On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:25:36 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

BTW .... I did this once before when we had the house in Florida. I wanted
DirecTV service in a hanger that was quite a distance from the main house.
I bought a cheap, portable dish at Radio Shack, tie-rapped it to cement
blocks sitting on the ground behind the hanger and it worked great.

In one of our former apartments, the tenants wanted satellite, but I
wouldn't allow them to put the dishes on the roof.

So I found an old telephone pole, dug a hole, sunk the pole and the
tenants used that to mount the dishes.

Oddly enough, other's in that neighborhood started doing the same
thing. :)

But I have seen that cement block deal on other installations - it's a
pretty nifty solution.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:43:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

In one of our former apartments, the tenants wanted satellite, but I
wouldn't allow them to put the dishes on the roof.

So I found an old telephone pole, dug a hole, sunk the pole and the
tenants used that to mount the dishes.

Oddly enough, other's in that neighborhood started doing the same
thing. :)

But I have seen that cement block deal on other installations - it's a
pretty nifty solution.

As long as there is a clear view to the south western sky, you can
mount them just about anywhere.

Prices keep coming down on the servo aimed TracVision systems. I
picked one up from a discount dealer for about $1700 back in June. It
was a relatively easy install and works OK as we swing at anchor or
are underway.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:25:36 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

BTW .... I did this once before when we had the house in Florida. I
wanted
DirecTV service in a hanger that was quite a distance from the main house.
I bought a cheap, portable dish at Radio Shack, tie-rapped it to cement
blocks sitting on the ground behind the hanger and it worked great.

In one of our former apartments, the tenants wanted satellite, but I
wouldn't allow them to put the dishes on the roof.

So I found an old telephone pole, dug a hole, sunk the pole and the
tenants used that to mount the dishes.

Oddly enough, other's in that neighborhood started doing the same
thing. :)

But I have seen that cement block deal on other installations - it's a
pretty nifty solution.


My Dish Network dish is mounted with an under the eves mount. A J shaped
unit.