There is no way an installer can say a 1000.4 will work when a 61.5 will not work.
Actually, there is a way that he can say it. To that I can testify with absolute certainty. Whether or not he is correct is open to question.
To be more accurate, he said that he probably could get a weak signal from 61.5 but he recommends that I cut the top off of a nearby tree to get more signal strength. He said that 1000.4 has better LOS for my install, and that's what he recommends. I agreed and he called to get permission and they said that they couldn't approve it at this time. The tech said to call back in about a month since the line where approved installs stops is just doen the road.
Now the thing that confuses me is that I questioned the technician and found that it is an administrative problem, not a technical one. I discussed this with him briefly but found that he couldn't or wouldn't go against the Dish admin folks.
I just got off the phone with Dish support and they confirmed what the tech said. They said that the 1000.4 is for people who cannot get a good signal with the conventional dish. I said - That's me. They tried to contact the "hub" but said that they are not corrently available and to call back tomorrow during their regular hours, which he didn't know. He said to try at about 9:30 EST.
I'll call tomorrow as they suggest, but it seems like a very inefficient system. All of this could have been determined on visit one rather than visit 5. Is there some incentive for an installer to make a call but not install a dish? I'm thinking that I must be the victim of a system where there is no real incentive to fix my problems without continual revisits.