Bracket and Pole Query

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My Satellite Setup
Sky Q, GigaBlue UE 4K, Zone 1 28.2e, Zone 1 30W. Kathrein 1m 5W - 23E
My Location
Midlands
I have a Zone 1 dish on the bracket below (pic in next post) that was installed by Sky. It is 12' x 18" and 3mm thickness.

The dish currently sits about 80cm above the top of the bracket on a 1.25" pole that is 1mm thick. It is on a single story extension, with the dish above the gutter.

I am thinking of upgrading the dish to a Zone 2 (or maybe even a round dish). Would such a bracket and pole be suitable, or should I upgrade them too? I have had a look on the aerials and tv website, and as expected, this pole does seem to bend fairly easily. I have a scaffold pole that I could attach and use a pole-to-pole clamp to mount a Zone 2 dish. But I am unsure whether the current bracket (fitted with coach screws) would be able to handle a scaffold pole plus dish.

Thanks
 
Those brackets are actually very solid. The issue is normally the distances between each of the two coachbolts and if they are in brickwork or the mortar.

I doubt you will have an issue upgrading to a larger size Sky dish but you could add a second bracket underneath if you are concerned about high winds.
 
The zone 2 dish clamp to my knowledge won't go onto a 2 inch pole.
 
I have a Zone 2 on a cheap aluminium pole about 70cm above the bracket. It jiggles a bit in strong winds but survived storm Arwen without issue.
 
Going off on a tangent, what is the perceived need to change the status quo (other vintage rockers are available)?
 
Lazarus said:
Going off on a tangent, what is the perceived need to change the status quo (other vintage rockers are available)?
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I’m going to swap the lnb on the current dish for a Unicable.

If the signal loss from the splitters and using a round lnb on an elliptical dish causes any picture issues, then I might upgrade the dish to a Zone 2 (or possibly a round dish).
 
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