Balcony Install

[havanahjoe]

Hello,

There is an old thread describing the "perfect" balcony install. It uses a non pen mount and then mounts the original Directv AU9 base to the pole:

I can't post links to images yet, but the thread is located at:

directv-forum / 107400-perfect-slimline-apartment-balcony-install . html

I would like to do the same thing on my balcony, but I was unable to find today the hardware required to attach the antenna mount to the pole. I found some U bolts in Home Depot but they wouldn't have worked properly.

In the picture they are using another type of mounting hardware. I want to get these for my install, but I don't know what they are called or where to buy them. The people at Home Depot had no idea and showed me a bunch of stuff that was not what I needed.

I tried to reply to the original thread but it's too old now.

Thanks for the help

 

[raoul5788]

Hello,

There is an old thread describing the "perfect" balcony install. It uses a non pen mount and then mounts the original Directv AU9 base to the pole:

I can't post links to images yet, but the thread is located at:

directv-forum / 107400-perfect-slimline-apartment-balcony-install . html

I would like to do the same thing on my balcony, but I was unable to find today the hardware required to attach the antenna mount to the pole. I found some U bolts in Home Depot but they wouldn't have worked properly.

In the picture they are using another type of mounting hardware. I want to get these for my install, but I don't know what they are called or where to buy them. The people at Home Depot had no idea and showed me a bunch of stuff that was not what I needed.

I tried to reply to the original thread but it's too old now.

Thanks for the help

The antenna mount doesn't need ubolts. It slips over the pole and is held in place with a set screw.

 

[goober22]

Maybe this will work?

 

[singkwan2004]

Maybe this will work?

This will work, but my concern is, it is too far away from building and may not allow from building code.

 

[sddtvtech]

Maybe this will work?

holy crap how do you TUNE it in from that far away??? thats alot of holes to put in to support that too! judgin from all the other dishes installed there, they didnt NEED that long ass over doing ridiculous mount.


that first one is a non-pen mount and what they did was mounted the Mast to the pole using a U-bolt.

for the Off air antenna, they used a half of a cinder block and used wood and wedged it in to keep it from moving.

 

[goober22]

You all do know I wasn't serious, right?! Hence the added to the end!

Thant's the "redneck" way of doing it. Yes, I can say that as I am from NW Florida - the Redneck Riviera!

 

[DirectDishNet]

Maybe this will work?

hahaha!.... There is one apartment here in my area that has that pole extender...lol and someone painted a dish 500 like a stop sign on it.. I'll try to get a pic of it.