DirecTV round dish mounted on the corner of the roof edge in the back of the house.

< Dish Network Dish 500 roof mount. Tilted to pick up 2 satellites at the same time 119 & 110.           

Dish Network Dish 500 with Dish Network international or Atlanta 2nd dish for local channels 17 & 30 on satellite 61.5.

< New Dish Network "SUPER DISH" 3 satellite locations received.  119, 110, 121  This was for German TV reception and Dish Network regular programming.  Many international and local market channels are on a Super Dish.  As of 2007 the SuperDish is no longer used by Dish Network for new installations. There is an LNB update kit for another satellite in the place of the 121 sat. 

Pole mount Dish Network Dish 500. DirecTV can be mounted on pole also.

< 76 cm Free-To-Air Ku-Band Dish installed at an apartment complex in an out-of-the way area in back.  T5, ETTV Chinese

GlobeCast Ku-Band dish installed at an apartment on a pole mount. T5, TV Polonia

< BJU HomeSat Ku-Band dish mounted out- of-view with the home's AC units where customer wanted.

Bob Jones University Homesat dish mounted on back of this home's roof. Can only be seen from backyard.

< GlobeCast WTV composite dish on pole mount in backyard to clear very tall trees in neighbor's yard. T5, German TV

76 cm Ku-Band Dish for DFH Network in back of home out-of-view.  We had to travel 1hr+ to do this install. Another satellite company tried for 3 days to get the signal and wasted a lot of time. They had the dish mounted on top of a 10'  6x6 wood post about 150' from the home that would have been nothing but trouble for the customer if they had been successful in getting a signal. Ku-Band can be tough if you don't have experience and the right equipment. T5, Turkish TV                                  

< 1 meter dish with STAB HH motor, with DisEqC 1.2 This dish can move to view many satellites. FTA Mpeg II receiver and Analog Ku dish on satellite G10R in this photo. We are one of the few companies that install HH motors successfully.

90 cm Oval Dish for GlobeCast World TV for the reception of AIT - Nigeria.  Installed with the other home services boxes on the back of the home. 

< 76 cm Ku-Band dish for Middle Eastern Channels + FTA , DirecTV. Owner only had a small courtyard.

76 cm Dish low to be hidden from view by shrubs. Chinese TV.

< GlobeCast Ku-Band dish on back corner of roof edge. T5, German TV & FTA  or BVN

76 cm Ku-Band dish for BJU HomeSat. High to clear trees in backyard. 

< Evangelistic Satellite TV System for ATN, ACN, 3ABN, LLBN. 76cm dish on roof hidden by chimney. AMC4

DirecWay {2 way} Satellite Internet and    DirecTV  Phase III HDTV Dish. Phase III dish   looks at 3 satellite locations and is also used for spanish & international programming.                                                         

< 76 cm Ku-Band Dish for "People's Network" channel on AMC4.  Heavy trees at this site, lucky to find a location to the clear the tall trees and near the house.

This is the new Dish Network Dish 1000. Dish 1000 is needed to receive the 4 Atlanta local HD channels and the Voom HD pack. This dish picks up signals from Dish Network satellites 119,110 & 129. It uses a Dish Pro+ twin lnb and a DP+ dual lnb. The dish is slightly larger than a Dish 500 and oval. This dish is only a couple of inches larger than a Dish 500 and it can mount on the same mast.

< This is DirecTV's new AT-9 Ku & Ka band dish for regular and HD programming and 4 local Atlanta HD channels. This dish receives signals from 5 satellites with the triple and dual side LNB's. Local Atlanta channels are broadcast from satellite 103w. This is a heavy and large dish and must be well secured. There are two optional side support arms on this dish for added support. If you have this installed on your roof, ask for the side braces. 

You can never have too many dishes!  Dish Network 119, 110, 61.5,  DirecTV Oval Phase III, Starband Satellite Internet. Two more dishes out of view!  Maybe you can have too many dishes!

< We install HH-dish motors. A motor unit that moves the dish to different satellites that you program into your receiver.  It's like having a dozen or more dishes.  When you change the channel on your receiver the dish will move to the satellite that channel is on.  It can take up to a miniute for the dish to travel. 

