BilliumB
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Hello – I’m new to this game but have been reading the posts and would welcome your advice.
I’m currently doing a barn conversion and have decided to wire 5 different rooms for satellite (Freesat/Sky) and Freeview while it’s easy to get the wires in and to ‘future proof’ it. I’m planning on a Quattro LNB and a log periodic UHF antenna feeding into a Multiswitch in the loft, with 2 cables from the loft to each room (to a Quadplexer Plate – would allow FM/DAB to be added later), plus a 3rd cable to the sitting room to enable a satellite receiver there to be used to feed the rest of the barn if needed in the future. The cable runs will be about 15m from LNB to Multiswitch and between 8m – 17m from the Multiswitch to each of the Quadplexer Plates. The barn is located in Worcestershire (Lat 52.0487 Lon -2.2938) and has an unobstructed line of sight view out towards 28.2 degrees East of South.
And so now to my questions:
As a barn conversion, I want to use the smallest and most unobtrusive dish and wall mounting possible – do you have any recommendations?
I am planning on using either DT100 cable from the Electric Centre where I’ve been buying electrical stuff or PF100 from Screwfix – would either of these be suitable, or do I need a lower loss cable to enable the smallest dish possible?
Also is it best to use the same cable from the LNB to Multiswitch, or do I need to get hold of some multi-core cable for this element?
Now to fitting and aligning the dish. I currently do not have mains power at the barn and furthermore do not own a satellite receiver. Do I need to invest in some sort of battery powered satellite meter to identify the right satellite and to make sure that I’m getting the very best signal from what might be a ‘marginal’ dish?
If I buy a meter (for instance, I was looking at a second hand Laguna Mk4 on ebay which I thought I could sell again when I’ve done this job and a couple of others I’m working on) what meter would you recommend that I get (hopefully second hand)?
How do I work a meter on the Quattro LMB, given that I’ve not got power at the barn yet and so couldn’t use the output of the multiswitch to feed into a meter?
In addition to recommendations for the unobtrusive dish/mounting kit, for cable, do you have any further recommendations on which Quattro LNB, and Multiswitch I should go with (bearing in mind that I also want to try and keep the cost down)?
Thanks ever so much for any help that you can give me.
Bill
I’m currently doing a barn conversion and have decided to wire 5 different rooms for satellite (Freesat/Sky) and Freeview while it’s easy to get the wires in and to ‘future proof’ it. I’m planning on a Quattro LNB and a log periodic UHF antenna feeding into a Multiswitch in the loft, with 2 cables from the loft to each room (to a Quadplexer Plate – would allow FM/DAB to be added later), plus a 3rd cable to the sitting room to enable a satellite receiver there to be used to feed the rest of the barn if needed in the future. The cable runs will be about 15m from LNB to Multiswitch and between 8m – 17m from the Multiswitch to each of the Quadplexer Plates. The barn is located in Worcestershire (Lat 52.0487 Lon -2.2938) and has an unobstructed line of sight view out towards 28.2 degrees East of South.
And so now to my questions:
As a barn conversion, I want to use the smallest and most unobtrusive dish and wall mounting possible – do you have any recommendations?
I am planning on using either DT100 cable from the Electric Centre where I’ve been buying electrical stuff or PF100 from Screwfix – would either of these be suitable, or do I need a lower loss cable to enable the smallest dish possible?
Also is it best to use the same cable from the LNB to Multiswitch, or do I need to get hold of some multi-core cable for this element?
Now to fitting and aligning the dish. I currently do not have mains power at the barn and furthermore do not own a satellite receiver. Do I need to invest in some sort of battery powered satellite meter to identify the right satellite and to make sure that I’m getting the very best signal from what might be a ‘marginal’ dish?
If I buy a meter (for instance, I was looking at a second hand Laguna Mk4 on ebay which I thought I could sell again when I’ve done this job and a couple of others I’m working on) what meter would you recommend that I get (hopefully second hand)?
How do I work a meter on the Quattro LMB, given that I’ve not got power at the barn yet and so couldn’t use the output of the multiswitch to feed into a meter?
In addition to recommendations for the unobtrusive dish/mounting kit, for cable, do you have any further recommendations on which Quattro LNB, and Multiswitch I should go with (bearing in mind that I also want to try and keep the cost down)?
Thanks ever so much for any help that you can give me.
Bill