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Thanks. Sounds like they are not a treasure worth burdening my kids with after I'm gone. Off to the recycler--along with all the other stuff that's been cluttering up the barn all these years. But I'm keeping my 1973 VW bus that the pine tree fell on during Hurricane Opal.:)

I was cleaning out my barn this week and found two old DirectTV dishes. One was a 22" x 32" SlimLine with a triple LNB I think, and the other was about 18" x 19". One of them may be the one I used occasionally in a portable RV setup. Is it worth hanging on to either of these for possible...

Thanks to all for the helpful advice. I'm always amazed at how many people on technical forums are willing to spend their time giving their knowledge freely to newbies. Charlie

Thanks for all your help. In your original message you mentioned "our local town...", so I checked you out in hopes that you might happen to live nearby, and might be interested in a side job. But unfortunately, I found that you are in the Far West (NC), and I am in the Far East (AL). :) I...

That sounds like what I typically do--start off bare bones and then wind up having to start over. And I have decided I am too old to be climbing up on the roof, so I will start over with a ground mount. If I wanted to give a little room for growth, what would be a reasonable dish, LNB...

Thanks. That's a good start. Would that also be a good start if I later wanted to expand and get into motor control for multiple satellites? And would the existing rooftop mounts and cabling be OK, or should I start over with a more secure ground mount?

I subscribe to the Dish national PBS SD stream, which we watch a lot. I also have Charter Spectrum Cable Internet and telephone and could drop Dish and switch to cable TV if I could get the national PBS feed. Would the PBS AMC 21 feeds be a good option? I'm a an old retired mechanical...

Thanks. When Dish looked at his setup they said that the standard setup would not work, because they needed a clear path to several satellites, and the trees made that impossible. Technically, if they could get just either 119 or 110, then would that be sufficient for him to get either the SD...

Are you saying that he could get the Chicago HD CBS feed on 61.5? That is one of the satellites he gets, but the latest AAD person told him he could not get it. If he was wrong, can you give me a link to something official we could mention to the AAD rep? Thanks, Charles

AAD on various satellites Adam, or anyone else who knows: I have been trying to help a friend who lost his CBS channel with the digital transition. After installing a new antenna system, which would not pickup the channel, he finally ordered DISH, because their rep said he could get locals...