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Old 09-03-2008   #1
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My System: technomate 6900 hd darkbox rev 2007 104cm gibertini dish. moteck 2100a with diseqc 12
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hi guys how safes your dish do you think the bad weather in the next 2 days will move your dish
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Old 09-03-2008   #2
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We'll soon find out.

If members can drive their dishes so that they are side on to the wind, it should help a little.

Not much I can do with mine, it is quite exposed, but only 80cm, i'm expecting to have to sort out a few dishes and aerials next week, as it is bound to bring some down.
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Yes I have driven my dish parallel to the wall which is 23.5 East. There's not much you can do other than that. On the edge of village here with a field in front; the wind belts over.

I've often wondered about the wind hitting the dish and stripping the gearing in the motor (moteck)????

Still one good thing I suppose, as Rolf said, plenty of dish re-alignments and replacement aerials & masts to do next week.... when the wind stops of course.
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where would you recomend putting the dish side on to the wind from central england
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If you can just take it down for a week and then re-install it..... LOL you may laugh but I had thought of it, just the dish that is.

No, just position the dish where it's less prone to facing into the wind, trouble is the wind may change direction of course.
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mine's fastened to the garage wall sheltered quite well
a lot to be said about installation near the ground
but i live in quite an exposed area, if it were on the roof then i know it would effect it
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My 1.2m and 1.8m will be fine if a dish is installed correct and not by a cowboy installer or one of those nasty diseqc mounts,
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My 1.2m and 1.8m will be fine if a dish is installed correct and not by a cowboy installer or one of those nasty diseqc mounts,
yes i would agree with that as i have had enough hassle over the last few months and getting rid of it soon as
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