Another super awesome install

[Claude Greiner]

I put this in yesterday in downtown Chicago at a pizzeria.

2 other installers said no line of site.

Getting perfect signal on 99, 101 and 103 pointed right between 2 buildings and over the Sears tower.

Only had to mount the Dish 1 time to find the right spot on the roof

Check it out


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[DWS44]

Nothing like threading the needle, huh?

 

[Zashel]

commercial accounts are supposed to have the 119 too, that's probably why they said no.

 

[Jimbo]

commercial accounts are supposed to have the 119 too, that's probably why they said no.

Why would that be IF your in a city that doesn't need the 119 for locals ?

 

[Jimbo]

I put this in yesterday in downtown Chicago at a pizzeria.

2 other installers said no line of site.

Getting perfect signal on 99, 101 and 103 pointed right between 2 buildings and over the Sears tower.

Only had to mount the Dish 1 time to find the right spot on the roof

Check it out


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Signals not very good at the moment of the pictures .... no LNB !!!

 

[stardust3]

What's the deal with 119 on commercial accounts?

Cool install Claude.

No way I could live or work in an urban city like that, I'm too much of a country bumpkin for city life.

 

[Claude Greiner]

commercial accounts are supposed to have the 119 too, that's probably why they said no.

There is nothing on 119, it's not required unless your locals are on 119

 

[Jimbo]

There is nothing on 119, it's not required unless your locals are on 119

Unless the customer specifically requests ... as there are some music channels on the 119, a least last time I checked.

 

[Sparkman]

What's the deal with 119 on commercial accounts?

Cool install Claude.

No way I could live or work in an urban city like that, I'm too much of a country bumpkin for city life.

After 7 years in a small town in TN, I am more than ready to move back to a more urban area. Miss so many things. Looks like it will happen very soon, not back to IL, though, but on to Charlotte.

 

[rad]

After 7 years in a small town in TN, I am more than ready to move back to a more urban area. Miss so many things. Looks like it will happen very soon, not back to IL, though, but on to Charlotte.

I don't know how you lasted that long in Cookeville. Good luck with your move.

 

[Sparkman]

I don't know how you lasted that long in Cookeville. Good luck with your move.

Some really good things about Cookeville, new mayor, a fiend of mine, has made some needed changes, but definitely ready to get "back to civilization." Wife just has to say yes to a new job and she's there in August, I'll stick around here to sell the house.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Unless the customer specifically requests ... as there are some music channels on the 119, a least last time I checked.

No sonic tap.

Besides most of that is on 101

 

[Stargazer]

Reminds me of several installs that I have done in which others have said no signal. I had to go out of my way on a few though. Some installers are just lazy.

 

[Jimbo]

No sonic tap.

Besides most of that is on 101

Really, I did not know that ....
I don't use D* for music much, but they had music channels on the 119 ....

 

[ejb1980]

Really, I did not know that ....
I don't use D* for music much, but they had music channels on the 119 ....

There is a small group of sonic tap channels on the 119.

 

[dishcomm]

After 7 years in a small town in TN, I am more than ready to move back to a more urban area. Miss so many things. Looks like it will happen very soon, not back to IL, though, but on to Charlotte.

If you are coming to the Charlotte areas to install satellite, consider these things.
1. there are many options. Retailers, in house and fulfillment.
2. lots of competition.
3. All Directv jobs are being funneled over to AT&T. Meaning. if you want to install D*, you'll be applying to AT&T for a job.
4. My former employer, a Dish fulfillment contractor has seen their workload decreased significantly.
5. Google fiber is here. More competition for pay tv....
The jobs are out there. I would not work for Dish for all the rocks in the painted Desert.
AT&T is the way to go.

 

[Sparkman]

If you are coming to the Charlotte areas to install satellite, consider these things.
1. there are many options. Retailers, in house and fulfillment.
2. lots of competition.
3. All Directv jobs are being funneled over to AT&T. Meaning. if you want to install D*, you'll be applying to AT&T for a job.
4. My former employer, a Dish fulfillment contractor has seen their workload decreased significantly.
5. Google fiber is here. More competition for pay tv....
The jobs are out there. I would not work for Dish for all the rocks in the painted Desert.
AT&T is the way to go.

Nope, I'm not an installer, the OP is.

 

[ben_D]

I put this in yesterday in downtown Chicago at a pizzeria.

2 other installers said no line of site.

Getting perfect signal on 99, 101 and 103 pointed right between 2 buildings and over the Sears tower.

Only had to mount the Dish 1 time to find the right spot on the roof

Check it out


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is that the new wireless dish the at&t sales reps have been talking about?

 

[ben_D]

There is nothing on 119, it's not required unless your locals are on 119

spanish channels come through on 119

 

[ncted]

After 7 years in a small town in TN, I am more than ready to move back to a more urban area. Miss so many things. Looks like it will happen very soon, not back to IL, though, but on to Charlotte.

Off-topic, but I am in the opposite camp. I have lived in the Raleigh-Durham area for 18 years now, and it has grown so much, I long for a smaller city, like Charlottesville where we moved from back in '99. Where we live is nice, but it is expensive and getting more crowded than I am comfortable with. The problem for my wife and me is all the jobs are in the bigger cities.

Charlotte is nice. I spent weeks there last winter and spring. Best of luck!