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Best 1.2m Dish?
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<blockquote data-quote="hexah" data-source="post: 842290" data-attributes="member: 333852"><p>Lightness means it can be used as a tempory <strong>dx</strong> dish for something low on the horizon or behind something which the motorized dish can't see around. It could be left high up for the 'summer' part of the year when it is not windy and taken down so it doesn't get battered in the windy* season. I have spare mounting points and a patio mount for these purposes. Being lighter than solid dishes it it much easier to get it over your head and fiddle with it.</p><p></p><p>It is very easy to camouflage perforated 'mesh' dishes because the light shines through so it stands out less against the background (less of a contrast). One colour of Plasti-kote spray can have a better effect than a 3 or 4 colour pattern on a solid dish. If you spray a perforated dish green or chocolate brown and install it at or near ground level in the garden with plants and bushes around it people often walk by without even noticing it. If it is above the first storey of a house above the usual eye level people often fail to notice it if the colour matches the wall.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/topic/158382-lightweight-80cm-dish/#entry842120" target="_blank">http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/topic/158382-lightweight-80cm-dish/#entry842120</a></p><p></p><p>If you have the dish on a grey concrete wall in a big grey yard like a farmyard or an industrial estate you could spray it Plasti-kote Fluorescent Orange or Fluorescent Yellow, with white primer if it is an anthracite dish. That would brighten the yard up and make it less likely that some moron manages to drive their cab into it or hit it with something.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>*Bawbag <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16102566" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16102566</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hexah, post: 842290, member: 333852"] Lightness means it can be used as a tempory [B]dx[/B] dish for something low on the horizon or behind something which the motorized dish can't see around. It could be left high up for the 'summer' part of the year when it is not windy and taken down so it doesn't get battered in the windy* season. I have spare mounting points and a patio mount for these purposes. Being lighter than solid dishes it it much easier to get it over your head and fiddle with it. It is very easy to camouflage perforated 'mesh' dishes because the light shines through so it stands out less against the background (less of a contrast). One colour of Plasti-kote spray can have a better effect than a 3 or 4 colour pattern on a solid dish. If you spray a perforated dish green or chocolate brown and install it at or near ground level in the garden with plants and bushes around it people often walk by without even noticing it. If it is above the first storey of a house above the usual eye level people often fail to notice it if the colour matches the wall. [URL="http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/topic/158382-lightweight-80cm-dish/#entry842120"]http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/topic/158382-lightweight-80cm-dish/#entry842120[/URL] If you have the dish on a grey concrete wall in a big grey yard like a farmyard or an industrial estate you could spray it Plasti-kote Fluorescent Orange or Fluorescent Yellow, with white primer if it is an anthracite dish. That would brighten the yard up and make it less likely that some moron manages to drive their cab into it or hit it with something. *Bawbag [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16102566"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16102566[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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