Evading the Lanlord No Dish Policy with my arcons and multimo wonders

[kamaleon]

I have now installed both my transparent dishes

 

[gadgeX]

Thought I'd update everyone with the nonsense that came back from the council ... Although I agree I could mount a dish outthe back .. my friend ( a bit of an expert but sadly lives 7-8hrs away ) recons I won't get the elevation to get a signal round the back ..
Mounting on the side of the building , considering I'm on the right hand side would be touch and go as to whether I'd see 28E ...
I'm pretty miffed considering almost every house on my sidehas a s*y dish on the front .....
I'm still considering the Sweety but @ £150 I need to think a bit more .. a lot of money for a dish ..
>>
I can advise that the alignment for Freesat reception is the same as that
for Sky - that is, 28.2 degrees east of south, because the signal comes
from the Astra 2 group of satellites.

Having checked your address, it appears that your property is a four in a
block flat on the right hand side of the building. This would mean that a
dish would have to be mounted on the side or roof of the building.
Mounting a dish on the front of the building would be another option, but
not one that the Council would be in favour of since it would be visually
prominent within the street.

You should also note that it is feasible to get satellite reception from a
pole mounted dish in your back garden. This does not have to be high up,
as long as you can get line of sight to the satellite. A cable can be run
underground in a conduit, if necessary, between the dish and the dwelling.

In summary, planning permission would be required if you wanted to erect a
dish on the front of the building. However, there are several other
options available. Given that these other options exist, there should be
no reason to have a dish on the front of the building where it would be in
public view.

I trust that the above information is of assistance.

Regards


<name_omitted>
Planning Officer (Development Management): Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
only
North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE
Tel. 01294 324318

cheers ... gadgeX

 

[kamaleon]

150£? It's usually sold for less than 40€ + shipping, on fleabay germany, used, you should keep an eye out for one ;)

 

[kamaleon]

150£? It's usually sold for less than 40€ + shipping, on fleabay germany, used, you should keep an eye out for one ;)

there you go
_http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320350652572

good luck ;)

 

[kamaleon]

Changed again

 

[HB13DISH]

Changed again

The rectangular dish shadow during daytime makes it quite obvious to outsiders that there is "something" out there, while the transparent dish is less obvious.

 

[kamaleon]

Yeah exactly, the shadow is more blatant than the dish itself and it's a total give away

 

[kamaleon]

Cor blimley, it changed again...

 

[Beacon]

HI. I thought I would share my experience with anyone interested. I am in Dublin, Ireland, and running a Arcon 60 with a Technomate 1500CI behind the french windows in our rented flat. I can get Hotbird 13.0E inside the flat with 95% Level and 63% quality. The signal and picture quality is very good - better than our NTL cable provider - provided the cloud cover is not too thick. On weekends, bank holidays, after dark, I just pop the dish on to the balcony if necessary to improve the signal. I have turned the dish clamp to point down at about 45 degrees where it acts as a foot against which the dish can lean. A couple of pencil marks on the floor allow quick relocation if we need to move the dish for any reason. An easy system that gets around landlord restrictions - which by the way contravene the EU statement on the right of every citizen to have a dish under the freedom of information policy. But thats another story. By the way, if I need to watch Astra 19 I put a particluar book under the rim of the dish to tilt to the required degree, and swing the dish round a little to realign it using the signal screen on the Technomate. Best wishes.

 

[gadgeX]

Sorry to dig up the old thread once again ... are these TruSat 600 's only available outside the UK ?
I've had a troll around the web and the closest I can find I a online shop in France for 94 Euro
_http://www.2galli.fr/boutique/fiche_produit.cfm?code_lg=lg_fr&ref=TRUSAT600S&type=47&num=21

Yeah still trying to get round the neighbour and council :-)