We are one of the few Atlanta satellite companies that offer C-Band Service & Repair.  This 10' 4DTV {for digital and HDTV on C-Band} system needed a new servo & Ku Lnb. With an Mpeg II FTA receiver added, the owner could have access to over 1000 channels!

<  This is the newest DirecTV HD dish model AU-9 Slim-Line that replaced the AT-9 dish above. It has an LNB bar with enclosed switch to support up to 4 tuners. It is a little lighter than the older AT-9 dish, but not much.  It is capable of receiving signals from 5 satellites.

This was an installation of StarChoice, a Canadian satellite TV service like DirecTV here in the states. This is a quad LNB dish that picks up two satellites, Anik F2 & Anik F1R linear Ku-Band. StarChoice offers hundreds of channels plus HD. We have also installed Bell Express View for several Canadians living in the Atlanta area. Hockey fans love Canadian systems.

<  This is an install we did of an MS-85 multiple LNB dish from Eye-in-the-Sky.  You can put up to 6 LNB's on the support arm, for signals from 6 satellites.  These LNB's are connected to a 4 port DiSEqC switch. The receiver controls the switch that switches to the LNB for the associated channels and satellite. This provides much faster channel switching than an HH-Motor but is limited to the satellites it's aligned to.

This is our Atlanta installation of a Bell ExpressView dual satellite dish for satellites 92 & 82.  Bell ExpressView is a Canadian satellite system.  It is exactly like Dish Network, with the same receivers and dishes but some differences. This dish is for the HD package, it has the same HD Voom channels as Dish Network.  Canadian Bell ExpressView customers are allowed to receive East and West coast networks in their package, unlike here in the states.

<  This is a customized DirecTV AU-9 HD dish mount we devised.  We cut off all but the bottom 8" of the stock & angled 30" tube mount to give the dish mount a lower profile. The stock mount tube holds this heavy dish higher than is necessary for many installations.  This install looked much better with the lower dish mount and helped hide the dish from the front view of the home. The dish needed to be high up on the roof to clear a tree. It's also more stable.

This is our installation of an HH-motor Ku-Band Free-To-Air dish.  This was on the back roof area of a townhome.  It has an Invacon LNB. The dish is attached to a STAB HH-100 motor, one of the best. The dish is aligned to  the satellite belt and can move from one satellite to the next for reception of the channels on that satellite.  The receiver controls the movement.

<  This is a DirecTV World Direct dish for the DirecTV international channels.  This dish picks up satellites 101 & 95. This install was for the Greek package.  DirecTV is offering more international programming. Dish Network has many international channels also.  All for a subscription fee.  The lot had so many trees the dish had to be mounted on a pole to find a clear opening. 

This is an installation of the new two satellite dish for Christian programming from Glory Star for CCN and many other Christian channels from satellites AMC-4 and G-25.  The two LNB's are in a special mount for this Ku-band dish allowing it to pick up the 2 satellites 4 degrees apart. A DiSEqC switch is mounted on the back of the dish. The receiver tells the switch which satellite to switch to when a channel on that satellite is selected by the receiver's user .

< Commercial 4.0 meter C-Band dish & a 1.8 meter Ku-Band dish we removed for the US Postal Service. A large crane was used to reach the top of the building. A couple of tons of block were used on the NPRM for this BIG dish.  Many larger dish installs will require the use of a crane to get the dish, mount and ballast on the roof.  We have done installations in a 30 story high rise building in downtown Atlanta.

Commercial 1.2 meter dish we installed for PSTN TV at US Postal Service main mail facility in Atlanta.

< Commercial dish farm!  8' C-Band Dish Data, 90cm Ku-Band Dish DTN Data, 76 cm Ku-Band Dish Mpeg II TV, Dish Network Dish  500 TV.

Commercial 65cm Dish, DTN Data, DirecTV for small office.

< Commercial Restaurant, A 10' &  8' C-Band, our install of a 1 meter Ku-Band for Setanta Sports, a DirecTV dish is in back.

This was a new install of a 1.2 meter dish   Ku-Band for a private satellite TV network.

