Recent content by iammike

Wow, I just got home from my store a few minutes ago and checked my messages. What a great surprise! Many thanks to Brian for having the drawing and even more so for the hard work on the microHD. Thanks to all for the congrats! I'm looking forward to putting the microHD through it's paces...

My Dad used to take me to visit with my Granddad on Sunday afternoons. We'd pick up some ice cream on the way and then have lunch followed by ice cream sundaes at Granddad's place. Afterwards we'd sit in the living room and visit for a while. It sure seemed boring as a kid, but somehow it...

Hmmm, fig trees. I like it. :) Any of you guys remember the old Mail Pouch tobacco barns. I think they'd paint your barn for free it they could put their advertisement on it. My storage building is 12x28 and 8ft tall. I wonder how he'd like waking up every morning to a 28x8 sign...

Hey Ice, I hear ya. I think this guy probably already had it done professionally but I'm not 100% certain. There were 2 cars over there when I came home yesterday. There was a big thunderstorm going on so I didn't go over. I also didn't really want to deal with the guy. I'm going to...

I can't say with certainty that he had it done professionally, but I'm thinking he did. They used the two pins that I knew of, and found a third I didn't know about, when I sight down the stake line they appear to be accurate. The previous owner had put some railroad ties down the side of the...

Stogie, I like the way you think! I was thinking about leaving the mast there, and putting my pizza dishes on it. They might go right up to the line without crossing. I don't know about the pink shed, but I do know where I could get a nice flock of pink flamingos. A nice grouping...

Hey guys, There's a vacant lot next door to me. The guy that owned it moved his old house off of the lot about 10 years ago, and is now thinking about building a new one there. I just bought my place about a year ago, and never even met the guy until about 3 months ago. He was making an...

I'd try to get the reflector for you, but it went in the trash when I cleaned out the shed at the old place. Performance was pretty decent on the old dish, but it was finicky. I never did find a manufacturer. I think they are long gone. That's why I had the duct tape and home made holders...

Here's a couple of good ones of the secondary reflector.

I found this pic. It will probably help some. I'll look some more tomorrow to see if I can find a better view of the business side of the reflector.

Hey, just found your PM. I just got rid of my old dish, literally in the last week. I picked up a 10' Unimesh a couple years ago, and my Cassy has been laying on the back of my old lot. I just sold the old house and the new owners closed on Monday. I only brought the 10 footer with me when I...

Thanks for the tip! I just did a google image search for defective capacitors and saw some examples of what you're referring to.

Well, I cracked open the case on the bad 211 last night. I didn't see anything obviously wrong with the power board, so I decided to go ahead and do the swap between the two receivers. A couple of the cable connections were a little tough to get loose, but otherwise it was a very simple...

I'll crack the case and take a look. Thanks for the suggestion!

It does cost some coin to make the initial purchase, but when combined with Sage TV can pay for itself in a few years. There's no fees associated with a 211 except for being a second receiver.