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    Dish Network CEO says label as America’s worst company to work for is “ridiculous”

    Dish chief executive Joe Clayton called the label “ridiculous.” “To say this is the worst place to work in America – I’ve worked in a lot worse places. This isn’t one of them,” Says it all Hey Joe its not 1950's any more
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    WGN confusion

    588 two three hundred, Creature Features Victory Auto Wreckers When Movies Were Movies Family Theatre Family Classics With Frazier Thomas "Little Timmmy" Long Chevrolet in Elmhurst The Untouchables 588 two three hundred
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    grounding in attic question

    This is the correct answer Forget the conduit I'd go with direct bury cable forget the Dish its on a pole in the ground 150' away Ground the Coax just before it enters your house bond that to the power ground get a coax ground block run the ground wire down and around to where the power...
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    Appeals Court Finds Echostar in Contempt in TIVO Case

    I thought News Corp. owned reply And it went to NDS Corp. When they sold DIRECTV News Corp still owns NDS Corp And we know who owns News Corp
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    Post your 61.5W Signal Strengths

    Receiver type: , 622, Dish 500 (w/ I adapter) Area:49042 Date/Time: around 1pm 5/31/09 clear skies 01: 23 (Spotbeam) 03: 0 (Not Locked - Name Not Acquired) 05: 77 (Spotbeam) 07: 02 (Locked - Name Not Acquired) 09: 42 (Spotbeam) 11: 48 (Spotbeam) 13: 64 (Spotbeam) 15: 32...
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    Digital Transition killing OTA signal strength.

    In addition to "switching off" the analog transmitter at 11:59 PM Tuesday, February 17, WHO-DT also changed it's digital broadcast frequency. (Channels 13.1 or 13.2)they were on UHF channel 19 Attic VHF antennas are about the only "indoor" solution Rabbit Ears On VHF they should be...
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    L617 Software Bug Thread

    OTA HAVE schedule info It records just can't watch it anymore severe pixellation drop outs jumps to live it Happens on other locals now too I happen to watch a show as it recorded perfect signal was 71-73 after it was over started recorded show severe pixellation drop outs jumps to live...
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    L617 Software Bug Thread

    I am also wondering if my problems are 617-related or with the local station itself I can't record my OTA PBS station severe pixellation drop outs But now I noticed with a signal of 91 the live buffer rewinds then at the first pixellation jumps to live I have 1 station with signal strength in...
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    Replacement schedule for AMC-14?

    AMC-14 - Orbit Data Perigee height: 35584 km Apogee height: 35986 km Ciel-2 Perigee: 35,785.5 km Apogee: 35,802.1 km
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    Dish install that went wrong!

    agree with everything here But noticed this part and John Doe, a trainee Want to bet who drilled the hole I wonder how long before John Doe, the trainee told the installer what he did I can just see John saying **** this I'm out of here And not being there for the police report this...
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    Grand Rapids HD Mystery

    I get the Grand Rapids Locals from Dish and South bend locals OTA The HD channels SHOW as from spot beam on transponder 15 Has to be 10 on that map but to say they reach IN, I doubt it I'm 10 miles north the border and get 24 on transponder 15 spot Yet transponder 10 shows in the 70's and...
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    What Happens To Old Dish Satellites (Do They Just Remain In Degrading GEO)?

    As of June 21 2000 2,671 satellites (working or not) 110,000 total objects 1 centimeter and larger The oldest debris still on orbit is the second US satellite, the Vanguard I, launched on 1958, March, the 17th, which worked only for 6 years.
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    Grand Rapids Local HD

    . WWMT 3 Is the hold out rescheduled for June 26, but it will not include channel 3 Have a feeling they want WWMT CW7 to be carried Cut and paste from CW7 BELOW # Echostar's Dish Network has not indicated that they will carry the New CW7 in the near future. Contact Echostar at this link...
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    External Drive Feature Wish List

    I'm sure he meant the same as you do now live or off the internal HD I didn't relize this till now but external HD can not be seen on second TV 1. ability to view and watch contents on TV2.That is a must have request.Damn it TV2 is what fills up my HD 2.The 3 move limit 3.auto overflow...
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    an answer to" how can i stop my kids from creating dvr timers that fill my hdd?"

    With the default of record all Episodes I think if the default was new Episodes only It would help a lot