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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 1085270" data-attributes="member: 175144">Apologies, I thought picture 3 showed the dish, but it doesn't (not fully anyway)On this Giberitni (a 1m in width, but not the usual affair) the dish height is 1.15m with the centre of the back plate offset approximately 45/60 cms to the reflector. The five bolt hole plate sits the dish much further forward than most I have used, in particular the Triax design you put on the test bench. This might also explain why it - looks as though - it would fit on the HtoH inverted, though I have not checked.Commerical dishes such as the Prodelin , and I assume the Channel Master invert the reflector only to allow it to clear the post at low elevation angles retaining a similar loading on the king post, which is not apparent on the domestic dish designs, possibly because they are lighter materials and don't require the survivability guaranteesCertainly I would be hesitant to put in a Gibertini in a coastal environment, even this monster, regardless of the claims by the 'official' Gibertini dealer.I will get some better pictures of the system in the next couple of days, tomorrow and wednesday are somewhat busy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 1085270, member: 175144"] Apologies, I thought picture 3 showed the dish, but it doesn't (not fully anyway) On this Giberitni (a 1m in width, but not the usual affair) the dish height is 1.15m with the centre of the back plate offset approximately 45/60 cms to the reflector. The five bolt hole plate sits the dish much further forward than most I have used, in particular the Triax design you put on the test bench. This might also explain why it - looks as though - it would fit on the HtoH inverted, though I have not checked. Commerical dishes such as the Prodelin , and I assume the Channel Master invert the reflector only to allow it to clear the post at low elevation angles retaining a similar loading on the king post, which is not apparent on the domestic dish designs, possibly because they are lighter materials and don't require the survivability guarantees Certainly I would be hesitant to put in a Gibertini in a coastal environment, even this monster, regardless of the claims by the 'official' Gibertini dealer. I will get some better pictures of the system in the next couple of days, tomorrow and wednesday are somewhat busy. [/QUOTE]

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