Re: Brother, have you been converted?

Jim Ellwanger wrote:
> 
> In article <lfos24h0mmamfavb1ukmq9qfn9sc7548oq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Les Albert <lalbert1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > The first dish TV reception I saw years ago was in a Radio Shack
> > store.  They had the dish sitting in the store window, and the
> > reception was excellent.  I was told that as long as a window is
> > facing in the correct direction, and there are no obstructions in the
> > path, you can keep a satellite TV dish inside the apartment, facing
> > out the window.
> 
> As I understand it, this won't work with certain types of glass.
> 
> The management of the apartment building where I live didn't want me
> putting a satellite dish on the balcony (and there would be a tree in
> the way anyway)...but they did let me put a dish on the roof as long as
> it wouldn't be attached to the building.  So the dish is attached to
> several concrete blocks that are sitting on the roof.  Somewhat
> surprisingly, it works fine, even in high winds.
> 

Nice! We used to do that on flat roofs when I worked for the
two-way radio service co. Three blocks, a tripod, short mast and
the ant. Some even managed to stay up in a tornado!