Our antenna was mounted on a pole on the side of the house. One end of the pole on the ground and the other end high enough so the antenna wouldn't touch the roof. We didn't have a rotor so me or my younger brother would reach out the window and turn the pole by hand until we got a good picture...
I see Newegg has some AMD quad core APU mini itx boards for $50 and up. I bought a dual core version a few years ago and ran it as my main computer with Windows 7. I installed 8 gigs of ram and was surprised how well it performed and only used 35 watts of power.
I like the STB idea and the spectrum display would be a great feature. This may be thinking way outside the box but my wish for the ultimate satellite receiver is to have it auto detect and scan all available satellites with just a simple request. Perhaps something like that would be too...
That 70's show, Cheap Trick version
Drew Carey, The Presidents of the United States of America
Dukes of Hazzard, Waylon Jenning
CSI, The Who
Although I never saw The Wonder Years, I am a fan of Joe Cocker.
Also like The Highlander theme by Queen.
In the late 80's, when I got my first used dish (A 6 foot mesh), My dad suggested welding a large truck rim on the end of a 3 or 4 inch pipe (I don't remember the pipe diameter) and burying it below the frost line. That worked well for many years.
One of the best Christmas memories I have as a kid was digging a snow fort with my younger brother from a large pile of snow the town piled up in front of our house. We lived at an intersection and in order to keep it clear they had to push the pile back with a bucket loader and it must have...
A number of years ago I got a 2 meter prime focus Fortec from Sadoun and included was a Ku mount simular the one you linked. Have not used the mount yet but might try it when my aging C/Ku LNB finally dies. You may want to check your box to see if one was included with your dish.