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01-03-2008
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I didn't hear about a gale earlier. Main dish is (almost) offline after two large gusts about an hour ago.all the dustbins in the road are on their sides, and half the fence at the bottom of the garden is down. Was there any warning on the news about this ?
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| Believe it when I see it Admin.  Join Date: 01-05-1999 Location: Southern England
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Blog Entries: 3 My System: Sky+, DB 7000s, Gemini 4.3 in flash, Var on USB stick. Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Unaohm EP313, Swires Annie 204 Spectrum, Rover ST-4 Spectrum. | I think they said it was going to be wet and windy, but can't remember hearing the word gales. Got a roof job this morning, so hoping that it quietens down.
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Blog Entries: 3 My System: Sky+, DB 7000s, Gemini 4.3 in flash, Var on USB stick. Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Unaohm EP313, Swires Annie 204 Spectrum, Rover ST-4 Spectrum. | LOL, looks like you've got a busy day then Chris.  Thought this was worth showing again, the sort of dramatic damage caused by the storms in Southern England. http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...ge-damage2-jpg 
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Looks like another massive insurance claim there Rolf, what is the compensation rate these days for picking something up off the floor Yes we had gale force winds and rain but as usual my dish survived.
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos I'm a lazy git. Porty dish face blew off the mount, not too pleased... The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | Even I've suffered some damage, but gales WERE forecast up here.... 
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02-03-2008
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My System: 90cm channel master, jaeger 1224 ,vantage x221tsci, skystar 2, diablo v2.3, setanta on 60cm minidish | mine is still working ok but has taken a battering by the wind in last 24 hours i wanting the wind to blow down some trees but never happens | ||
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos I'm a lazy git. Porty dish face blew off the mount, not too pleased... The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
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My System: 90cm channel master, jaeger 1224 ,vantage x221tsci, skystar 2, diablo v2.3, setanta on 60cm minidish | the wind was still bad up here through the night , the wall bracket was solid but dish looked like it was going to take off. i was amazed by how bad it was flexing the metal analoguesats dishes, i bet are still on the tyre mounts | ||
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos I'm a lazy git. Porty dish face blew off the mount, not too pleased... The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | More damage I just found this morning, the aerial's finally fallen down!!!  I've been up on the ladders, poking out through the skylight, and have retrieved the aerial before it had any damage done to it so I can re-use it until the mast and lashing are replaced... I took a few pics too, including one of the view I don't have...
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Blog Entries: 2 My System: Dm500, TM9100, Pace Sky+ box, 1M Dish. Motect 2100.. 43Inch Plasma, Wii, PS2. | We had gales... bloody dish mis-aligned.. fence panal gone into next door... shitty snow ... Least this time i learnt my lesson.. Last year my car got a bit damaged with flying fence panals.. it was that bad i had to get shut... this time.. the panals have steel supports forcing them the oposite way
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Had also lost my 28E feed to the 7020 as the lnb had worked loose and twisted around a little so thats been bolted down tighter & reinforced with garden wire again. 
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos I'm a lazy git. Porty dish face blew off the mount, not too pleased... The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
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04-03-2008
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos I'm a lazy git. Porty dish face blew off the mount, not too pleased... The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | Well, I braved going onto the roof, mainly to unwrap the coax so that I could get the aerial on a temporary mount indoors, I even stoof up to fiddle with the mast (it's boogered though!!!), thankfully I didn't need to change my underwear, but I was shaking for a while afterwards...
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