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I did *not* know that since all the tech did was stomp around looking aggravated at how much work he was going to have to do. The tech was was the one who kept wailing about monopoles so I just assumed (another my bad) that he would be using them in addition to a clamp mount if he did attach to...

Yep, it's heavy gauge galvanized although it is a telescoping mast and, thus, tapers as it rises. This is a single story as well, although the house is built into a hillside and the basement extends approx. 5' above grade on the NW corner where the mast is mounted. According to the tech, the...

Not in any way that I can fathom. I have to agree with the (angry, surly, unhelpful) tech here - just no decent mounting point or support on the west side of the house. If it can't go on the north face (where the current mast is located) then I am stuck with a pole mount, it seems. Unless I...

Sure. The 25' telescoping mast was installed to give me LOS to the Sprint BB tower which is 30 miles due west from me. That's the white square at the top of the pole. The 3-LNB dish sits approx. 2' off the roof line. There are no LOS problems to the south whatsoever (other than the house...

Azimuth here is just shy of 150 degrees. With an elevation of 51.3, I can't see having a problem at 18" from pole center to house. I have a sidewalk to deal with that I'll demo if I have to, but just thinking about that much work is making me dizzy(er). :rolleyes: I'll have do some more...

Well, I could not agree with you more! The more I research this and think about it, the more POed I get. It appears that this is a local installer and\or contractor problem and that D* does not have tight control over what gets done or for how much and that there is a great deal of variability...

Thanks! Thanks for the great info, guys - I *really* appreciate it! I was just looking at a location behind the house as opposed to the front yard. This would be to avoid trenching in the shattered granite and caliche that passes for "soil" around here. Any idea how much perimeter...

I had an installation aborted today when the tech insisted my current (ground-anchored, fascia-attached) 20' mast would not support the HD AT9 5-LNB dish. No one at DirecTV had mentioned this possibility to me even though I went over the setup very carefully with the CSR before ordering. I...