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  • Satellite Installation - What do the pros here think of this?!

    From Java Jive@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 6 23:10:37 2022
    Doesn't look a very secure mounting to me ...

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R245TMY55W8USM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01IHUGLBG

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  • From Jeff Layman@21:1/5 to Java Jive on Sat May 7 07:58:09 2022
    On 06/05/2022 23:10, Java Jive wrote:
    Doesn't look a very secure mounting to me ...

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R245TMY55W8USM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01IHUGLBG

    Guess it depends on how strong the gable ends are! It would be better
    screwed to the brickwork.

    I saved and opened the images in a graphics viewer and magnified them.
    To me, the actual fixings didn't seem bad at all. Looked a bit like a
    mount for a large-screen TV. Only time and gale-force winds will tell
    how good it is.

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to Jeff Layman on Sat May 7 09:22:11 2022
    On 07/05/2022 07:58, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 06/05/2022 23:10, Java Jive wrote:
    Doesn't look a very secure mounting to me ...

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R245TMY55W8USM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01IHUGLBG


    Guess it depends on how strong the gable ends are! It would be better
    screwed to the brickwork.

    I saved and opened the images in a graphics viewer and magnified them.
    To me, the actual fixings didn't seem bad at all. Looked a bit like a
    mount for a large-screen TV. Only time and gale-force winds will tell
    how good it is.


    Possibly where his previous dish had been mounted? That black down-lead
    appears to have been partially painted white to match the building so it
    is not a new cable for this installation.

    However, it wouldn't have been my first choice of a fixing location.
    Possibly someone who thinks that a 2 metres higher will give better
    reception and not realising that the satellite is 40,000km away.

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  • From Martin@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat May 7 11:32:06 2022
    On Sat, 7 May 2022 09:22:11 +0100, alan_m <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 07/05/2022 07:58, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 06/05/2022 23:10, Java Jive wrote:
    Doesn't look a very secure mounting to me ...

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R245TMY55W8USM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01IHUGLBG


    Guess it depends on how strong the gable ends are! It would be better
    screwed to the brickwork.

    I saved and opened the images in a graphics viewer and magnified them.
    To me, the actual fixings didn't seem bad at all. Looked a bit like a
    mount for a large-screen TV. Only time and gale-force winds will tell
    how good it is.


    Possibly where his previous dish had been mounted? That black down-lead >appears to have been partially painted white to match the building so it
    is not a new cable for this installation.

    However, it wouldn't have been my first choice of a fixing location.
    Possibly someone who thinks that a 2 metres higher will give better
    reception and not realising that the satellite is 40,000km away.

    More likely because a tree grew and became in the way. We had our dish moved up three metres.
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    Martin in Zuid Holland

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