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Sounds good but those aren't Dish Authorized installs. They want connections on or in the house near a ground point

I read that. With my house there isn't a place to ground the wire at the point of entry. Grounding it to the satellite ground was bad and caused the ground loop hum. Grounding it in the house where it comes into the closet using the panels green screw results in no hum.

Satellite and TV antenna grounding is usually done at the point of cable entry into the house. You should NEVER use some other device's ground but instead, make an independent run to an established "bonding point". The ground in the case of satellite dishes and TV antennas is mostly about...

You do not want your antennas or satellite dishes left ungrounded. NEC code requires that all antennas/satellite dishes be grounded. If you are experiencing hum then it is because of an improper grounding setup. Despite what some 'professional' installers do they are in actuality going against...

A ground loop is just that, a loop. The correct way to ground a DirecTV dish is to run a single ground to the electric system ground that is connected to the main electrical panel. That is what the National Electric Code requires for an outside antenna. That is what the ground wire on the...

In my original DTV install, I noticed the coax and the dish weren't grounded. My roof at the time had nowhere really to ground it to. It's a flat roof - house was built a couple years ago. At that time, I was canceling directv and I put up a Televes antenna. I added grounding to the mast and...

I've considered the limited signals and other points you made. Maybe get something else? If so, definitely a similar unit. The V8 Satfinder 2 seems too cheap, but maybe? It's not like I have to get a new digital tuner, it's just a luxury. Less leg work. In the past I was satisfied using my...

Hopefully you can map out another spot where it can receive signal. If you have not done so already, try www.dishpointer.com - just enter the exact latitude and longitude where you want to put the dish then select the satellite you want to 'see' and a green line will appear. Zoom in, look along...

Hi I had decided to connect the meter and try to get a signal while the dish was on the ground and it worked. I put my dish on the pole and it seems like a bearing mango tree I have is in the way. I plan on putting in another pole.

I must say I find it a bit funny, or maybe ironic, that a ham radio operator would be posting this, given that many hams have held similar attitudes toward non-hams that dabbled in any kind of technology. I am old enough to remember how contemptuously some hams viewed CB radio operators back in...

Still doesn't mean it would pass the QC testing done on an installation ... Fwiw, there are techs that are better than others that may have found your location, many look at the over all and say, they can't get a signal with a passing QC test and move on ...

I really didn't mean or expect my post to provoke any controversy, and as I said, I don't feel like arguing about it. I think you're looking at it from a tech's perspective, but you're totally skipping over much of what I'm saying. You are again saying all sorts of things that would be knowledge...

Already installed. We tried through DTV - the installer was ill-prepared - did not have tall enough ladder, did not know how to deal with asbestos siding, did not have a plan for dealing with trees, did not have pole mounts or want to use the ones I provided, etc. Dealing with DTV was...

Being a home theater, corporate A/V, mobile, or marine installer is a lot harder than it used to be. Friends, I go back a little while and when I did a lot of stuff out in the field it was a lot easier to make money. Why? Because it really took an expert to do this stuff. Whether it was just...

Well this is certainly interesting to learn! In my case, I think I have more chances of a tree falling on my dish then high speed winds twisting it...

Sat can croak right along with cable as far as I'm concerned (maybe faster, without robust broadband attached to it). It started out as a primo, desirable service at a great price but was quickly run into the ground by its lack of quality servicing and rate hikes, with Charlie having said it was...

Rain fade. If you listen to cable company commercials, you would think this is a massive problem. They’ll tell you that every time the skies turn grey, the satellite reception will stop. They’ll make you feel like a sap for even considering satellite TV. The problem is, they’re just flat out...

A bonding wire has already been run to this dish waiting for the new rod to be driven into the ground at the dish. It runs from a sub-panel at the back of the house that branches off of the main panel. A certified electrician has checked all this and signed off on everything. I have to take...

IF you pound a new ground rod into the ground by the dish, it MUST be bonded to your house ground rod by your power panel per NEC code. Otherwise it's almost guaranteed to cause problems due to two different ground potentials at each rod.

Throw a couple pails of water on it, and test out that theory...

I never connect or disconnect anything without powering them down first. Even the HDMI cable. I also checked output voltage from the receiver to the LNBF. Everything normal there and from the wall wart supplying power to the receiver. I have a 30 amp, filtered and regulated power supply for my...

I don't have numbers, but this is what I remember: - the entire reflector is a bit too heavy for one guy to carry (plus it's big and awkward). - Each quarter pannel is easy to lift, but still a bit bulky and awkward to carry. - there's a round reinforcement tube that makes a circle of around 7ft...

Ideally you can stand on the roof to dismantle rather than use ladders. I would loosen the bolts so you can spin it on the pole to a good position to work. I would first unbolt the actuator from the mount so it will hang on the dish. This will prevent you poking a hole in the mesh if the dish...

Do you know roughly how heavy the dish is? I’m a bit concerned how high it’s mounted but if it’s not that heavy then shouldn't be an issue.

$45 is an awesome price! I would suggest you take it down, possibly with assistance from the seller, but that you lead the effort. Those things need to be taken down carefully... I've read too many stories of people like us who were so happy to have found a nice dish in great shape, only to go...