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Personmichael
24/11/2009 at 10:56pm
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Quote: Originally posted by chopsy on 24/11/2009
YOu can actually shut the window with the cable through it, we do it all the time. There is enough play in the spongy seal around the window. Not ideal but does the trick!

Linda
i have a fear of water getting in using this method or distortion of the rubber seal.

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I prefer to have no joints in the coax so when using the tripod I connected to a coil of coax in the front locker

It easily threads out through the gap between the locker floor and van front



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PersonGongoozler
09/5/2010 at 11:05am
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I have this satellite system Satgear mini suitcase system with Easyfind, and have found it very good for the price, but the tripod clamp is crude and no spare parts for the system are available. The LNB clamp on mine broke when the tripod blew over in the wind. The Easyfind LNB makes aiming the dish quite simple, but it still needs careful aiming with a compass first. I have only used it as far north as the Norfolk broads area and the dish might be small for more northerly situations. I route the coax via a socket to socket coupler alongside the mains input plug in the battery locker and the coax emerges from the same locker door cut-out as the mains cable.
As far as I can ascertain an F connector has about the same loss as a metre of good quality (FT100) coax, and cheap coax (RG59) is about twice as lossy as FT100. Ready made cables generally use poor quality coax, so it's best to buy some FT100 Maplin FT100 and a pair of connectors Maplin F connectors and make your own.
A useful device I have found to avoid having to keep using those fiddly nuts on the F connectors is this quick-fit adapter Quick Fit F connector adapter.

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never had water come through after trapping the sattelite cable watch this space bet next time i connect and it rains i will be on here saying rain indeed get in


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I've always used adapters to with no probs. Wifey just treated me to the Aldi satellite kit for £59 - its brilliant and easy to set up complete with handy carrying case.

D


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The UHF sockets have a resistor in which is not compatible with a satellite. I tried putting a UHF socket inside and outside my caravan to plug the dish into on the outside and the receiver into the inside socket but this didn't work. I swapped the sockets and plugs for the F type which had no resistors and it worked fine.


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Quote: Originally posted by LegsDownKettleOn on 09/5/2010
The UHF sockets have a resistor in which is not compatible with a satellite. I tried putting a UHF socket inside and outside my caravan to plug the dish into on the outside and the receiver into the inside socket but this didn't work. I swapped the sockets and plugs for the F type which had no resistors and it worked fine.

They are capacitors, you can cut them out and replace with a bare copper link, which will then allow the 14/18 volts to travel up to the LNB


PersonMickeyM
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http://www.sky4caravans.co.uk/dish_sizes_for_europe.html

try here for info



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