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Installation of various Satellite Dishes

Installation of Satellite dishes and receivers for either a chosen ‘SkyQ’ subscription or a ‘Freesat’ installation from the same satellite, using the same dish – 'sky' isn't the only option! .

*Sky services provided under licence from a scheme offered from one of my suppliers 'Aerial and Cable Ltd. Cheltenham

Price Examples: A new Mini-dish with Quad /LNB and single cable supplied into 1 room from £160 or Twin cable to enable a HD-R recording receiver to be connected, from £170

Additional Satellite Channels and Broadband by Satellite

I can also install motorised systems or multi-LNB offset arms and mono-blocs for fixed dishes, to receive various foreign language channels.Some are free to air, others you have to subscribe to with a paid viewing card and dedicated receiver. Great if you either speak other languages are learning. For example: Astra 1 on 19°East, Hotbird 13ºEast or the irish Saorsat service at 9º East.

For those of you with very poor landline Broadband speeds, especially in the more rural parts of mid Wales, you may wish to consider high Speed Broadband via Satellite. The latest system being the Starlink multiple satellite solution.

Seasonal Problems with Satellite: 'The Summertime Blues'

The peak of the growing season for our trees causes alot of problems:

This time of year trees are continually growing up and their foliage gets denser by the hour. Whilst it looks beautiful, it causes us huge problems If the trees are to the south, infront of the satellite dish. They attenuate and block out satellite signals, sometimes intermittantly as branches are temporarily blown across the signal path. It may even affect some channels more than others, dependent on their transmission strength and signal polarity. The attenuation will be worst when leaves are wet. The astra II 28.2E satellite which we need is fairly low on the horizon in the UK as compared to the two other main european satellites Astra I 19E and hotbird 13E.

What can we do? We can possibly fit an offset type or longer, thicker pole, fit a larger satellite dish or look for an alternative location around your property to attain a decent signal, but unfortunately we might be on a time swallowing, hiding to nothing!

We would advise you to try and find out who owns the said trees and explain the situation. As long as they aren't of a protected variety, the services of an Arborist or professional tree surgeon might be the answer to see if they can be cut back safely without any unnecessary damage.

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"Freely" the new streaming service designed to eventually replace the broadcasted 'Freeview' has now been launched...

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