Dish, LNB et al recommendations please

[Broadback]

Time to bite the bullet and replace my tired old 60cm dish with dual
LNB. I would like a quad LNB and replace the dish with a Hirschmann, as
peeps here think they are the dogs whatsits! Even though I installed
boots on the LNB I still had water ingress. Alltrade as a source seems
out, as far as I can see they only deal with trade, however Amazon seem
to do a 65cm one at a good price, is this a good source? My present dish
is secured to the side of the house with a substantial bracket and arm.
any help as regards source and type, also best way to keep the water out
of the LNB connections.
TIA

[Ron Lowe]

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I ended up buying my sat installation stuff from this place:

http://www.falconsat.co.uk/dishes-brackets-satellite-dish-c-45_136.html

Seemed a bit like a one-man-band kind of operation, I had to phone a couple
of times to chase the order up. Aparently, one of the bits I'd orderd had
been discontinued, and that was what held things up. But I got the rest of
the stuff OK, so no real complaints.

As for keeping thinks dry, I used self-amalg tape on each F-connector, then
slid up boot which I'd pre-packed with silicone grease! The boot was a
tightish fit over the tape, but it went on OK.

--
Ron

[Peter Crosland]

If you want the dog's dangling bits of LNB the Invacom range a brilliant but
don't come cheap. Self amalgamating tape, properly applied, is unrivalled
for keeping water out. I have seen an aerial removed after 25 year rooftop
exposure and the silver-plated connector was still clean underneath.

Peter Crosland

[Java Jive]

Why change the dish?

The dish merely reflects the signal, so there's not really a lot to go
wrong with it. Assuming yours is ok and adjusted properly, why change
it? You'd just be going through the effort of mounting the new and
disposing of the old one for no benefit. (Also, all this stuff causes
CO2 production in its manufacture, so why not maximise the life of the
old one if you can?)

Possible reasons to change might be that the plastic LNB holder breaks
as you try and change it, or that the adjustment mechanism is seized
solid and you actually need to realign it. I know of no cure for the
former, penetrating fluid left overnight or for a couple of days
should help with the latter. If they're really bad, you might be able
to replace the adjustment bolts with something from B&Q.

I use a single feed Blue Line LNB and am well pleased with it. As
others have suggested, self-amalgamating tape is essential to keep the
connections waterproof.

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