Direct TV HD Satellite tripod
I am going from a standard Direct TV satellite dish to a HD Slimline dish. Can I adapt my Winegard tripod to work with the Slimline dish? If not, can you recommend a tripod? Thanks for any help...
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When we changed over to HD and DTV does not provide a tripod I simply changed ours to work.
I asked the tech for a tube the size needed to fit the big dish and added some of it to the small tube that i had been using. I first drilled a couple holes in the larger tube to allow sheet metal screws to fit. I then drilled them into the inner tube holding it to one side of small tube. I then went to a buddies house and welded them together.
I had looked at Dish tripods and they looked the same except the center tube diameter.
We have used this for over 2 years without issue. I do get a few looks when we have service come out to get us working when something fails. We move seasonally and wind nor hail seems to bother but rain that can be an issue
I asked the tech for a tube the size needed to fit the big dish and added some of it to the small tube that i had been using. I first drilled a couple holes in the larger tube to allow sheet metal screws to fit. I then drilled them into the inner tube holding it to one side of small tube. I then went to a buddies house and welded them together.
I had looked at Dish tripods and they looked the same except the center tube diameter.
We have used this for over 2 years without issue. I do get a few looks when we have service come out to get us working when something fails. We move seasonally and wind nor hail seems to bother but rain that can be an issue
