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    Do I HAVE to?

    I actually want to get both fox news and fox business. There are other decent news outlets like One America but I get that for free. If I get DirecTv it is basically a streaming service today anyway, is it not? So, then who has these channels? I think Greg Gutfeld is hilarious and other...
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    Do I HAVE to?

    OK I have been RESISTING getting any kinda Cable TV. But I really want to see FoxNews especially if I can get it by itself. So, I have 300/300 fiber modem in another room away from all the TV's. If I ask AT&T for TV service, is it basically DIRECTV over fiber? or does AT&T have their own thing...
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    70MHz IF Receiver

    I have a box someone gave me in the 80's or 90's along with a small dish. I remember him saying that it used a 70MHz IF. It is made by "New Electronics" kinda special. Either made for TVRO hobbyists or maybe for a radio station to get one channel ?? ON FRONT: it has a a signal meter, a variable...
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    Attempting to change my Grid Square...

    It still shows my grid square as EM84tx. This is my old location. If it is something that I entered forever ago, I cant seem to find it in order to change it.
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    Attempting to change my Grid Square...

    I think I got my location changed
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    Remote Desktop

    Yeah wow theres a LOT of typos in my post. I am attempting to do remote desktop on a new LAN. We are using these tp-link Wifi mesh WAPs. I was able to get these Windows PCs to work on a Spectrum LAN. It is a Windows 10 machine talking to a Windows 10 laptop. The LAN addresses are 192.168.68.132...
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    Remote Desktop

    YES Native. I don't get it..worked before.
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    Remote Desktop

    TYPO 192.168.68.132 and the other is 192.168.68.116 Sorry Never seen that 3rd octet so high but its still in the LAN range I think
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    Remote Desktop

    I am attempting to do remote desktop on a new LAN. We are using these tp-link Widi WAPs. I was able to get them to work on a Spectrum LAN. Its a Windows 10 machine talking top a Windows 10 laptop. The lan address are 192.168.68.132 and the other is 192.168.132.116. So this is a LAN. The...
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    SiriusXM price breakpoint

    I have 2 cars with SiriusXM and am considering adding a 3rd. If you go thru the website they lead ya by the nose thru a 4 step process. In step 3 asks for $payment and I STILL don't yet know what $ I am getting into, so I backed out of that webpage. Background: For each of 2 cars I am paying...
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    FIRESTIKs

    I suppose the stik was upconverting to it's 2K limit?? I let BestBuy sell me a newer 4K stik just now. They're on sale now for $34.99 US. (from like $50) but actually I hadnt planned to pay 50 anyway... They said the new one will upconvert to 4K and they claim it looks a little better even if...
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    FIRESTIKs

    Thats MY question. How do ya know
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    FIRESTIKs

    We have 2 TVs with firestiks on them. We have used them to get online services like amazon netflix Hulu and Peacock. One of the TV our main one is a Philips and it CAN do 4K. I have a PC connected to one of the HDMI and it looks best at 4096 by ?? or something. but it IS 4K.. On another HDMI...
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    FOR SALE 10 ft dish assembly

    This is now sold. thank-you.
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    FOR SALE 10 Foot C band TVRO

    This is now sold. thank-you.
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