This was a simple
project- install a satellite dish so the direcTivo works. Placement was the issue- the dish needs a clear view of the South Western sky, so that limited us to the roof of the house or the front yard... since putting it on the roof seemed like putting a lightning rod on the roof, we opted for the front yard... |
All we had to do was
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The crew- hard at work or hardly workin? |
Finished interface with the house, all caulked and ready for winter... |
4 weeks later. The grass has grown back over and you can hardly tell what we did..! |
DirecTv problems fixed. We were having massive "rain-fade" problems (like whenever we had heavy cloud cover, we'd lose some or all signal..) So we went for the bigger hammer approach, and replaced our 18 x 24 oval dish with a 30" round dish; signal strength went from 68% to 98% -- and our "rain-fade" problems disappeared! |
How to point a satellite dish. To make this a one-man job, you have to drag the receiver and TV into the front yard. Then you move the dish around until you find the satellite... easy! |