How to build a satellie tv kit. as in Practical Caravan

[Stephen_374341239]

I am just about to make up a satellie kit as in this months Practical Caravan. Got most of the parts from E bay and the pound shop.Total cost so far £55.21p could not find a rotary line for £8 cost £9.Clamps i already had in shed also had a compass.The only place could find wing nuts was Wicks.Got a free to air box of E bay with the dish all in.The rest of the parts coming I hope in post tomorrow.

Have a go its good fun.

 

[VonRyan]

Hi Stephen,

Glad your enjoying building your FTV kit. I started with a Kit from Lidl and it was good, but decided to go a little further and bought a Sky dish, LNB and other cable from a Sky Fitter for a

 

[nrdonnelly]

Hello,

Glad you are enjoying the project. I was sat on site looking at bloke who built up his sat dish kit and thought 'I reckon I could make one of them' I was shocked at how cheap it could be done.

Ours works really well, but I had to modify the washing line slightly to stop the centre post spinning. I'd love to see photos of other people's completed kits.

Regards

Nigel Donnelly

Editor

Practical Caravan

 

[Ray R]

Kits are available on ebay for very good prices all you need then is the box also available on ebay or a local car boot you can get the whole system for less than

 

[Ray R]

Hi Stephen,

Glad your enjoying building your FTV kit. I started with a Kit from Lidl and it was good, but decided to go a little further and bought a Sky dish, LNB and other cable from a Sky Fitter for a

 

[mistermac]

Maplins have the whole kit in a box this month for

 

[nrdonnelly]

Hello all

The Maplin kit doesn't have a tripod with it, so it needs to be mounted on a flat surface. It looks like it has suckers on the feet so could be stuck on a caravan roof. Bit of a pain to align up there though. The cheapest tripod system is

 

[WatsonJohnG]

I have to reset my daughters house dish today as its not working

As well as my meter I will be taking a replacement Sky mini dish just in case which cost me

 

[nrdonnelly]

Hi,

I'm not sure exactly how the dish is configured, but looking at the image, it looks like it needs a horizontal surface. The dish is also smaller than standard and the sales blurb says it will be trickier to set up than a standard size dish. That said, at

 

[Ray R]

Hello all

The Maplin kit doesn't have a tripod with it, so it needs to be mounted on a flat surface. It looks like it has suckers on the feet so could be stuck on a caravan roof. Bit of a pain to align up there though. The cheapest tripod system is

 

[Angus1]

I have the LIDL kit which is the same as the Maplin one (they all come from the same manufacturer) and the sucker system is designed to go on a vertical surface, I have used it on the side of the van on numerous occasions.

As has been said it doesn`t come with a tripod, but the other week LIDL had a special offer on fishing equipment, so I purchased one of their `rod-holders`, an extending tripod with attachments to hold 4 fishing rods. The rod-attachment was removed with a hacksaw and the steel wall bracket supplied in the digital kit bolted to the top of the tripod instead. i now have an extendable, lightweight aluminium tripod (in its own supplied storage bag) for

 

[JeremyClarksson]

The Maplins/Lidl kits come with a G clamp for fixing to poles, grab handles etc, I use this to fix to a pole hammered into the ground.

It never gets blown over like tripods I have seen.

I do not use the sucker kit as I feel it could put stresses into the caravan bodywork.

 

[Stephen_374341239]

The Maplins/Lidl kits come with a G clamp for fixing to poles, grab handles etc, I use this to fix to a pole hammered into the ground.

It never gets blown over like tripods I have seen.

I do not use the sucker kit as I feel it could put stresses into the caravan bodywork.

So your the one who keeps leaving holes all over the place Clarkson.