Clear line of sight
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Most likely you have no chance at that location, but it's hard to really tell from that pic how tall the trees are above the roof line
Not only that, but I don't see where HopperGenie tells us which way his phone is pointing.
We'd also need to know where you're aiming. If you're actually aiming through that gap between the roofline and the trees, you could be OK. But if you need to aim between the leaves, forget it.
Yah! I was assuming he was generally pointing south/southwest
Install one of the satellite locator apps that use augmented reality to overlay the sats on your camera view to see whether you have a shot or not. The free Winegard app is one that works well for me:
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I am, it’s for sats 62.5 and 72, so it is eastern arc and it’s going to have to be through the leaves so I’m probably gonna to either cut them down myself(risk of injury) or wait untill winter or when the leaves fall out.
If your smartphone has a compass (mine doesn't), I cannot emphasize enough what NYDutch said above. Get that AR app on your phone and see if you can move the base of your dish around so that it has a clear LOS to 72.7. 136? What zip are you in?
Good news! Your dish has been delivered, according to the UPS tracking. Enjoy!
What would be the sky view if you put the dish on top of the building in the left of the picture. If you fear penetrating the roof above living area (leaks) there are non-penetrating mounts that can be simply laid on top of the roof with mild weights that hold it on place.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking but 1 I’m afraid of heights, 2. I don’t know where to look for one that is super cheap, 3 The cables I have that go from the lnb to the solo node aren’t long enough.
The Solo Node can be mounted right at the dish so only one coax is needed for the run to the receiver. The one in the photo has been in use since 2013.
Oh ok, whenever I get The dish setup tomorrow I will make a YouTube video tomorrow. Also I can tell dish stuff gets tons of views as I uploaded a dish remote finder video and it got 1.9k views in 5 days