< This was one of many dish re-points for the USPS Atlanta area when the downlink provider changed satellites. 1.8 meter.

U. S. Naval Center, Dish Network 4 receivers for breaking world news and events. We installed one for the U S Marine Corps Center on other end of the same long building.  We are CCR Registered for Government / Dept.Of Defense work.

<  Small business building. Dish Network TV     for customer waiting area.

Commercial Dish Network in a Doctor's office. We have many in retail stores & restaurants.

< This is our sale and install of an Andrew 1.8 meter (6") Ku receive only ground mount dish. It is in a small office complex in the back wooded area. The dish is on AMC 1 and will be connected to 12+ DVB receiver cards in computers.

This is our system install for the NEW Fado's Irish Pub in Buckhead.  DirecTV HD Dish and a Setanta Sports 1 meter Ku dish for international sports programming.  These dishes are connected to a mini headend rack with 7 satellite receivers and audio for this fine high-end restaurant. We were consulted on the pre-wire for this job while the building was being constructed. The lightning bolt on the dish is the Andrew trade mark.

<  This is our installation of a Ku-Band FTA system with an HH-motor (out of view on the back of the dish) for the City Of Roswell, GA for RCTV, the local Government access  channel broadcast to the community on cable channels 22 or 23 in Roswell. This dish is atop the city hall building.  The HH-motor allows them to go to any Ku-Band satellite.  76cm (30") dish on Non-Pen mount with weight blocks.

A 4-Bay Uhf antenna we installed for Atlanta over-the-air HDTV and Digital channels. Suburban area. We used a special mount for a clean look, and tried to keep the antenna in an unobtrusive location.

< An 8-Bay Uhf antenna we installed for Atlanta over-the-air HDTV and Digital channels. Fringe area. {35 miles north of Atlanta} This antenna is a proven performer  for over 30 years and we use it often.

Our Custom Designed Stacked 8-bay antenna for our customer who wanted local HDTV in a Very Poor Reception Area {color code violet yet only 9 miles from TV towers} due to hills, buildings, trees and low site. A  pre-amp. was used.  5 degree tilt to up to horizon. Tough One but we got him all the channels. It can only be seen from back of the home if you look up.

< This is another style and manufacturer of an 8-bay uhf antenna for local digital & HDTV reception. This owner tried his antenna in his attic for weeks before he called for help. Sometimes the signal can be too strong and attenuators have to be used.

A typical HDTV setup. DirecTV Oval HD Dish for DirecTV HD programming and an 8-Bay antenna for over-the-air HD reception. If this was for Dish Network HD a Dish 500 would be used. This owner has a 50" $30,000 plasma TV. 

< Sometimes the antenna can be mounted in an attic. Attic installations can reduce the antenna's signal by as much as 50%, and  many times they just don't perform well. A pre-amp may help.  Attic installations work best close-in to Atlanta and inside 285. This installation worked well with an amplifier added. This is a small Vhf/Uhf antenna, the larger the better for an attic installation. You can spend hours trying to get an attic antenna pointed and working due to space.

An 8-Bay Uhf mounted on a chimney for added height. The antenna can't be seen from the front of the home. These antennas appear small from the ground, and due to the wire construction, somewhat transparent. Amplified. Wind doesn't bother them.

< This is a 3 point mast mount. There wasn't a roof line or chimney with a plane in the same direction as the direction the antenna needed to face, so this mount had to be used on the back of the home.  Amplified.

This is a small 2-bay uhf the owner ordered off the internet. This was the third antenna he  tried over time. We were able to find a sweet spot on his roof for good reception. This small antenna worked OK because the site was off Howell Mill Rd. 5 to 6 miles from the transmitters. If there were no trees, you could probably see the transmitter towers. We added a 10 DB amp to stabilize Ch. 5. Tower separation was nearly a problem this close in. This is really too small for most. 

