Hey guys!!
I have recently picked up a winegard 76cm dish and LNB along with a DG280B. Problem is the only place I can mount this beast is on my roof. I have no LOS to the arc from the ground at my place at all. I already have my subbed dish network 1000.2 on my chimney so this guy can't go there.
First, some background --
I painted some 2x4's with rustoleum hammered paint, found some roofing studs, drilled pilot holes and filled them with roof patch tar, and bolted 2 pieces of 2x4 (roughly 12 inches long) into 2 studs with 2 lagbolts. I'll refer to these as "mounting blocks" On top of these two mounts, I attached two 2x4's (18" long or so and 4" apart) with 2 lagbolts on each end to the mounting blocks.
I did this because I'm not sure if there will be dish upgrades in the future, and I'd prefer to mount to the roof ONE time, and have some easily replaceable structure for repeated mounting/removal.
Now the problem --
I had to replace the mounting pipe with a longer section to allow the dish to pivot and clear the peak of the roof section. I'm having a very difficult time getting the pole to stay perfectly vertical (wind, swaying, etc) and it's very difficult to peak when simply touching it knocks it out of vertical.
Does anyone have a recommendation on fabbing or buying pole supports for roof-mount installation? I don't have a measurement of the length of my vertical pole, but roughly how far up do the support struts need to connect to it to provide stability for a dish of this size?
What do you guys think of this: http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Products/S/SUPERDISH-SuperDMount-Universal-Dish-Roof.htm. The struts are sold alone for $19/set.
I have recently picked up a winegard 76cm dish and LNB along with a DG280B. Problem is the only place I can mount this beast is on my roof. I have no LOS to the arc from the ground at my place at all. I already have my subbed dish network 1000.2 on my chimney so this guy can't go there.
First, some background --
I painted some 2x4's with rustoleum hammered paint, found some roofing studs, drilled pilot holes and filled them with roof patch tar, and bolted 2 pieces of 2x4 (roughly 12 inches long) into 2 studs with 2 lagbolts. I'll refer to these as "mounting blocks" On top of these two mounts, I attached two 2x4's (18" long or so and 4" apart) with 2 lagbolts on each end to the mounting blocks.
I did this because I'm not sure if there will be dish upgrades in the future, and I'd prefer to mount to the roof ONE time, and have some easily replaceable structure for repeated mounting/removal.
Now the problem --
I had to replace the mounting pipe with a longer section to allow the dish to pivot and clear the peak of the roof section. I'm having a very difficult time getting the pole to stay perfectly vertical (wind, swaying, etc) and it's very difficult to peak when simply touching it knocks it out of vertical.
Does anyone have a recommendation on fabbing or buying pole supports for roof-mount installation? I don't have a measurement of the length of my vertical pole, but roughly how far up do the support struts need to connect to it to provide stability for a dish of this size?
What do you guys think of this: http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Products/S/SUPERDISH-SuperDMount-Universal-Dish-Roof.htm. The struts are sold alone for $19/set.