Recent content by drew68

Jimbo, our current set up is about 20ft from the house. However the nature of our LOS precludes this spot from working with HD. There is a small dent in the tree line from our driveway. The dish to the west(?) is a few degrees outside of that dent. I think I need dishpointer to see how close we are.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to take a look for myself. Maybe there's a LOS somewhere. It would have to be from a tree. The ground is definitely not going to work. An aside: Our trees are about as stable as they get, they're monsters. Some are upwards of 12ft in circumference. And of...

hmmm Just to set the scene: we don't have a few trees. We have a forest. Behind one tree is sixty more trees, and so on. The spot for our house is carved out of the forest. Kind of atypical for NJ, but that's what's we've got. We're not looking to mow down the forest for an HD picture, but...

I wish we could clear the trees from the roof. We're surrounded by beastly oaks and other hardwoods. We've been told we'd have to ax some trees to get a LOS. What's the lingo about the birds. I don't speak the language. Maybe I'll build an observation tower on my roof. Any other thoughts.

Hey guys. We have a 55in. Samsung LCD; however we have non-HD DirecTV programming. It's a total waste of a great TV. The issue: We live in the woods and are surrounded by trees. We can barely clear the trees to get a standard satellite signal. Apparently the HD satellite is slightly lower in...