# Dish network grounding question signal strength and grounding

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dish-network-grounding-question-signal-strength-and-grounding/511653>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dish-network-grounding-question-signal-strength-and-grounding/511653 "2009-09-26T16:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dish-network-grounding-question-signal-strength-and-grounding/511653/1 "2009-09-26T16:37:10Z")

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Dish has a user forum. Most, not all, say most signal strength errors with \*established \*setups are a grounding problem.

Dish had grounding problems upon installation four years ago and there were several really annoying service calls. (I am out in the desert, far from weather and trees.)How could I do it myself?

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dish-network-grounding-question-signal-strength-and-grounding/511653/2 "2009-09-28T16:16:58Z")

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Dish seems to be hiding instructions, but DirecTV has instructions online. No fear - grounding a satellite dish is the same, regardless of the company. Grounding info is at about [page 30 of this PDF](http://www.directv.com/learn/pdf/SelfInstallGuide.pdf).