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I don't, I intended to strip the sheath off it but thinking about it, that might be very time consuming to do and I might be taking on more than I bargained for. There is some debate on whether Earthing masts is a good idea. Some say that Earthing them can help attract a lightning strike and...

I have a tub of grease which I was using on the nuts and threads so that should be okay. The wire after further investigation I don't think is anywhere near enough. I didn't realise that it was 16mm^2 area, I thought it was 16mm diameter. I would need at least 50mm^2 and preferably higher but...

I might just get myself some earth cable because the cost is acceptable and then strip the green PVC cover off it and then attach that to a ground rod and clamp. I will need to find a way to join cable from the two masts to one conductor between the masts plus corrosion/oxidation might need to...

It's just a question of finding the materials. The conductor is the biggest problem because I can get Earth rods and clamps fairly cheaply. Judging by that Furse gear, the conductor would need to be about 8mm in diameter but solid copper would probably too expensive. Things like corrosion and...

:( Not cheap are two words I don't like :-lol .......I was hoping to avoid any professional lightning protectors due to cost. Thanks for the link, I will look into it but I think it might be outside my budget. Do you have any ideas on alternatives? How thick would the conductor need to be and...

I would like suggestions on how to earth/ground two aluminium masts, one which has a Penta Satellite dish and the other which has a Log Periodic freeview aerial and dab. I would like to Earth both of these against lightening and noise, they are only about three feet apart and above a porch. I...

I think I will have to phone my council planning department and ask them. That should clear it up and remove all confusion. I will say that although they give maximum dimensions for Antennas and those might not apply to regular UHF Aerials, the rules might be written so they apply to everything...

Oh :( That might be a problem. The planning portal site shows them as Dishes and makes no mention of Aerials. But it does refer to dishes as Antennas so I guess it's a catch all for both which I overlooked. If you Have two dishes with one just over the limit that would be less noticeable than...

Ah, I wrote some numbers down that I got from a site that calculated the alignment data and I have a Polarization angle and a LNB skew angle which confused me. I thought they were separate things and that both needed adjusting. lol that explains why I have not seen any fixed dishes that are...

What does the polarization angle relate to for setup? I have been setting up a new dish, not the Penta that I have, the weather has prevented me from installing that. I purchased a Faval 60 which will be okay with planning laws and fits in nicely on the Sky minidish bracket and location. I...

Not necessarily, I was just planning on using the old Sky dish for something and I doubt I can get much further than 28E due to trees. Even as a backup in the rare case of snow stopping the other from working. I hoped to have something which would lessen the number of connections and would...

I am fitting a new dish and so will have two dishes and I want to be able to use both of them. I also have terrestrial TV and all of this needs to go to my PC via two co axial leads from the loft. I currently have the one dish with a quad LNB which I have diplexed onto one of the cables with the...

Does that tend to shake the snow off a dish? Is there a jolt when the motor stops? I can imagine the neighbours liking having a bin bag flapping around in the wind and keeping them awake at night lol Maybe I could construct a mechanism so that I can have an automatically opening umbrella which...

okay ty What do you mean by drive the dish hard round to it's limit? Are you referring to moving the dish with a motor while snowing or positioning the dish when snow is first seen to prevent build up? Does it snow in one direction or does a Satellite dish pointing at certain Sats tend to be...

It was the meaning of roofline I didn't understand. Dictionary definitions are pretty vague and leave a great deal left to interpretation. I have one last concern. The dish could go on the front where the current minidish is or on the rear where we have been discussing. The minidish on the...