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Hello Everyone,
So my HOA is like any other, quite restrictive and generally stupid when it comes to being reasonable. At a maintenance committee meeting a board member let slip that they were going to remove dishes and antennas. I let him know that the HOA is on the losing side of that battle since we have town homes and FCC is on the owner's side.
Since we are having some maintenance work being done, I was asked to figure out an equitable situation for the installation of satellite dishes and antennas. I bought a Lacrosse and mounted it inside my home so people seem to think I have a clue.
Seeing as I am not a jerk and want to do what is right by everyone, I need to come up with guidelines for the installation or antennas and dishes. The current guideline says that we must mount the antenna/dish on the rear of the town home roof. While that location might just work for all satellite dishes, it might not work for all antennas.
I tried contacting DirectTv and Dish Network via their web interfaces, but the responses were just canned garbage. My next step is to call the main lines directly and hopefully talk to someone with a clue. I'm looking to find out which direction the satellites need to point in and look at most town home clusters to see if any will have positioning problems.
What else should I do? I could try calling local installers but I have no idea which ones I should talk to. And to that the town home roofs in the rear are three to four stories high (some are on hills). I was told that some installers just won't go that high.
Should I consider making recommendations about the size and types of dishes/antennas or is that asking for trouble?
thanks in advance,
Amul
So my HOA is like any other, quite restrictive and generally stupid when it comes to being reasonable. At a maintenance committee meeting a board member let slip that they were going to remove dishes and antennas. I let him know that the HOA is on the losing side of that battle since we have town homes and FCC is on the owner's side.
Since we are having some maintenance work being done, I was asked to figure out an equitable situation for the installation of satellite dishes and antennas. I bought a Lacrosse and mounted it inside my home so people seem to think I have a clue.

Seeing as I am not a jerk and want to do what is right by everyone, I need to come up with guidelines for the installation or antennas and dishes. The current guideline says that we must mount the antenna/dish on the rear of the town home roof. While that location might just work for all satellite dishes, it might not work for all antennas.
I tried contacting DirectTv and Dish Network via their web interfaces, but the responses were just canned garbage. My next step is to call the main lines directly and hopefully talk to someone with a clue. I'm looking to find out which direction the satellites need to point in and look at most town home clusters to see if any will have positioning problems.
What else should I do? I could try calling local installers but I have no idea which ones I should talk to. And to that the town home roofs in the rear are three to four stories high (some are on hills). I was told that some installers just won't go that high.
Should I consider making recommendations about the size and types of dishes/antennas or is that asking for trouble?
thanks in advance,
Amul