I think sat dish poles have anti-spin thingies on the bottom. Otherwise, if you put a reflector dish on them, they WILL spin in the wind, eventually.
From: Jeremy Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 3:25 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Installing wood posts without concrete I have used 1" IMC pounded in with a fence post pounder before and there was no way that thing would turn with what I had on it (400mm NanoBeam). Granted, it was a temporary install on a job site, but it lasted 9 months at the mouth of a canyon through multiple high wind storms. On Aug 4, 2015 2:20 PM, "Jay Weekley" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote: That would spin in the wind wouldn't it or is that an example of a bad practice? Keefe John wrote: You could just pound a pipe in the ground like DirecTV does. On 8/4/2015 1:47 PM, Jay Weekley wrote: A few months ago I read that some of you install wood posts without concrete for equipment that for some reason can't be mounted to the customers home. Is this as simple as digging a hole placing the post in the ground and compacting the dirt around it as you fill the hole back up?