> Trees are mostly transparent to radio waves, in the same way that
> clouds are transparent to infrared. To me, the obvious place to
> put one of those little dishes is under the roof...

MY> One problem with under the roof is colourbond (etc) or tiles
MY> with insulation metal foil block the signals. 

 Obviously you can be unlucky, but most pointed roofs have a blank
end and even with a flat roof, a little dish only needs a free 300mm
to point it.

Regards,
Bob

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