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gfplux · 31-05-07, 10:44 AM

Hello,
I had two previous posts one to do with strengths of signal and the other asking for help on the cement mix for a new pole. This was because my old dish was sitting on a low pole at the bottom of the garden and my neighbours new hedge was beginning to affect the picture. It could have been to do with a failing LNB or even the decoder box. The picture was breaking up on BBC1 not being received at all on ITV1 but perfect on SKY NEWS.
Well I put my new 3m pole 75cm into the ground using ready mixed bags of concrete. I have waited a week for the concrete to go off.
The new pole is only 50cm away from the old one so this morning I transferred the dish from the old (lower pole) to the new (higher). I just unscrewed the dish and moved it with all 4way cables attached to the LNB from one to the other. This was a 10 minute job.
BUT WOW Without doing anything else the Gods had guided my hand as the picture was perfect. Nothing else to do but tighten off the bolts and post this message
Thanks for all the advise.

BGonaSTICK · 31-05-07, 04:26 PM

Cool - another job off the list

Well done. One expensive callout charge saved, and the satisfaction of having sorted it properly.

31-05-07, 10:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
gfplux Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New Pole in the ground and perfect. Thanks Hello, I had two previous posts one to do with strengths of signal and the other asking for help on the cement mix for a new pole. This was because my old dish was sitting on a low pole at the bottom of the garden and my neighbours new hedge was beginning to affect the picture. It could have been to do with a failing LNB or even the decoder box. The picture was breaking up on BBC1 not being received at all on ITV1 but perfect on SKY NEWS. Well I put my new 3m pole 75cm into the ground using ready mixed bags of concrete. I have waited a week for the concrete to go off. The new pole is only 50cm away from the old one so this morning I transferred the dish from the old (lower pole) to the new (higher). I just unscrewed the dish and moved it with all 4way cables attached to the LNB from one to the other. This was a 10 minute job. BUT WOW Without doing anything else the Gods had guided my hand as the picture was perfect. Nothing else to do but tighten off the bolts and post this message Thanks for all the advise.

31-05-07, 04:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Super Murderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,629 Thanks: 3 Thanked 58 Times in 35 Posts	Re: New Pole in the ground and perfect. Thanks Cool - another job off the list Well done. One expensive callout charge saved, and the satisfaction of having sorted it properly. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W


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