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How To Start A Free To Air Satellite Business

Step 1 To Install Free To Air Satellite Dishes For A Living

Learn all you can about FTA before considering starting an installation business. You can get a job installing FTA or free to air satellite dishes by starting your own business in your community, but you need to be knowledgeable so as to pass on information to your customers about this little known technology. Not many Americans know about free to air satellite dishes but they are very common throughout the rest of the world.

While they offer dozens of free, unencrypted satellite channels broadcasting in English, there are scores of foreign language channels broadcasting in Arabic, Farsi, Korean, Spanish and more. Installing a free to air FTA satellite dish is relatively easy but does require both handyman and electronic skills. You will need a van or truck and whatever local licenses may be necessary to operate as a home handyman. You should also purchase liability insurance, though this can be expensive.

Step 2 In Starting a Free To Air Satellite Business

Purchase your own dish and receiver and become familiar with how to set up and tune the system before becoming a free to air dish installer. FTA dishes are slightly larger than regular satellite dishes, about thirty inches across, and are usually mounted on a pole that is cemented in place in the yard. You'll need a good toolkit that includes both electronic testing equipment such as a multimeter, satellite tuning meter, and a good assortment of regular tools. Once you have installed your own system you can get an idea of how much labor and material are involved and how to bid jobs.

The cost of a free to air or FTA receiver is around $300 and materials to install the dish, such as a couple bags of cement, mounting pole, direct bury PVC pipe, cable, clips, sealant, etc, can run around $200. You'll need to price the free to air satellite installation so as to be affordable, but also compensate for your labor and transportation costs.
 

Step 3 To Become a FTA Satellite Dish Installer

When starting your free to air satellite installation company first network with all types of groups in your area for potential FTA customers. When starting your own FTA satellite installation business you will want to make contacts with various immigrant groups in your city that desire free programming from their home countries.

Sources can include various ethnic community organizations and by advertising in local publications that target such groups. You might also consider setting up a demonstration FTA dish at a local fair or flea market. You'll find that potential customers come from many demographics. Since there are dozens of free Christian broadcasting networks on free to air or FTA TV, networking through churches can bring you another potential group of customers.
 

Step 4 To Profit From Installing Free To Air Satellite Dish Systems

Explain in detail how an FTA dish works. One thing you must make clear to your customers, when starting your own business in the job of FTA satellite dish installer, is that the customer is dealing directly with you, not a satellite company. Once you install the free to air dish you can agree to provide a couple of months of support for free, but then they must understand that you will charge for further service calls Additionally, the customer must understand that free to air or FTA satellite channels are subject to change without notice, as new channels are added and others become scrambled or disappear.

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