Does anyone know a way to make a coaxial sattelite feed wireless?

[maximus]

I am a student in Illinois and own a hughes dish and enjoy directv in my campus appartment here. Recently, my school told me that the dish was not pretty and could not hang out my window. I am now considering attaching the dish to my car if i can. The only problem is that there would be coaxial cable running out to my car. Is there a way to wirelessly send the signal to a receiver in my appartment. And yes i am that desparate because i need to watch the simpson's and we aren't even allowed to have antennas for our tvs. These are desperate times and I must employ desperate measures. Any ideas about other ways people have hooked up their dishes or how i could get wireless coaxial would be great. Thanks

 

[Joony]

you can put the reciever in your car and get a wireless AV transmitter with RCA inputs...

 

[dman]

They sell wireless transmitters but they are not designed to transmit the raw digital signal, just the converted output from the receiver. You'd also need a receiver to get the signal from the dish, so, where would you put that? Have you tried mounting the satellite inside the room, sometimes you can still get a signal through the window.

BTW, there are laws and FCC rules governing the use of antennaes. Just because it's not pretty is not justification to make you take it down. However, they can use other excuses like no drilling holes in the wall, etc. If you've rigged up some kind of temporary mount, I suspect you might be OK.

FCC Fact Sheet



<< Q: If I live in a condominium or an apartment building, does this rule apply to me?

A: The rule applies to antenna users who live in a multiple dwelling unit building, such as a condominium or apartment building, if the antenna user has an exclusive use area in which to install the antenna. "Exclusive use" means an area of the property that only you, and persons you permit, may enter and use to the exclusion of other residents. For example, your condominium or apartment may include a balcony, terrace, deck or patio that only you can use, and the rule applies to these areas. The rule does not apply to common areas, such as the roof, the hallways, the walkways or the exterior walls of a condominium or apartment building. Restrictions on antennas installed in these common areas are not covered by the Commission's rule. For example, the rule would not apply to prohibit restrictions that prevent drilling through the exterior wall of a condominium or rental unit.

Q: Does the rule apply to condominiums or apartment buildings if the antenna is installed so that it hangs over or protrudes beyond the balcony railing or patio wall?

A: No. The rule does not prohibit restrictions on antennas installed beyond the balcony or patio of a condominium or apartment unit if such installation is in, on, or over a common area. An antenna that extends out beyond the balcony or patio is usually considered to be in a common area that is not within the scope of the rule. Therefore, the rule does not apply to a condominium or rental apartment unit unless the antenna is installed wholly within the exclusive use area, such as the balcony or patio >>

 

[royaldank]

You seriously want to mount a dish on your car?

Do you drive the car? Wouldn't alignment be a b!tch each time you run to Walmart?

Best of luck if you attempt this.

I know Walmart sells a remote extender that works off radio signals for $30 or so. Thus, you could put the reciever in your car and still control it. But, you'd need some power.

 

[hungrypete]

how about something like this? still gonna need AC power

 

[royaldank]

<< Q: If I live in a condominium or an apartment building, does this rule apply to me?

A: The rule applies to antenna users who live in a multiple dwelling unit building, such as a condominium or apartment building, if the antenna user has an exclusive use area in which to install the antenna. "Exclusive use" means an area of the property that only you, and persons... >>



Good stuff there. Had a buddy that moved in somewhere and put up a dish. They called and told him it wasn't allowed. He ignored it. They called back and threaten to revoke his lease. He called them back and informed them that they cannot make him take it down, citing the above rules.

Needless to say, after that, his maintence requests were generally ignored...or fixed the following week or later.

 

[maximus]

okay i just got back from best buy. however i wasn't aware that i needed some sort of ac adapter and not battery power.

dmann666 - i love those laws except my school said they didn't apply to a residence owned by the college. could it be that way because of it's a private school?

royaldank - i wouldn't actually be mounting this on my car, it would probably rest inside somehow

just to clarify, the way we had it set up was that it wasn't attached to anything, it was simply hanging out the window, so there was no physical ateration of the building. that's why it pisses me off so much that the school says we still can't have the dishes.

 

[dman]

I'm not sure if schools can get around the ruling or not. It certainly doesn't mention an exclusion for government housing/schools. But, do note: An antenna that extends out beyond the balcony or patio is usually considered to be in a common area that is not within the scope of the rule.. So, you can't use this rule for a dish outside your window because that is a common area.

 

[maximus]

so you're saying that even though it rests in the window, if it hangs out past the line of the window, it is common area? i suppose so, but I can't believe that the school would be worried about my dish falling 4 feet onto some community wood chips