Roof Repair - Reinstall Dish

[AkaDoubleG]

With the new info from HipKat that DISH is moving to the Western Arc satellites, Should I request my new dish be pointed that way to eliminate a return call later or just leave it up to the installer ?

When I recently had my Dish moved from my roof to a pole mount I had asked the tech if he could put me on WA. I asked him if he had heard about the EA change and he had not but since I am in the Chicagoland area and I can be on EA or WA he was able to put me on the WA.

 

[charlesrshell]

How long is the pole for a pole mount? Does the technician use concrete? How deep is the cable buried?

 

[tjboston5676]

How long is the pole for a pole mount? Does the technician use concrete? How deep is the cable buried?

If done correctly it should be an 8ft pole with 3ft in the ground. However depending on terrain sometimes it's only possibly to get 18-24" in the ground. Then an anti spin device on the base of pole (I used to put 3 lag bolts in it). Then fill hole with concrete. Some installers may have expanding foam. But for the foam you are supposed to use am auger and the hole only 3-4" wide. Cable needs to be atleast 2" under. If you take your shovel and push into ground then pull down on handle just enough to lift the ground up, but not break through on the other side and repeat with some overlap, you can create a little trench you can slide the cable in. When your done you just stomp the ground back down and can barely tell you buried anything.

 

[charlesrshell]

If done correctly it should be an 8ft pole with 3ft in the ground. However depending on terrain sometimes it's only possibly to get 18-24" in the ground. Then an anti spin device on the base of pole (I used to put 3 lag bolts in it). Then fill hole with concrete. Some installers may have expanding foam. But for the foam you are supposed to use am auger and the hole only 3-4" wide. Cable needs to be atleast 2" under. If you take your shovel and push into ground then pull down on handle just enough to lift the ground up, but not break through on the other side and repeat with some overlap, you can create a little trench you can slide the cable in. When your done you just stomp the ground back down and can barely tell you buried anything.

Thanks tjboston5676

 

[HipKat]

If done correctly it should be an 8ft pole with 3ft in the ground. However depending on terrain sometimes it's only possibly to get 18-24" in the ground. Then an anti spin device on the base of pole (I used to put 3 lag bolts in it). Then fill hole with concrete. Some installers may have expanding foam. But for the foam you are supposed to use am auger and the hole only 3-4" wide. Cable needs to be atleast 2" under. If you take your shovel and push into ground then pull down on handle just enough to lift the ground up, but not break through on the other side and repeat with some overlap, you can create a little trench you can slide the cable in. When your done you just stomp the ground back down and can barely tell you buried anything.

Like this

 

[dishdude]

Then an anti spin device on the base of pole (I used to put 3 lag bolts in it). Then fill hole with concrete.

I used to take the foot off the J mount, put the pole through it and crank the thru bolt down as much as I could.