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Because using the "obstacle obstruction" tool, if i put it over the trees, it says the maximum height the obstacle can have without blocking the LOS in my case would be 37.2. So if I got on top of the roof, that would only add an additional maybe 16 feet. I did notice however that if I drop the...

Well the answer seems to be eastern arc, but then the thing is the MONEY difference. Aquiring a STB with the capability to receive mpg4 channels is within the 300 dollar range versus the 89-150 range. So there's absolutely no way that I could use western arc?

How do I know if my locals are on the eastern arc?

Hello All! I was referred to come here by my friend who just set up his dish network himself (I helped!) it was a lot of fun and also extremely challenging for first timers. The ultimate result was due to trees it was quite difficult connecting to 110,119,129W so we wound up making a connection...