[SilentLoner]

I can get a sky box from my girlfriends house, that is not a problem but is there anyone selling a freesat card?

what cables do I need (apart from the flat cable to fit through the window)

How do I set it up

any help would be much appreciated

[Megabird]

Sky are just dying to sell you a card, set up for non-subscription, for £20

CT100 coax cable? As good as any.
I personally wouldn't use a 'flat cable'. The usual method is to drill a hole through a wall or a window frame.

'F' connectors.
Self amalgamating tape to keep the rain out of the cable.

A south facing aspect. Look at where everyone else has their dishes.

[SilentLoner]

Originally Posted by Megabird

Sky are just dying to sell you a card, set up for non-subscription, for £20

CT100 coax cable? As good as any.
I personally wouldn't use a 'flat cable'. The usual method is to drill a hole through a wall or a window frame.

'F' connectors.

I cant do that landlord would not permit it

[SilentLoner]

Originally Posted by Megabird

Sky are just dying to sell you a card, set up for non-subscription, for £20

CT100 coax cable? As good as any.
I personally wouldn't use a 'flat cable'. The usual method is to drill a hole through a wall or a window frame.

'F' connectors.
Self amalgamating tape to keep the rain out of the cable.

A south facing aspect. Look at where everyone else has their dishes.

do they accept solo cards as payment for the freesat cards?

[Megabird]

Originally Posted by Silent85

I cant do that landlord would not permit it

Will the landlord permit a dish?

This is the Sky non subscription web site
http://www.freesatfromsky.com/

[SilentLoner]

Originally Posted by Megabird

Sky are just dying to sell you a card, set up for non-subscription, for £20

CT100 coax cable? As good as any.
I personally wouldn't use a 'flat cable'. The usual method is to drill a hole through a wall or a window frame.

'F' connectors.
Self amalgamating tape to keep the rain out of the cable.

A south facing aspect. Look at where everyone else has their dishes.

Originally Posted by Megabird

Will the landlord permit a dish?

This is the Sky non subscription web site
http://www.freesatfromsky.com/

Yeah but not on the house if you get what I mean? Plus when she comes up I would just hide it

[Megabird]

Originally Posted by Silent85

Yeah but not on the house if you get what I mean? Plus when she comes up I would just hide it

Now I understand

I'm not sure you can use a 'flat cable'. The signal won't like it one bit
Perhaps someone else has experience of using one.

[SilentLoner]

I am willing to get a card, I just dont have a credit card and only have a crappy solo card

[Sam Radford.]

Originally Posted by Megabird

I'm not sure you can use a 'flat cable'. The signal won't like it one bit
Perhaps someone else has experience of using one.

Nope, but they are sold by reputable companies like this:
http://www.satcure.com/accs/page7.htm#flatf

[SilentLoner]

Originally Posted by Sam Radford.

Nope, but they are sold by reputable companies like this:
http://www.satcure.com/accs/page7.htm#flatf

was that sarcastic or not? I dont mean to be rude I just am new to this area?

[Jay C]

Originally Posted by Sam Radford.

Nope, but they are sold by reputable companies like this:
http://www.satcure.com/accs/page7.htm#flatf

Very interesting, never seen that before. They say " No measurable loss of signal or quality."
That must surely be in the "unloaded" state though, for I guess that a window closing with pressure on the cable must have some effect?

[Spot]

They are available on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FLAT-COAXIAL-C...QQcmdZViewItem

If you check this seller's feedback, several have been bought and the purchasers all seem happy.

[Heinz]

Aligning the dish is often problematical too - but Dave Sullivan's guide will crack that problem for you.

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/

[Dave Smith]

Originally Posted by Megabird

Now I understand

I'm not sure you can use a 'flat cable'. The signal won't like it one bit
Perhaps someone else has experience of using one.

no problem ...even using them here in the south of france with a zone2 minidish...

[SteveinHosm]

I love the comment about your landlord, Silent85, and what you would do "when she comes up - I would just hide it".
And what about the satellite equipment?!!!

[underworldjam]

To be fair, the landlord is hardly gonna go looking through his tv cabinet.

TV - Ok
VCR - Ok
DVD Player - Ok
PS2 - Ok
Satellite Reveiver - Get out by the end of the week!

As long as you don't break the rules there isn't much they can do to you. Just put the dish in the garden and move it iof the landlord does come round.

[Megabird]

Originally Posted by Silent85

was that sarcastic or not? I dont mean to be rude I just am new to this area?

I'm sure that Sam was being genuine.
Flat cables exist as I said, but I wasn't sure they were a good idea at microwave frequencies.
However, several people seem to have given them the 'OK'.

In any event try not to kink the cable too much.

Did you call the Sky number? Do you have a friend or relative who can use their payment card if Sky won't accept yours?

In any event the card is only required for Ch4, the 'Five' channels and Sky 3. You can get all the other free channels without any 'help' from Sky.

[Sam Radford.]

I wasn't being sarcastic; I was trying to help. I would guess that a flat cable is already flat so you'll be hard pushed to make it flatter. However, unless there's a finite gap, your window won't close fully.