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Terry Casey[_2_]

In article , spam-no-
lid says...

Has anyone tried using a satellite dish low on the northeast side of a
flat?

Looking at some on-line alignment info, it looks as though for the
Freesat satellite the dish needs to point almost exactly parallel to
surface of the wall, which might attenuate the signal pretty badly
depending on things like possible refraction.

So long as it is parallel to or angled slightly away from the wall, you
shouldn't have a problem - the beam width is very narrow.

Do any of the satellites further east than the Astra 2 A-B-D also carry
Freesat signals? If so, the dish could be pointed further from the
wall.

No.

The point of this idea is to keep the dish off the roof and out of the
way of roof repairers, aerial installers, and the like.

Yes, dishes on rooves are not a good idea ...
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Terry