< This is a "BatWing" antenna that comes free with some satellite systems, or $99, and rarely works satisfactorily. The installer will put it up when he installs the satellite system and that's it, you get what you get or don't. It's nothing more than glorified rabbit ears. If you're within say, 10 miles and clear to the TV towers in midtown Atlanta, then it could work for you. Outside 285, don't waste your money. We replaced this for the customer and got him all the OTA digital channels.                                                                   

This is our attic installation of an 8-bay Uhf antenna.  If you are in a good reception area and green or yellow antenna color code, an attic installation may work good in some instances. This one was mounted high in the peak to clear other homes' roofs in the neighborhood. This install worked well, the home was on high ground in the neighborhood. 

< This is a loop uhf antenna made from the center wire from the coax. This customer was  downtown. Another company had installed a medium size Vhf/Uhf antenna (to Large) and the customer couldn't get any HD channels although you could see the towers from his home 10,000 feet away. Receiver overload. Wacky, but it was the only thing that worked after trying 3 other small antennas. Downtown jobs can be the toughest due to the strong signals and tower separation.

This a nice install of a 4-bay Uhf HD antenna on the chimney mount next to a phase-3 HD DirecTV dish.  If you're in a good location, a 4-bay antenna can work very well.  But you always need the most signal gain you can receive.

< This is our install of a DirecTV AU9 HD 5 satellite dish with a Square Shooter HD OTA antenna.  This home was high and had a good line of sight to the towers.  A Square Shooter doesn't really work to well in many locations in Atlanta with hills.

This is a high power WiFi wireless router antenna we did for a local computer store. This antenna had a range of 10 Km it said. We have installed other WiFi antennas for customers.      

 <  This is a cell phone range extender antenna, the white shaft.  This customer was in a bad cell where he lived.  He ordered a cell phone range extender. This is the outdoor antenna we installed on our tri-mount. The RG6 cable from this antenna is attached to a transeiver in his attic to boost his cell phone signal in his home.  It worked. 

< We do sub-contract service and install work for some national commercial satellite network service companies. This was a  service job for HUD Atlanta atop an 18 story building downtown.  The Atlanta Journal & Constitution building and dishes are in the background. We have also provided service for FOX-5 TV Atlanta, Verizon, AT&T and many other large and small companies. 3 meter C-Band

This was one of many dish re-points for a private TV network shown in national retail stores. 1.2 meter Ku-Band AMC1

< Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel downtown Atlanta Dish and Antenna farm atop this 75- story hotel. Once the tallest hotel in the world. There is also a local TV transmission antenna in the center. We performed P/M on  the 1.8m dish on the lower right.                    What a view!

1.8m dish for Sirius Satellite Radio  Commercial System for terrestrial signal repeater near the Atlanta airport. Such a large dish is used to reduce signal loss due to rain fade. P/M service performed.

<  This was a new install we did for CBS  WGCL Channel 46 in Atlanta of a Ku-Band  system. This is on the roof of the main building. There are two 4.2 meter dishes to the left out of view, you can see an actuator arm in the picture. This was a 1.8 meter all steel Patriot dish.

This was a new install we did of a VyVx system for WSB TV Channel 2 Atlanta. It's on one of their building's roofs with 23 other dishes of all sizes. {See  Photo Below} This is also a 1.8m steel Patriot dish with a NPRM mount with ballast blocks. Ku-Band on SBS6

< Now this a true dish farm. These are the other dishes at WSB. The above dish is to the left and back in this shot. There are even a couple of dishes out of view in this shot. There are many other dishes on the property, these are smaller ones!  23 dishes total.

This is another 1.8 meter dish we installed for TBS  {Turner Broadcasting System}
Atlanta. TBS is the world's largest broadcaster. From this building TBS programming is broadcast to the world, Cartoon Network, CNN,  TNT,  TCM,   Super Station TBS and many more.  A jaw- dropping place.  See an up link dish below.

< This is one of the many TBS uplink dishes, a dish that transmits the programming you watch up to the satellite to be resent to the down links of Dish Network, DirecTV or your TV station  in the U.S.A., South America and Europe. This is an 11 meter dish.  Hidden behind is a 15 meter dish.  Out of view are 25+ other dishes.

