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DirecTV in an Apartment?

Posted by Cliff on from the antennas-should-grow-on-trees dept.

Sc00ter asks: "I live in an apartment and I'm seeking advice on how to mount a DirecTV dish without causing damage to the building. I don't have a balcony to put it on, only windows. There are some people that have worked around this by using other types of antennas, but the cost of such a device is too high. I have also seen some window mount type antennas but I don't think I should trust these in the wind. I was hoping somebody out there had been in a similar situation and had a tip or two."

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  1. Football Season by saden1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, it is almost that time of the year again, where we give our money to the NFL and DirectTV.

    Hail to the Redskins! Joe Gibbs is back!!!!!

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  2. My Case by k.ellsworth · · Score: 4, Funny

    On the building i lived, i had the same problem, just that i live on the 4th floor (6 floors building), so i asked the community manager about using the internal shafts of the building up to the building's roof, and place my dish on it... i had on ly to ask the manager about and voila'...

    if that doesn't work do a kinda ghostbusters 2 movie solution, turn the whole building into a reciving antena.

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  3. Re:A bucket, some cement and plumbing pipe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I've never seen posters with balconies that stick out, they may be printed on the poster but they aren't dimensional.