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Isn't there a chance of damage in windy conditions, due to a satellite dish having more solid area for the wind to push against?

Bertie.

I sometimes remove the jockey wheel and place an aluminium pole in the clamp

john , that must be a "laid back" site to allow two awnings , or do you have to book 2 pitches ,

stu

 I have a house aerial mounted on a mast on jockey wheel, because the mast is 4 or 5 sections of poles there is a bit of play and top heavy with weight of aerial but top pole has holes in it and you can put a guy rope through it and peg the 2 ends of guy rope to ground to make it stable.

http://www.gradeuk.co.uk/products/accessories/masts.asp

Hi

I've been experimenting with a sky mini dish on a fibreglass pole attached to the caravan.

Mounting the dish on the pole is no problem provided you've got the correct minidish (the cheaper ones on e-bay are not for pole mounting, but wall mounting).

The problem I've had (haven't got it definitely sorted yet - next trip out in June) is that the wind will turn the pole and of course you lose the signal.

My pole is in 3 parts. I have a base which I can peg to the ground with tent pegs so that doesn't move. The problem is with the other connections. I am thinking of drilling through the pole joints so I can put a thin bolt  (or similar) through. I don't want to use metal though as it's close to the caravan. 

Any suggestions?

Apart from fairly gusty winds it works fine.

Regards

Tyreman

Stu we go there every year

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3638

Its in Brittany and the pitches are quite big

Its a porch awning on the right and a Fiamma canopy with sides on the left

Thats like the one in Cheshire

Jodrell Bank

The joke when it was built was that they couldn't get labourers as they didn't fancy filling the mixer 

The 76m Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank