Terry wrote:

When I first got a satellite, Direct TV came out and drove a small
ground rod and ran a bare wire from the base of the dish to the ground
rod.


DANG !! !! !! That's gotta be some humongus chunk of #6 wire .. .. ..
what, with them thar' sat-t-lite thingies hoverin' around 23,000 miles
abouve this here earth & all !! !! !!