Recent content by lumpkin666

If I were to win this, it would be the catalyst to me getting off my duff and working on some equipment. I currently have a 10' and a7.5' dish both sitting on the ground waiting to be tossed on poles and put into service. Since I have only one new feedhorn/lnb laying in the garage, I've been...

My favorite memory from Thanksgiving was 13 years ago when we had my last remaining Grandparent (the only one I really remember) over to our newly built home to visit with us and to meet our newly born daughter. We named our daughter after her because we loved the name so much. We didn't...

melgara, I haven't thought much about this one servo controlling thing that you guys are working through in your minds, but I do have a couple usb servo controllers designed for operating RC style servos (little robotics project a few years ago). If I can find some time to dig them out, I'll...

GoSatellite clearly markets to the piracy crowd, which is why you'll see several of their "FTA" packages include circular lnb's or even dish500 dishes. As others have said, there is very little circular stuff FTA these days. HOWEVER, you will occasionally find some stuff in the clear...

Years ago they used to sell a Dish Shaker kit.. when you pushed the button inside the house, it would vibrate the heck outta the dish and basically shake the snow off the dish (or through it, in the case of a mesh dish)

"Don't touch the llama" ;) My toddlers have listened to this channel for awhile since we are xm subs, but they prefer cd's instead of the animal farm. So we have resorted to cd's while paying for xm radio that rarely gets used when the toddlers are in the car. (BTW - it's sad how easily I...

Reporting someone for illegal activities is not judging them. It's allowing them to be judged by the appropriate authorities, and it's also protecting our own rights and the rights of corporations. Frankly, I'm surprised by those who would turn a blind eye instead of investigate a bit more and...

See now, I was missing something. I thought they were only a Sub provider. Thx for the info!

Just curious, what would you do with the guide? Globecast is a subscription service isn't it? If so, then it seems like it'd be silly to have guide information on your receiver for channels that you can't watch on that receiver. Maybe I'm missing something?

I am from Oskaloosa (and not very active lately, unfortunately)

Anole, I have nothing to add concerning actual usage of the DP34 (I had 2 back when I was a subscriber, but gave them away long ago). However, I agree, they are built like a tank. I dropped one from the top of a 2 story house - it landed on concrete and then a power drill landed on top of it...

My MotoQ seems to do what you've asked for. I can't believe that the Almighty iPhone would not surpass my old antiquated MotoQ in all areas of usability and such :( I like my simple, usable, and cheap old motoQ.

$1.93 here in Southern Iowa last night

duh.. that's what I get for half reading. I'm sure you're right!

If you don't want the dish high in the yard because of visibility issues - you might consider digging down and planting the dish below ground level - depending on how much space you have, and your line of site, it'd be doable - add a fence around it for safety and further visibility factors and...