The Sky chap has been and has reconfirmed that the Digibox is working just fine.
He climbed the ladder onto the roof and confirmed that the satellite dish is working just fine.
The problem is, it is pointing straight at the boom of the crane. Only one thing separates my satellite dish from the Astra satellite positioned above Congo - that concrete weight that stabilizes the crane.
The dish and boom are circled
The Sky engineer, who used to be a crane operator, said I should ask them to park it East-West rather than North-South. He further said that it shouldn't be parked in a constant position, anyway, it should be able to weathervane, rather than resisting the wind, I should ask to park it so that I can get a signal. However, we both witnessed that the site was deserted at 4.45
I got onto the Project Manager, only he said the site has been divided in two and he is no longer responsible for the red crane. He said someone would be there until five. I wasn't sure whether I should have told him his boys had a POETSday. If the red-crane site is working tomorrow, we can try asking them. If not then there is no chance of the Flying Dutchman live from Cardiff tomorrow. Or the other Flying Dutchman (van Nistelrooy...okay, I had to try...) live from Cardiff on Sunday afternoon. The rugby's on terrestrial, but we get a shit terrestrial signal anyway. and someone is going to have to crawl around the floor to get it to work, even in a shit way. Assuming that the crane isn't directly between us and Crystal Palace. sigh
If I'm this pissed off at missing Brynny on the telly, can you imagine how I would be if it were Gerry or Pláci...
I feel so impotent, so angry and so stressed.
Oh, and this is the view from my front path. This is all a consequence of a V1 (Doodlebug) landing rather inconsiderately on my doorstep in 1944...
