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Message: <blockquote data-quote="femto" data-source="post: 281238" data-attributes="member: 198355">I'm just about to put a 1m Gibbi up with a polar mount and 12 inch jack. At the moment I've got a K bracket and a T bracket already bolted to the wall with M10 rawlbolts. My idea was to use the pole that I used for my ham radio antennae (vertical white-stick and 3 element horizontal beam for 50MHz, sitting on a hefty Yaesu rotator). I can vouch for the strength of the mountings as they've gone through the last two winters and not budged at all, though I know that a dish has far more sail area than even that ham radio beam did.The K bracket is on the top, about two thirds of the way up the wall, about 12 feet up and the T bracket is about 6 feet off the ground.The pole, which is a thick-walled 2 inch steel pole, reaches about 3 feet over the gutter (north-facing wall) when standing on the ground. This will mean that the brackets don't have to support the weight of the pole or the dish - just the forces applied by wind. If I add another K bracket nearer the top, would this be the best thing to do?Thanks! <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" />Edt:  Here are some pictures of what I am using now and the beginnings of my upgrade...Picture 1: My ex-Sky Analogue dish, pointing at Hotbird 13E on my super-hi-tech patio mount.Picture 2: The easterly view.Picture 3: Some lovely trees which may hinder my 36E reception - we'll see though...Picture 4: The view towards the Astra 1 area.   The rest of the horizon is about as clear.  My only obstacles seem to be those two trees but the evergreen ones are a good 40 metres away and the bigger ones about twice as far.I've also included some pics of my brackets.  Any comments as to their suitability will be useful, bearing in mind what I mention above about the pole standing on the ground...Thanks! <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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