clayface1000 said:Pro96, thanks again for PM'ing me with the info for buying a 90 cm dish in Los Angeles. I never heard from the first guy you recommended, but I had a nice chat with one of your folks in Glendale, and I'll be swinging on by this weekend to pick one up.
Question -- can I just mount the dish on a wall like I would a normal Dish500 (20 inch)? I'm concerned about the weight. I thought about mounting the dish to a piece of 2'x3' pressboard and weighing it down with cement blocks on my flat condo roof. Do you think that would work? This is not the ideal situation for me, as anybody who feels like it could conceivably muck with my installation (nothat they couldn't even with a wall-mounted install).
Do you have any general opinions as to the best/easiest way to do this without possibly destroying common property?
Lastly, are you still receiving a decent signal on CTVHD-E & W and SN-HD? I just wanted to make sure that this effort is still worth my while...
Thanks!
Yes it can be wall mountable as long as you use the right hardware, like anchors.
As fas as viewing the low power channels, still working fine except when it rains like it has the last couple of days.. then it looses the signal.
90cm dish is great, but if you have the option for a larger one like 100cm or even 120cm (1.2m) then I would go that route. Im sure you have heard that "the bigger the better"
I like what I get with the 90cm, but if Bell does not add more power to those few transponders that I bearly get a viewing signal then 90cm will just not be enough year round.
I have both 100cm and 120cm available but just have not found the time and weather to test em yet. Plus im searching for proper mount for my 100cm dish as we speak.
So, go bigger if you can. Especially if you are a home owner.