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I have the Geosat Pro 36" (90 cm) Ku dish. I want to buy one of those non-penetrating roof mount deals that you put cinder blocks in. The manufacturer says the J-pole that came with the dish is 1 5/8"

Will the dish work with a 2" pole? I'm looking at purchasing this: Amazon product ASIN B003L1BCCK
 
No but you can get pole adapters or fashion your own.
If you get an adapter, make sure it is the kind that slides down over the 2" pole.
 
Titanium said:
A 1 5/8" OD post will slip inside the 2" OD NPM mast. Secure with 3 bolts set at 90 degree angles.
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I don't think that will work for this dish. See photo below. The pole that came with the dish is a J-pole, so I can't see how I would slide it into the pole that comes with the mount?

 
It looks like that model, the PerfectVision NPR6B, is 1 5/8" on one end of the OD and 2" on the other, so I think it might work!
 
Well you could cut the J off, or like Brian said go to your local favorite store and get a 1 5/8(1.66) chain link fence post. Cut to the size you want.
Then save you J-Pole.
 
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I designed the GSP90cm hardware. Even took the photo that you posted.... LOL!

If the NPRM has a 2" OD pole, I have inserted a 1.66" OD section of galvanized post inside and cross-bolted with 3 through-bolts on several projects. The GSP 90cm bracket clamps on to the 1.66" pole. Have also used this work-around to raise the dish to see over a roof peak.
 
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It sounds like one side of the NPR6B pole is 1 5/8” so I should be good with that model as-is, right?
 
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8" blocks is what I have used in the past, but every mount I guess is different.
 
Was just looking at the mount, nope looks like all the rest. I have filled them with 8" blocks, more resistance to wind.
 
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I've always used 8 - 8" blocks. If you look at it close you have too separate sections, or 8 corners.
I took one down that had more than that one time. I don't remember how many but it had the 8 in the corners and some in the middles too.
 
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Don't mean to butt in. But won't a solid 4" block be as good or better, without the web openings of an 8" to collect debris and bird nests?
 
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