This is my motorised satellite dish

[pedro_uk]

Been a member for over 2 years & this is my first post SORRY but i had a lot of reading to do first to get it right lol.

So This is my satellite dish all set for winter,

After the installer finished putting the dish up & lined every thing up (photos 1 & 2),

I thought i would tidy the cables up a bit & add a bit more strength to it
as me being a fisherman i no what damage wind can do lol

So i added another K bracket (photo 3) to make the whole setup stronger as it looked a bit week lol &
with it being on 24" T&K brackets there was still a bit of movement on the dish on a windy day
so i decided to add 4 wire Strainers/tensioners to scaffolding pole & also end caps to the scaffolding poll to stop the whistling
(photos 3 & 4) i think it should get through winter OK now lol,
I no its i bit over kill but when you are stuck out at sea in a Gail force 9 or 10 all i could think about is where the dish would end up lol.

 

[Llew]

Belt and braces, eh?

Would've thought those brackets would have been enough for that dish.

 

[Terryl]

A very nice job Pedro, I don't think that's going anywhere soon.

A tad bit close to the gutter, but if it's not in the range of vision for the dish looking at birds in that direction then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[Lazarus]

Nice job - with some enterprising "scaffolding"!

 

[satelliteman]

Great job there.

Nice idea of adding another K bracket. Wouldn't of lasted long with the T bracket, especially close to the top course.