Deck mounting 8ft dish?

[mr3p]

Looking for recommendations on how to best deck mount an 8ft dish? There must be some sort of non-penetrating deck roof mount for a dishes that size as I see them on the roof of several buildings here is LA

 

[FaT Air]

Baird NPRM, (where the commercial installs probably got theirs) Don't know of any others that will suffice for an 8 ft. Seems all the FTA retailers have them for up to 1.2m dishes, but not larger. Might get inspired and break out the welder and torch and make one?

 

[Mauiguy]

Looking for recommendations on how to best deck mount an 8ft dish? There must be some sort of non-penetrating deck roof mount for a dishes that size as I see them on the roof of several buildings here is LA

Skyvision has them for only 1500.00

Making one for your dish might be the most economical way to go.

 

[SatelliteAV]

This is a NPRM for a 7.5' Sami on the satellite AV roof. Hired a local fabricator to construct for approx. $600 including materials. My staff wasn't too happy when the lift came up 15' short and they had to rope up the un-assembled mount and ballast.

You should keep a lookout for any abandoned 1.8M dish on an auto dealership. Typically they are mounted on a NPRM and the mount is worth more than the dish!

 

[mikekohl]

It would help your search to know the outside diameter of the mast pipe required.

 

[Baird Mounts]

For a 2.4 I'm guessing 6 5/8...

With a Baird Dish you get a custom ballast calculation and our 10 year warranty.

The last thing you want is your 2.4 dish sailing of your deck.