gone! The property was bought for commercial development and they bulldozed everything. I'm still going to see if the dish is available. It's still sitting on a small cement pad at the back corner of the property. No one was around to ask.

This weekend I plan to get the LNB for IA7 mounted permanently and tweaked. The electrical tape and tree bark won't hold forever. I'm also going to try using a signal combiner to put the FTA receiver on channel 4 throughout the house. The "one more dish" fever has hit hard so I'll probably lurk around the area looking for just one more.

I been watching this one house, noone is ever home! I need to leave a note

 

[iafirebuff]

Now that tropical storm Florence has gone I want to run a couple of new RG6 cables out to my 1.2m dish.Do you guys direct burry the RG6 in the ground or use a pvc conduit?

Dave

I always just bury the cable too. I have some buried cable that is 10 years in the ground with no problems.

 

[dfergie]

I just got a call from Sadoun, they did not have my city ( I ordered online, so my bad ) thats OK as it will probably be in a week from tomarrow and I will be off that weekend...

 

[Mr Tony]

They didnt have your city listed? I could have sworn "west of the pecos" was on the map. Sadoun had no issue with "places men fear to tread"

weather shows it might rain all weekend

 

[dfergie]

I should add between the Guadalupes and Otis... "The Otis Triangle"