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Originally Posted by aegrotatio

Hi, HD-Man. While I was shopping around my area for someone who would sell me a 100cm dish that I could pick up myself and save almost $100 in shipping I came across quite a few professional satellite installers in the yellow pages. These are the people who install the big, fiberglass dishes on gas stations and other establishments for data and Muzak service. They will sometimes be happy to help you for a nominal fee. In contrast to the DiSH Network and DirecTV installers, the professional installers are in the business because they enjoy their craft. Many of them in my area (Wash DC) support the thousands of news bureaus that have 10-meter dishes and larger, like USA Today and Washington Post.

Now the challenge for those people is finding one that will service a consumer. The vast majority that I found were business-to-business only. Sometimes money talks, too.

Good luck!

Another note to add is most do not do steerable dishes. What they install are fixed dishes. So even if you find one willing you need to check to see if they have at least one installer with steerable experience.