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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 1085183" data-attributes="member: 175144">Ha, I was right. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite62" alt=":-wow" title="Wow    :-wow" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-wow" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite63" alt=":-smallmam" title="Mamster Small    :-smallmam" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-smallmam" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite63" alt=":-smallmam" title="Mamster Small    :-smallmam" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-smallmam" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite63" alt=":-smallmam" title="Mamster Small    :-smallmam" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-smallmam" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite64" alt=":-mamster" title="Mamster    :-mamster" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-mamster" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite63" alt=":-smallmam" title="Mamster Small    :-smallmam" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-smallmam" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite63" alt=":-smallmam" title="Mamster Small    :-smallmam" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-smallmam" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite63" alt=":-smallmam" title="Mamster Small    :-smallmam" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-smallmam" />Pictures later this afternoon (it started raining a few minutes back) but the important parameter is not the elevation of the satellite, but the  of the reflecting part of the dish that can clear any obstacle in between.I have installed the Gibertini here, an old design of 1m, the elevation bracket design does not allow inversion, since the bolt grooves on the lower locking bolt allow about 40 degrees of movement, not the 55 that would normally be required to reverse it on the pole.  If the mechanism had been offset by about 20 degrees from dead vertical then it might be feasible.I have therefore propped the dish into the position to allow inverted reception, just clearing a shed opposite in the direction of Hotbird, and the measured difference in height to ensure the same signal is a little over 15.5 cms , or 6 inches in old money.I made an error in the first measurement by taking the lowest height at the top of the boom arm as well, the effective reflector surface is a good 2cms higher than this , though a little further forward, so I believe it can be dismissed.</blockquote>

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