"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:29:21 -0000, "motzarella"
wrote:

Many thanks for all the advice.

I went for the suggested options of scratching the soft bronze coloured
washers (which i dont think were ever curved) and the faces they fit
against. I also squeesed the ' U ' shape holder with long handled
pliers.
It now at least holds up at an angle, but only just.

many thanks.

p.s. is it me, or are some people decidedly *strange* in these
newsgroups
?

Unfortunately they are perfectly normal (for them, that is).

d

Was it ever a 'fact' that the aerial needs to be at an angle? Was it
something to do with the polarization of the transmitter?