SatPlus Chair - For those who want Satellite.. but building regs wont allow...

[guyver01]

http://www.sateuropa.co.uk/product_overview.asp?prod=SatPlus-Sat-Chair&id=2769&catid=12&subcat=2

Want to install a satellite dish at your home but can't due to a building regulation or uncooperative landlord? Hiding an in-built dish and LNB, the SatPlus Sat Chair will let you pull in those satellite signals and the landlord will be none the wiser. The chair can be installed on a terrace, balcony or anywhere else you want to install a satellite dish without breaking any rules - although it might look out of place on the roof.

SatPlus says the 5 kg (11 lb) chair acts as the equivalent of a 60 cm (23.6 in) dish and can be installed on uneven ground as the feet of the chair are also adjustable. The chair is geared specifically towards those who live in apartment buildings where residents are not allowed to install their own dish, or renters whose landlords won't give the green light for installing one. Just don't sit on it when someone wants to watch TV.

 

[eelw]

But how would you explain the cable running from it?

 

[Fatdog]

But how would you explain the cable running from it?

Butt warmer.

 

[Ichinisan]

Probably doesn't work as well. No parabola reflector or collector? Looks like a directional antenna to me.

 

[Anubis]

didnt the gov pass a law saying that landlords couldent stop you from putting up a sat dish

 

[lokiju]

"why is this chair on the roof?"

"um, I'm working on my tan, I swear!"

If you can put it in your porch and get signal no place will care with a dish. They don't like them because they're often outside of the place you're renting like a common grass area with a pole or mounted to a exterior wall or roof. In those cases a chair sitting in the same spot would likely be just as unwelcome IMO.

 

[Drako]

didnt the gov pass a law saying that landlords couldent stop you from putting up a sat dish

LOL, what?

 

[IronWing]

If you're that hard up for TV, your life sucks.

 

[IronWing]

LOL, what?

The feds did pass such a law concerning cell towers and zoning laws but I doubt it extends to sat dishes or renters.

 

[Anubis]

LOL, what?

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-air-reception-devices-rule

 

[olds]

...but building regs wont allow...
Is that even legal?

 

[guyver01]

The feds did pass such a law concerning cell towers and zoning laws but I doubt it extends to sat dishes or renters.

http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/satellite.html

CanI place my satellite dish anywhere on my property?
In general, a satellite dish that is 1 meter (39.37 inches) or less may be installed on an area that you own or where you have exclusive use. There are some restrictions that apply

 

[IronWing]

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-air-reception-devices-rule

I've been corrected.

 

[guyver01]

...but building regs wont allow...
Is that even legal?

yes.

If you're not authorized to mount the dish on the roof or the side of the building, try your patio or balcony. Just make sure you have a clear view of the southern sky.

Your system installation may require structural modifications that may be limited or restricted by the terms of your lease, rental agreement, or covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs).

my lease doesn't allow us to mount anything on the exterior of the building... so we're left with TriPod mounts on the balcony.

i dont like how big they are.. this would be awesome.

 

[Drako]

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-air-reception-devices-rule

Does this apply to UK, where the chair is sold?

 

[IronWing]

Does this apply to UK, where the chair is sold?

Yes. It's part of the NATO treaty. Mutual defense and mutual access to 600 channels.

 

[Drako]

Yes. It's part of the NATO treaty. Mutual defense and mutual access to 600 channels.

LOL

 

[The Boston Dangler]

yeah, if i were a landlord and tenants ask if they can drill holes in my property, the answer is 100% "no".

 

[Zedtom]

The military erects fiberglass shells over their satellite dishes to conceal them. Why couldn't they design a cover for a portable dish that you could put on your deck that look like a beach ball or dog house?

 

[dmcowen674]

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-air-reception-devices-rule

I am in an apartment complex now where you cannot put up a sat dish if you are on the ground floor or north side.

Only people on the south side and on 2nd and 3rd floors can have sat dishes.

 

[jessieqwert]

I've been corrected.

Americans have to have their TV. It's a constitutional right!

 

[Mark R]

I am in an apartment complex now where you cannot put up a sat dish if you are on the ground floor or north side.

Only people on the south side and on 2nd and 3rd floors can have sat dishes.

That's mainly a technical problem - no a planning one. Satellite dishes won't work on the North side (they need to directed to point South), or reliably at ground level (as the line-of-sight to the satellite is likely to be impinged upon by adjacent buildings, or frequently obscured by passing traffic).

 

[Leros]

I've seen apartments with dishes screwed up to the roof above units. I've also seen apartments with dishes on stands on the balcony.

 

[Newbian]

Also don't the main suppliers of it here, dish & directv , have you use their own dishes so doubt this would work that well.

 

[911paramedic]

The military erects fiberglass shells over their satellite dishes to conceal them. Why couldn't they design a cover for a portable dish that you could put on your deck that look like a beach ball or dog house?

http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/paintingdishes.html



EDIT: http://www.dishcamo.com/dishcamo.htm I love the one that looks like a table umbrella! (why not a chimney?)