This is a new install we did for WXIA Channel 11 NBC Atlanta. A 3.1 meter (10 ft.) Patriot  C-Band dish and Baird mount aligned on satellite IA6. WXIA, like other TV stations, also has many other dishes, there were 3 larger motorized dishes on this side of the roof to the left out of view. Patriot manufactures a great line of dishes made in the USA.

< This is UPN channel 69 in Atlanta.  There are several more large dishes behind and on the main building. You can see these from I-85 at GA 400 area. We repointed the small dish in the back to a new satellite.

This is PAX channel 14 { now renamed ion } in Marietta. We helped them align the dish in the back for two satellites they needed to receive sports programming from, for rebroadcast.

< These are some of the dishes at Atlanta WB channel 36.  We repointed the small 1.8 meter dish you can see half of in the back left of the picture.

These are a few of the dishes at CNN on top of CNN Center in downtown Atlanta where CNN News originates. These are all receive only dishes. We repointed two dishes, one on this 14 floor roof and one on the 4th floor roof.  See the satellite photo below from another job at CNN.

<  This was a large job at CNN Atlanta for  dish removal and relocations. There were 14 dishes atop CNN, now  there are 5. They are going to build a steel load frame to support the weight of the many dishes. So we had to remove all but 5 and relocate a few others out of the construction zone.  When the frame is complete, the dishes will be replaced and mounted on the frame that is designed to support the weight and get them off the roof. The dishes ranged in size from 1 meter to 3.5 meters.

These are two 30" dishes for a 85-room motel off I-75, south of Atlanta.  We installed the pre-built headend in the photo below. These dishes are for DirecTV, one dish is on satellite 101 and one on 119.  The larger size helps stop rain fade, more important in commercial applications.

<  This is a 36 channel pre-built DirecTV headend we installed in the 85-room motel.  A DirecTV receiver is needed for each channel the guest room will receive. 36 channels and 36 channel modulators are in the rack.. 

This was an install of a WSI satellite weather system. This was at a private hanger for the owner of a Cessna Citation-X, the fastest private jet in the world, it has very large engines.  We have installed a few others at PDK airport for flight service companies.              

<  This is an installation of a .92m Ku dish at Hollister Co. in an Atlanta area mall.  This is how the LIVE beach video from Huntington Beach, CA is fed to the two large flat panel TV's in the stores across the country.  Mall installations can very be difficult.  We also installed this system at The Mall of GA store.

 * If your company needs competent sub-contract work in the Atlanta, GA area,      please contact us. 

< This is one of many questionable installations we see while out on jobs.  Many installers don't have ladders, so they have to find a dish location they can reach conveniently. This was a real install and not a joke photo!  There are many other places on this home that this dish could have been installed for trouble free reception of DirecTV. This was just probably the easiest for the installer. At SATPRO, we always try to find a dish location not visible from the front street of the home.

Another example of a poorly located dish.  This is the front street view of this beautiful $600,000 home. The dish did not have to be located there, or that high, or even in view!  A sign of inexperience, lack of satellite reception mechanics and just poor judgment. The home owner must not have noticed until after the installer left.  At SATPRO, we always try to choose an out of view or acceptable dish location. Installs like this we feel are just unacceptable. 

< An example of an improper ground mount.  This installer mounted the dish on a 2x6" board in cement. A dish should never be mounted on a wooden post or board. Posts and wood products tend to twist, warp and bow as they go through wet and dry cycles and as the sun heats up the wood fibers on the sun side of the wood. This can cause signal loss. A metal pole in cement should always be used for ground mounts.

An example of shoddy work. Here the installer just left the Dish Network switch laying next to the dish not properly mounted or nor drip loops or weather proofing used. This is a problem in waiting. Notice the cables just strung about. This was an installer of the major satellite company who was sent out to install a second dish and messed up the original install. We had to fix and clean up his job. Substandard work is unacceptable, especially from of one of the major satellite company's installation division itself.

