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Originally Posted by Dan9871
Dishes can be placed on the ground between houses on a short, 4 ft, pole much as AC units are placed between houses. It's very hard to notice them from the street when they placed this way.
However DirectTV charges extra to do this. They will do a placement on the edge of the roof for free.
Also on the ground placement is subject to being hit by lawn mowers which, unless you are very handy, would require a service call to DirectTV to re-align. However we've had ours installed this way for 6 years without any issue.
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Ground mounting won't always work if you have an obstruction (like your home or a tree) between dish and direct view of sky from the sides or back of your home as I did. Also as for mowing issues with ground mounts just put a 3' diameter circle with flowers or stones around it and it won't get hit. I once weedwacked my wire in half before doing that up north. :P