http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm


--
Adam

On 24/12/2015 13:57, ARW wrote:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm


Still going strong!

One section I find very dubious:

"I have quite a long run of cable and a small dish. Which cable should I
use?

Nobody can calculate it without knowing:
•The dish size and gain.
•Your exact location.
•The Tuner threshold of the Digibox.
•The satellite.

Unfortunately, I'm hopeless at maths and these link budget calculations
always leave me scratching my head. But you should be able to find
several web site calculators that will do the hard part for you.

Alternatively, simply try it and measure the signal that reaches the
receiver. If it's too low, use a larger dish. The choice of LNB will
usually make no difference to the signal level."

Bill

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
On 24/12/2015 13:57, ARW wrote:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm


Still going strong!

One section I find very dubious:

"I have quite a long run of cable and a small dish. Which cable should I
use?

Nobody can calculate it without knowing:
•The dish size and gain.
•Your exact location.
•The Tuner threshold of the Digibox.
•The satellite.

Unfortunately, I'm hopeless at maths and these link budget calculations
always leave me scratching my head. But you should be able to find several
web site calculators that will do the hard part for you.

Alternatively, simply try it and measure the signal that reaches the
receiver. If it's too low, use a larger dish. The choice of LNB will
usually make no difference to the signal level."


And "CT100 hasn't been manufactured since 2005. Be very dubious about any
cable that purports to be "CT100"."

--
Adam

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:38:54 +0000
Bill Wright wrote:

On 24/12/2015 13:57, ARW wrote:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm


Still going strong!

For those of us not in the business, is this company known for some
trait or other? Or are you just happy to see that it is still trading?

--
Davey.

On 24/12/2015 16:43, ARW wrote:

And "CT100 hasn't been manufactured since 2005. Be very dubious about
any cable that purports to be "CT100"."

Maybe it's because he only deals with Webro. There are lots of
CT100-type cables that are perfectly good, even if not CAI approved.

Bill

On 24/12/2015 17:48, Davey wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:38:54 +0000
Bill Wright wrote:

On 24/12/2015 13:57, ARW wrote:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm


Still going strong!

For those of us not in the business, is this company known for some
trait or other? Or are you just happy to see that it is still trading?

I'm neither happy nor unhappy.

Bill

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
On 24/12/2015 16:43, ARW wrote:

And "CT100 hasn't been manufactured since 2005. Be very dubious about
any cable that purports to be "CT100"."

Maybe it's because he only deals with Webro. There are lots of CT100-type
cables that are perfectly good, even if not CAI approved.


That means that the many km of CT100 I have fitted is OK:-)

I fitted over 500m in the last rewire I did and that was only a 3 bed semi.
The Sky man turned up to install the dish and he was going to mount the dish
on the front of the house and clip the cables straight down down the wall
until he was informed about my installation. Four CT100 cable poking out on
the side of the house and all terminated in the house at face plates.


--
Adam

In article , Tim Streater
wrote:
In article , ARW
wrote:

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
On 24/12/2015 16:43, ARW wrote:

And "CT100 hasn't been manufactured since 2005. Be very dubious about
any cable that purports to be "CT100"."

Maybe it's because he only deals with Webro. There are lots of
CT100-type cables that are perfectly good, even if not CAI approved.

That means that the many km of CT100 I have fitted is OK:-)

I fitted over 500m in the last rewire I did and that was only a 3 bed
semi. The Sky man turned up to install the dish and he was going to
mount the dish on the front of the house and clip the cables straight
down down the wall until he was informed about my installation. Four
CT100 cable poking out on the side of the house and all terminated in
the house at face plates.

What is this fetish for running cables on the outside wall?

It's easier to get to the room you want from the outside.

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Please note new email address:

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:57:01 -0000, "ARW"
wrote:

http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm



http://www.satcure.co.uk/useful/tech_help.htm
I Have a Question

A question always begins with a capital letter...Be careful to include
at least one question mark, otherwise your message will be rejected.


And prominently, on the same page, presumably because someone has
taken umbrage, we have:

DYSLEXIC?

1 in 10 people are dyslexic.

We fully understand that many people are dyslexic and struggle to
read. There is no shame in this and you'll find Martin sympathetic if
you tell him that you are dyslexic when you phone or Skype him.

This site is not dyslexia friendly - there is far too much information
to read. BUT WE ARE. Tell Martin that you are dyslexic and he will do
his best to explain what you need to know. (If you are not dyslexic,
please use email or keep your call short so that our engineer is free
to help those who really need it.)


I'm sure the bald gentleman is a lovely fellow when you meet him, but
what an odd way to do business.

And what's this fascination with silicone grease?

--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On 24/12/2015 17:48, Davey wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:38:54 +0000
Bill Wright wrote:

On 24/12/2015 13:57, ARW wrote:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm


Still going strong!

For those of us not in the business, is this company known for some
trait or other? Or are you just happy to see that it is still trading?

They have been around for a long time, and seem to offer decent (if
sometimes a little opinionated) advice.

I quite like the first question on this page:

http://www.satcure.co.uk/team.htm



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Cheers,

John.

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On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 11:48:38 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote:

I fitted over 500m in the last rewire I did and that was only a 3
bed
semi. The Sky man turned up to install the dish and he was going
to
mount the dish on the front of the house and clip the cables
straight
down down the wall until he was informed about my installation.
Four
CT100 cable poking out on the side of the house and all
terminated in
the house at face plates.

Not to the "media cupboard" to feed into a multiswitch that also has
DTTV, FM and DAB inputs?

What is this fetish for running cables on the outside wall?

It's easier to get to the room you want from the outside.

And quicker.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 25/12/2015 15:37, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 11:48:38 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote:

I fitted over 500m in the last rewire I did and that was only a 3
bed
semi. The Sky man turned up to install the dish and he was going
to
mount the dish on the front of the house and clip the cables
straight
down down the wall until he was informed about my installation.
Four
CT100 cable poking out on the side of the house and all
terminated in
the house at face plates.

Not to the "media cupboard" to feed into a multiswitch that also has
DTTV, FM and DAB inputs?

What is this fetish for running cables on the outside wall?

It's easier to get to the room you want from the outside.

And quicker.


I have a media cupboard, with inputs from:

Vertical FM dipole
10 element DAB yagi pointed at London so to get 30 odd london stations
as well as 30 odd local radio stations
4 log periodics on Sandy Heath, Sutton Coldfield, Oxford and Waltham
5 Quattro LNB's aligned to Astra2 28.2E, Astra1 19.2E, Hotbird 13.0E,
Hispasat 30.0W and Eutelsat 5.0W.
12 security cameras

There are 4 Televes Avant 5 to process the FM, DAB, 12 security cameras
(via UHF modulators) and the 4 UHF log periodics, tnen that lot is
shoved with the Astra 28.2E into a trunk splitter to feed a pair of 5in
16 out Traix multiswitches and thence on to 32 wall plates.

A 17 in 16 out multiswitch deals with the Astra 1, Hotbird, Hispasat and
Eutel 5W stuff.

along side all that theres a 48GBit/s 48 port network switch along with
a 9TB 16 channel DVR (for the security cameras.

Oh, and theres the 20 zone alarm system too,,,,