Hi WYTZZ95FM:

You wrote:
I devised a way to cement the Sat pole in a bucket, aimed it to the sky out of his garage. Marked the ground. Pull in and out. Done.

This is EXACTLY what I did decades ago! I was living in an apartment complex who would not allow me to mount my DirecTV dish on my balcony or the side of the building's roof. I lived on the top floor.

A quick trip to Home Depot and two hours later, I'm watching satellite TV. I fine-tuned it, and I had it lined up, so the signal rarely went out. It was directly pointed to where it should be. I loved it!

Years later when I moved, I simply took the entire "package" and discarded it in the dumpster.

Way back in the day, an apartment complex would make a deal with a small cable-TV company. Usually something you never heard of. The channel selection was dreadful. The "hot" channels like sports, entertainment and even news; they only offered CNN, it really ticked me off! I had friends who lived down the street in homes and they had better cable and satellite TV.

My home has Comcast and although I love it, it's still way too expensive.