Recent content by MexicoPete

I just noticed, that it says I'm in or near Seattle. Well not all of the time. When the sun's out, I'm on Vancouver Island when I am up North, and when its cold out, I'm along the shores of Lake Chapala, Mexico, just south of Guadalajara Mexico, where I've had the ability to pick up then Star...

UPdate. All signals from Anik F-2 are working again. :)

I too have lost signals from Anik F-2 which carries most if not all the HD channels so have others in my part of Mexico. Gosh I sure hate watching everything in SD. I'm a snowbird and have been able to watch Star Choice now Shaw Direct when out of Canada since Feb 21, 2001 when then Anik F-1...

Sadly I will not be experimenting with my 12 foot Ku prime focus dish until some time in the new year. Once I do, I willl share the info with you here south of Guadalajara along the shores of Lake Chapala

Pamela: I'm about to try an experiment. Right now all I have is a 4 footer a 1.8 meter (5.9 ft) and a 2.4 meter (7.9 ft) offset Ku band dishes, here along the shore of Lake Chapala just south of Guadalajara. I also have a 12 foot prime focus mesh dish where the mesh is so tight that you can't...

Hi Pamela; Good to see your name here. I'm back in Ajijic enjoying the rain. Right now, I'm watching Shaw Direct. Once things settle down with Echo* 15 maybe I will play around again. Right now I'm getting a few channels on 110 and I still need to better position the LNB (It's too far away from...

El Ruco It's street slang meaning old and warn out. And it's often used by the much younger generation to make fun of those who are what? over 50? Where I sometimes live along the shores of Lake Chapala, the vast majority of the Americans do not speak Spanish. Therefore DISH is terribly...

Pero Yo soy un "RUCO'. Por eso, no puedo aprender Esp. buey :) Remember if English is needed, you still have digital C band and of course Shaw Direct which carries my Seattle stations in HD and one can pick up all the transponders quite well in cental Mexico on a dish that is only 36.5 by 26.5...

This is not what you are going to want to hear, but I only have one receiver, which I take with me when I head to Mexico. That way they can not accuse me of stacking. Mechanicman stated that DISH can check your IP # when you are phoning. Please tell me how that's done. It's real easy for the...

Thanks Alan for your many posts both here and on the non techie forum, MexConnect. I will be returning to the shores of Lake Chapala (south of Guadalajara) from Seattle in two weeks. I look forward to repositioning my 1.2, 1.8, and 2.4 meter offset dishes and playing around with 110, 119, and...

It is a violation of US regulations for A US provider to sell signals to persons living in Mexico. But is it illegal to pick up signals from a foreign country when you live in Mexico? After all you are in Mexico and controlled by Mexican law. I don't think so. In Chapala-Ajijic just south of...

Although right now I'm splitting my time between Seattle and Vancouver Island, I also own property along the shores of Lake Chapala. We are a suburb of Guadalajara and about 260 miles West-West North West of Mexico City. Apparently the sat dealers are getting all of the Conus beams with a 1.8...

I sure hope you're right, but in comparison to their competition, you know SKy Mexico and the local cable companies like Megacable and Telecable, they offer very little; perhaps 1/3rd the number of channels. Their basic package offers, what, 36 channels. And how many channels do they offer...

When in Mexico, I live in the greater Guadalajara area, along the shores of Lake Chapala and regularly write a column called Tech Talk for an English language newspaper down there. At a recent public meeting with representatives of the US Consulate, we were told that there are approximately...

They are very different. On E14. they're better focused on the US with much less bleed-over to my part of Mexico and other parts of countries outside of the US Sadly that makes sense. If you need a certain amount of signal strength over all of the US and less bleedover into other countries...