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Dallas--problem getting 148

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Dish came out today to install my 2nd dish to get extra locals now available in Dallas. He said could not because no line of sight to 148. Said big tree in neighbor's yard two doors down blocked line of sight to 148. He offered to install but said it had to look right though the middle of big tree and would not work. He said this was the third one today that he could not install. He said I could get 61.5 but the extra locals are not on it. He said 148 was West coast and require a real low look form Dallas to get it.

He got Dish on the phone to advise them. They offered me a second opinion, but I did not ask for it.

Does this seem normal?
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Now that the leaves are on the trees, I realize that there is only one place on my house for a 148 dish, it's way up high on the second story roof, and it's kind of far away from where my DISH 500 is right now (first story north garage roof line). I've got more lines of sight for 61.5, but it can be tricky too. I'm just about smack dab in the middle between these two longitudes:

148 - 105 = 43
105 - 61.5 = 43.5

I eventually want both "wing" satellites so I can get extra locals and Sky Angel.

Looks like I'll need a tall ladder and lots of coax to make this work. I don't think putting either dish on a pole in the yard would help me much, unless it's a very tall, padded pole, more like a tower.
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