< An example of a substandard outdoor ground block and drip loops. Here, too much excess cable was coiled, up and the ground block was mounted vertically. Excess cable should be cut to create 3 to 5 inch drip loops and the ground block should always be mounted horizontally so water will flow off the block. Here, water will simply run down the cable on the top side into the block connectors and connections, 

Here, an installer didn't have the right wall mount fasteners for the job, so it looks like wood lag bolts were screwed or hammered into the brick!  At least 2 went in all the way. This installer must have been stumped as to what to do with the excess cable he created or maybe this is his version of a drip loop! The connections could be trouble in the waiting. We always try to secure the mount foot fasteners in the mortar joints. If the dish is removed, the mortar can be patched with mortar to look good, but the holes in the brick can't. The mounts usually line up with the mortar joints.  

< Mounting the dish on a tree is not really recommended. It can damage the tree and may require yearly dish readjustment. It could be done for the short term as a last resort and only down low on the tree as here. If higher than a couple of feet, the dish can lose the signal as the tree grows, requiring realignment. Some trees twist as they grow.  We have seen these at apartments  where the owner will move in a year. We installed a new dish on the home of this customer and removed this. 

Here, someone mounted the dish on the wall  space between the garage doors! At least you know where your dish is...

< This DirecTV dish was mounted on the roof soffet edge sideways. Note that the dish mount foot is not vertical, but placed so all 4 bolt holes line up on the board. This causes the mount pole arm to stick out from the mount instead of up, so the dish is laying almost on it's SIDE, hard to see from this angle. The cable could have been run under the edge to hide it. Circular polarization will permit this unconventional mounting position.

This is a wacky install of a TV yagi antenna fixed is vertically to a dead power service conduit. Of course, an antenna should not have been installed this way. Must have been a do-it-yourself job. It wouldn't have taken much to do the job right and surely make for better TV reception...

< This is on of the worst international FTA Ku installs. The dish was poorly mounted atop a 30' light pole the owner had GA Power install just for the dish the installer said was needed to clear trees. The installer assembled the dish wrong, used indoor connectors outdoors that rusted out and shorted, used the wrong LNB bracket then tried to rig it to work, it didn't. Sad thing is, the dish could have been mounted on a regular 6' ground pole mount in the same spot.

On this call, the Direcway subscriber lost his business satellite internet connection. On the roof I found that the dish and mount laying on its side. It had been blown over by a wind gust. The installer used a roof mount that required 100 lbs or more of weight blocks like I added to the mount in the picture. But he used the small stack of bricks {15 lbs} instead of the required weight. Bricks don't fit on the mount! 

< This is what can happen to a Dish Network Super Dish if the center 5th hole in the mount foot does not have a lag bolt that goes directly into a rafter.  Here, the dish lost the signal after a couple of months when the lag bolts slowly pulled out of the roof's plywood decking and finally fell over. We re-mounted this front heavy dish correctly. We use optional side supports when we install this type of dish.

This is a common mistake many installers make, leaving un-weatherproof connectors exposed. Some installers use indoor connectors outdoors in the elements which can short out in 90 days. This customer had two Dish Network dishes both which had connections laying on the roof like. One connection was ready to short out due to corrosion inside. We avoid in line connections if possible, or use PPC connectors for splices and/or use self-sealing rubber tape.

<  A few days after taking the above photo, while on another job for a customer who had Dish Network installed for only 11 months, I saw it again, un-waterproofed connectors laying on the ground like in the photo above. When I opened the splice connectors, as I expected, it was corroded and ready to short out very soon. Note the dark rust inside, it should be clean. Satellite connections corrode fast in moisture due to the voltage they carry, unlike cable TV that does not have voltage.

This is from two separate jobs several months apart. The customers complained of signal trouble over a period of months. Some days a channel would work and some days it wouldn't. One of these cables was chewed up by a chipmunk under the house and the other by a squirrel at the roof gutter.  The rodents nibbled all but the center wire.  Recently, we  saw another, where a rabbit nibbled the center wire into. As the rodents nibbled from week to week, the signal got worse and worse...

<   This is a cable connector where the tech or contractor used an electrical connector crimper instead of the correct compression tool designed for an RG6 connector.  We found every connection in the house shorted due the connector crushing the cable and shorting the center wire to the outer shield of the cable.  The right tools can make a difference...

