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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    Thanks guys. I called an electrician and was told it would be at least a few hundred dollars to install a ground that is bonded to our main ground. He said a grounding rod doesn't meet code and doesn't recommend it. I think spending the $$$ is an unreasonable expense. Will keep you updated on...
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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    I really didn't want to spend the $$$ for an atty, especially when we have tried to comply. Does anyone have any experience dealing with the FCC and what kind of turn around time they have?
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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    Hey guys, The HOA is back! They want the dish moved because distance should not affect the picture quality. The HOA actually quoted some of the posts from this site!! However, we still have a ground issue that the HOA did not address. I feel the ground issue is a reason to NOT move the dish. It...
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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    It is a single family home. The neighbors directly next store to us are fine with the dish. They don't mind that it is on the side of the house...past the midline in the rear. The dish sits behind the chimney. And there are no rear neighbors. I was trying to think of a creative, perhaps...
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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    The tech said if we moved the dish to the rear of the home we would lose picture quality based on the increased distance from the rear of the home to the main receiver. That is in addition to the grounding issue. We mentioned both to the HOA...along with the FCC info. According to the FCC...
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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    Does anyone know if it cost $$$ to get the ground bonded?
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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    Now our HOA said they called direct tv and independent installers and were told that our 2 techs were wrong and we shouldn't have picture quality issues. Our HOA also states that all we need is a grounding rod for the rear of our house. We looked into that, and we are worried about a ground...
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    Help! My HOA wants our dish moved!

    We had our direct tv HD dish installed. We told the installer it had to be on the rear of our home...due to our HOA. The installer stated that we could not put the dish on the rear of our home due to lack of proper ground and we would loose picture quality. The dish is mounted on the side of our...