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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 1154592" data-attributes="member: 243342">Indeed and unfortunately, the cold snap stopped play. I have not a hair on my head and I have no idea where my hat went. Didn't get a lot done despite never ending faffage. I drilled two 32mm holes (behave CH) for the cables into my new man cave which took forever...but they are in. Then I faffed with fitting compression F connectors, which was a failure as it seems like either my connectors are crap or I don't know what I am doing. The connectors just spun around on the cable and a moderate yank freed it from it. I tried to compress harder with my tool but that just broke the connector. So I've gone with the screw-on ones. The cable itself is a Triax 4 core one from SSS and the thing is proper heavy duty. The idea was to run 2m of it from the LNB to the multiswitch in the junction box all colour coded and then run a pair of normal shotgun xx100 cables 30-40m inside the house. However, I found it extremely difficult to maneuver and didn't think it brought a lot (if any) advantage over a pair of the aforementioned shotguns... Other than colour coding. I was also planning on running some new actuator cables to the junction box - just to get the dish side finished. But cold stopped play. Some pictures... The switch is a Vision one that I bought for cheap on ebay. I originally had EMP on order but it was out of stock and other retailers were a lot more expensive. Hence this one. I've no idea if it even works. I did modify it to take 18v from the LNB changer port on JPC's positioner as I didn't want to run mains cable 30m down the garden. Also on show is [USER=312276]@RimaNTSS[/USER] F plug doer-upper - a real finger saver especially in this cold. Lastly is the trusty FS1 meter. It's absolutely no frills but I've had it for years and the battery on it lasts ages. I keep thinking about getting the DVB-S2 version but ghad it's expensive.</blockquote>

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