We don't see this too often. Here, the installer used no caulk or sealant under the mount foot or lag screws...none. It takes a couple of years for water to work into the screw's threads and start to weaken and rot the roof board. We have seen some screws pull right out of the roof due to rot. We always use a sealant under and on top of the lag screws as many other installers always do!  

<  This was a service call to realign the dish after roof shingle replacement. The roofers tried to replace the dish after removing it to lay shingles.  But, instead of using lags, they used nails, in this case 13 nails were pulled out of the mount foot.  Nails will pull out of the roof decking with time, causing the dish to tilt or lean as the nails pull out. We see this all the time. Lag screws should always be used to mount a dish.

Here, an installer just drilled a hole through the shingles and roof decking to get the cables into the attic. No caulk was used to seal the hole...I guess if the customer can't see it, it's OK. Or the installer may not have any caulk. Being so close to the edge of the roof, any water would drip into the suffett. Funny thing is, if he had just lifted up the shingles at the gutter top 6 inches below, he could have just pushed the cables into the attic under the shingles and avoided the roof hole.   

<  This is a DirecTV WB68 4x8 multi-switch that the installer just left hanging from the 4 LNB cables under the AU-9 dish.  Water will eventually run down the lines and into the connections. The switch should be mounted with the connections horizontally, it is an outdoor switch when mounted correctly. Also, the optional support arm you can see below the switch only has one lag bolt in its mount into the roof as well as being oriented  wrong...

This was a 1 meter Andrews dish atop a restaurant used for data. The installer didn't bring any ballast blocks to weigh down the mount, so he took a couple of blocks off of a nearby DirecTV and Music Choice dish mount. A wind gust moved the other dishes and this one that resulted in signal loss for the customer's business and a service call.  Every tech hates lugging heavy blocks to a roof, but it has to be done. This dish mount requires 8 blocks to properly weigh it down "NOT 2".

<  This is another unbelievable example of an inept commercial installation.  Here the tech used an 18 lb. cement block as a mount and base for a DirecTV dish.  The Dish mount is attached to the block and the block is just sitting on the roof. I was able to move it with two fingers. Signal loss is guaranteed after a big gust of wind from a summer storm or a windy day. There was a second dish like this, I would suspect from the same guy, since I  have never seen anything like this before.

Sorry but you have NLOS,  "No Line Of Sight" to the satellites for reception due to trees, said the installer.  As you can see from this photo, the sky is clear for satellite reception. We installed a system. This happens somewhat often we find. We offer second opinion site surveys for a fee. You may have NLOS on Friday afternoon or if your job is too tough! True, some sites do have NLOS and nothing can be done. But many times a signal can be received...

<  This is SATPRO owner's home when he was a teenager. In 1969, he erected, guyed and assembled the antennas and this 130' tower, with the help of a hired tower climber when he was 15 years old and with the help of his parent's funding. He was fascinated by radio and TV reception, and had the family connected by 2-way radios in their cars. Atop the tower's center was the largest Wineguard residential TV antenna available at the time, amplified. TV signals could be received as far away as 125 miles. DX signals were received as far as 1000 miles away once during DX conditions. Antennas were installed for local townsfolk by the owner. 

The above tower was blown down to the ground during a severe storm. The owner, still a teenager, re-erected it 20' higher to 150' with a Quad antenna. The TV antenna was not replaced. This was the tallest structure in his small Missouri town. In 1973, the tower was sold to an area farmer for his 2-way radios. The owner, now in early college, and with the help of a hired tower climber {the owner's parents didn't like him climbing the tower}, when home from college for the summer, he disassembled this tower and moved it to the new owner's farm and re-erected it. It is still standing today, 34 years later. 

< "Why are you taking a picture of that rock?", asked the joggers as I took this photo. This is actually a small dish cover for DirecTV or Dish Network. It is made of a composite material that satellite signals can pass through. A cover like this can be used when an owner doesn't want the dish visible, like here at the top of a driveway. Or to comply with a home owners or neighborhood association.  

This may be why apartment owners don't like renters having satellite dishes. 

<  We spotted this on the internet and thought it was funny.  When does a hobby get out of control? 1000 channels and nothing to watch.

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