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Time to update my D* quest. The tech is scheduled to come out tomorrow morning and do the install, but I'm still not sold on putting a pole+dish in the middle of my yard (and still having to trim some branches). I'd like to investigate doing a multi-dish (two) install, and probably in doing it...

That sounds like good advice. The local guy came out and agreed that it would have to be pretty precise placement, and that he'd come back out early next week with a dish to see if he can get a signal. The bad news: Turns out he's a Dish dealer (although his ad in the Yellow Pages had D* too)...

Minor update: I called D* and explained, and they said that they'd send an installer out to give me a second opinion. We're scheduled for Thursday (the 13th). I don't want this to turn into a long-term process, so... I grabbed the phone book and called a local satellite place. Spoke with the...

Thanks for the feedback - sounds like I need to give D* a call today. I'm not opposed to mounting it somewhere other than my ideal location, but given that I'd need to do some tree pruning even to mount it anywhere, hopefully another installer will find a spot that doesn't put it smack in the...

I'm a novice to the satellite game, but I'm picking things up pretty quickly as I go along. That said, I don't pretend to be an expert. I ordered DirecTV and the installer came out today. Nice guy, seemed to have a pretty good idea what he was doing, but he didn't strike me as a seasoned...