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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1080588" data-attributes="member: 176704">[USER=414470]@Red alert[/USER]You said that the pole needs to be at least 2.2m high (from the ground) - have you taken into account the declination angle  (around approx +23deg to the actual "beam" in most of the UK) inherent in an off-set dish as that might mean that it might not need to be "that tall" (as "evidenced" by the height of the off-set dishes shown in my "We see no dishes!" thread)?PS: the poles for my Gibby and TD110 are 2"/50mm scaffolding poles, and even they bent slightly under the weights of those dishes & motors, and then "swayed slightly" in strong winds due to the wind-loading on the dish faces - and thus the bracing bars just below the motors to the fence and garage.</blockquote>