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I am trying to receive Mandarin language channels in the UK. In particular I would be very satisfied to receive just CCTV channels and Phoenix TV (PCNE Chinese). I discovered that CCTV and Phoenix are available on Freesat from Sky so I got that basic system installed and got the channels OK...

Can anyone help - is there a better sub-forum for this query and how do I cross-post it ? Thanks

Just so I'm very clear then : Dishpointer is giving the difference between the height of the land at the dish position and the height of the land at the obstacle ? And to find out whether or not an obstacle will obstruct line-of-sight, one then has to add the Dish height above ground level at...

I've tried Dishpointer, and I may not be using it correctly, but if I move the dish position from the apex of my house to the ground level in my garden or to the open street 20 metres or so further away from the trees, it continues to show precisely the same clearance height, which can't be...

Out of interest, what kind of fittings were used in this example ? and where was it fitted to ? I'll have had 1 years use so all is not lost, but do trees grow at the rate you indicate ? What is others experience ? It's just occurred to me that perhaps I should try a different tack of...

Thanks for the replies. So, is a 2.5 inch steel pole a bit of overkill ? Would it be safer in terms of failure of the pole ? But, what about its weight and stresses on the gable-end wall ? I'm guessing a 12 foot pole will be used, with about 6 foot above the apex, 2.5 foot from apex to top T...

There are dense tall trees on rising ground at the bottom of my garden which are in the line of sight for receiving freesat from sky. An independent installer has suggested that a pole on the gable-end of my house would need to protrude around 1.7m above the apex in order to get a decent...