thes e"professional installers" are mad men. Theyre on some crazy high peaks for no reason
On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > In the fixed wireless business, we’ve all tended to ignore rules about > fall protection, with installers up on roofs without 100% tie off. Quite > awhile ago, many sat TV installers edicted that all roof installs must be > done from the ladder, which is often possible if you’re shooting at the > sky. No going up on the roof. (Or maybe don’t tell the boss if you do?) > > > > The theory was that with Starlink you’d just set it up on your deck, no > ladder required. But most of the installs I see are at the peak of the > roof, not sure how many of them can be done while standing on a ladder. > And it’s hard to tell how many were DIY installs vs “professional > installation”. > > > > Now that DISH is doing the installs for Starlink, and given they were the > ones telling installers not to go up on the roof, I wonder if that’s how > they’re doing Starlink installs as well. J-arm on the soffit seems to be a > popular mounting method. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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