BSB dishes / squarials that are still in place

**Analoguesat** · 20-08-2009

Some of you must know where there are BSB dishes still in place. Go and take some pics and post them here - lets celebrate the survival of these old relics!

This is my first one:

Used to be on the High Street in Galashiels town centre It was on the Granada / Box Clever shop next to the Harrow pub Sadly it was removed during shop renovations in April 2008

**Analoguesat** · 20-08-2009

The second picture shows one of the mini circular dishes. These have a diameter of about 45cm - and pre-date the Sky "minidishes" by nearly 10 years! This one has had its LNB cable cut through at some point.It's next door to the "Gluepot" pub in Overhaugh Street in Galashiels

**Analoguesat** · 20-08-2009

Here is a rather sad, overgrown squarial round the back of the old Comet store - (next door to the big Tesco's superstore) in Galashiels town centre. This pic was snapped September 2004 and shows the dish rapidly being hidden by an elderberry tree

Its still there and increasingly overgrown.

**Analoguesat** · 20-08-2009

This one was sent to me a couple of years ago by David C who says:

"the squariel is on Market Street in Nelson, Lancashire, on the back of 'Thoughts, Cards and Gifts' opposite the Lord Nelson Pub."

{David if you are a member of the forum and dont mind your full name being used for the credit let me know!}

**Analoguesat** · 20-08-2009

This one is just round the corner from me on a country cottage a couple miles from Galashiels

**Analoguesat** · 20-08-2009

This one is one street back from the main street through Galashiels town centre - and theres a lot of Sky dishes in the background!

**Analoguesat** · 20-08-2009

And this one is mine

It lives in my shed until I find a use for it! I got if from Ebay

- still boxed

dcselec · 21-08-2009

I have no picture but I was working in a mill in
Oldham Manchester that is used for storage ect
there is 100+ of the dishes still boxes and receivers I
belive they were made by phillips ? also boxed they
had been there for a long time by the look of the boxes
all badged BSB
Dave

***Tivù*** · 21-08-2009

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

And this one is mine

It lives in my shed until I find a use for it! I got if from Ebay - still boxed

Nice pics - I haven't any to add, but enjoyed what you have Posted so far

**Analoguesat** · 21-08-2009

Originally Posted by Tivù

Nice pics - I haven't any to add, but enjoyed what you have Posted so far

Well if you see any take a pic and post them up!

Ive found half a dozen round here without really trying

Theres at least 2 more to be photographed at some point

**satelliteman** · 21-08-2009

Doubt I'll see many around here....but then again who knows; well it's the last thing I'd be looking at whilst driving down the road

**acezon** · 21-08-2009

i know of 2 in my local area ill go for a walk later and get the photos, there is also one in my garden,

RdMin · 22-08-2009

Will take a look around the sunny climes of the Borders and take a pic if i find any..

**Analoguesat** · 22-08-2009

Originally Posted by RdMin

Will take a look around the sunny climes of the Borders and take a pic if i find any..

Theres definitely on on The Bridge Inn & I think theres one up in the chimneys on the Harrow - both Gala

***2cvbloke*** · 22-08-2009

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

This one was sent to me a couple of years ago by David C who says:

"the squariel is on Market Street in Nelson, Lancashire, on the back of 'Thoughts, Cards and Gifts' opposite the Lord Nelson Pub."

{David if you are a member of the forum and dont mind your full name being used for the credit let me know!}

That would be me then...

And I don't mind...

**streetlighter** · 29-08-2009

Heres one i spotted on a pub in the Warrington area. Its at the back of Lidl near the town centre.

**Analoguesat** · 29-08-2009

Excellent

**streetlighter** · 29-08-2009

Here are two more i found around the same area. The one on the chimney i spotted in the distance and had to zoom right in, you can just about see that there is also a 60cm old sky dish on there too.

**streetlighter** · 29-08-2009

Last one ive got a picture of this is on a house in the Birchwood area of warrington.
I know of a few more BSB Squarials and even some of the small dishes in the Cheshire area just not taken pictures yet but i will.

**streetlighter** · 29-08-2009

One more ive just dug out

**streetlighter** · 30-08-2009

Spotted this one when out working in sunny Crewe

**streetlighter** · 30-08-2009

Think this is the last picture i have one this topic. You have to zoom in a bit but there is a Squarial and a BSB minidish plus under them is a mounting brackket for one minus the dish.

timo_w2s · 09-09-2009

Here are my two BSB dishes. Both were proudly on display on top of the kitchen cupboards until recently. Those who noticed them (they where quite high up) were impressed I could receive satellite TV in the kitchen... not sure what they thought I could get, cooking channels?

The round dish was used for several years to pick up Swedish channels from Sirius 1 in Finland in the early 90s. The signal was nice and strong but as they used the opposite polarity to BSB I had to modify the LNB by opening up the plastic front feedhorn cover and sticking a carefully moulded lump of blutack inside. Since they used circular L & R polarity you couldn't just rotate the LNB like you can with linear H & V.

The Squarial is new and has never been used outside (except for the odd test). It arrived damaged in the post and has a bad crack in one corner (crushed by the look of it) but as it was shipped to Finland from the UK and it only cost me £5 I didn't bother sending it back.

Studio Muppet · 10-09-2009

This one on a house in Bristol BS2.

I love BSB stuff. Galaxy seemed like an excellent channel. I hear they are going to demolish Marco Polo House soon

***2cvbloke*** · 10-09-2009

You might want to edit the image (blank out street names, door number etc.), I don't think the people in that house would like having their home address posted on a forum...

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