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Ladies and gents, I have now completed what may be one of the most expensive satellite installations in the history of the world. It should be noted, however, that the very concept of installing the dish was patently against the rules of my apartment complex which states that dishes may only be mounted on balconies. Unfortunately, the building gets in the way of me being able to mount my beloved dish on the balcony, so I went to the next logical location: the roof. I got everything mounted and managed to conceal the dish almost completely from 3 different directions. Additionally, I ran two 150' strands of RG-6 that is almost perfectly invisible. The expensiveness of the install comes from the fact that as I was routing the final 8 feet of wire under a run of vinyl siding before it entered the target window, the ladder I was on slipped out from under me (feet of ladder away from wall at high rate of speed, sending top of the ladder along the wall downward) inducing a 15-20' fall with me essentially prone on the ladder. I ended up VERY lucky with only a 4" gash on my forehead (all the way to the bone) that took 13 stitches to close up. The trip to the hospital to get the stitches, a CAT scan, and 4 x-rays pix per knee will likely add up to a pretty health chunk of change...
Hence, I would love to further cover my tracks by camouflaging the dish on the roof so that the directions that I was not able to conceal can become less visible to ensure that all my hard work, literal blood, and hard-earned cash aren't wasted when the apartment people notice the addition to the roof and force me to take it down/evict me. Are there ready-made kits equipped to hide an 18x20 triple LNB dish? Also, I'd love to hear any similar experiences that you guys might have regarding installations that have completely violated apartment community rules, etc. Did you get caught? If not, how did you avoid it? If so, what happened? Thanks...
Hence, I would love to further cover my tracks by camouflaging the dish on the roof so that the directions that I was not able to conceal can become less visible to ensure that all my hard work, literal blood, and hard-earned cash aren't wasted when the apartment people notice the addition to the roof and force me to take it down/evict me. Are there ready-made kits equipped to hide an 18x20 triple LNB dish? Also, I'd love to hear any similar experiences that you guys might have regarding installations that have completely violated apartment community rules, etc. Did you get caught? If not, how did you avoid it? If so, what happened? Thanks...