Need a 2nd dish for local... but don't want to drill more holes.

[mcsj]

Will Winegard DS-1111 work for attaching the 2nd dish?

http://www.winegard.com/offair/combomounts.htm

 

[DIGITAL~DAN]

IT should work fine as long as you can get it level!..........DIGITAL~DAN

 

[boba]

Becareful of adding additional wind load to your existing mount, saving the additional holes could result in a larger opening. The longer pipe is a lever with a dish mounted on top of it.

 

[Mike500]

This mount is for small antennas with a small sail area. A dish with a large surface area would be chancy due to increased wind load.

If your dish mounting foot was not attached correctly to solid wood with the correct screws, it would be a lot worse. Many installers use lag screws with a portion with a smooth shank. This would only spin if applied to thin sheathing. Since there are no threads in that area, the lag screws provide very little holding power.

The antenna mount industry and the garage door mount and opener industry has long ago adopted fully threaded, hex head drive hardened sheet metal screws. The dbs install industry still specifies and used cheap low strength lag screws not fully threaded along their entire length.

 

[Neutron]

You could always get the mount that uses two cinder blocks to provide a base. It sits on your roof or patio and makes it to where you won't have to drill any more holes. Value Electronics carries it.

http://www.valueelectronics.com/accessories.htm

 

[rad]

Or just sink a pole in the ground and ground mount it and forget the roof completly.

 

[mcsj]

Thanks for suggestions.
I had my first dish installed on the rail of my deck, so probably I will get one of those "Non-Penetrating Roof Mount" and sit the second dish on the deck.