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    Houston in Dallas

    Anyone get Houston locals in Dallas?
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    RETIRING FROM F.T.A. IN THE TWIN CITY AREA....FREE DISH, ETC.....

    Actually, the mount was made with 3 pilot holes to set the declination agle. The only tricky part was setting the elevation low enough, as you can see the elevation bolt was almost too short and I just had enough threads out the bottom to put on the nut. The dish tracked perfectly from 72-105...
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    RETIRING FROM F.T.A. IN THE TWIN CITY AREA....FREE DISH, ETC.....

    Hey stogie......if only you knew how ironic that comment is........
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    RETIRING FROM F.T.A. IN THE TWIN CITY AREA....FREE DISH, ETC.....

    Located 50 miles NE of Minneapolis and retiring from the FTA hobby and have the following to give away for free (just took it down a few minutes ago) ChannelMaster 1.2M offset dish with ku lnbf. 24" actuator. Polar mount originally connected to a 10' mesh dish, but I did "the old jimmy-rig"...
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    "You Might Be From Minnesota If.."

    Coming from a guy living "right next to Minnesota," I can tell if someone is from Minnesota, as they give me the "stink-eye" when I'm wearing my Packer shirt :D
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    Multiple Local Markets

    Trying to figure out if there is a difference between direct and dish when it comes to delivering two different local channel markets to one household. When on direct's website, and punch in my zip code of 54759 I says I would get minneapolis and lacrosse locals, but when I do the same on...
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    Locals on HD only vs SD receiver?

    Thanks Ice for the info. on the receiver question. If you see this post, this is my zip code I've entered into Directv's website that is telling me I would get both minneapolis and lacrosse locals....... 54759. Any thoughts?
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    Locals on HD only vs SD receiver?

    Considering switching to Direct. I've been on their website and pretended to go through the motions of signing up by choosing a package and receivers (1 hd dvr, 1 hd and 1 sd receiver). First question, will the sd-only receiver be able to receive my locals even though they are only in hd and...
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    Dish Network "Chat" Question

    Exactly what changes can you make to your Dish account using their 'chat' feature on-line? I know you can change certain things yourself on-line, but I'm not sure about chatting with a CSR. Any thoughts?
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    Where to aim 2 extra Primestar dishes?

    AMC 5 at 79-degrees..........tons of news feeds and occasional sporting events such as high school, college and semi-pro baseball
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    ALMOST FREE FTA

    It was nice to finally meet Iceberg.......for you folks out there that have bee reading him on this site........he's a very good guy.....even drives a truck like mine. I'm sure he'll get the most out of the stuff........better he get it than Waste Management!
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    ALMOST FREE FTA

    Only Iceberg is interested.........come on all this for a modest $40 donation.
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    ALMOST FREE FTA

    I had him in mind when I posted this........I know he's somewhere in the metro area.
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    ALMOST FREE FTA

    ALMOST FREE FTA STUFF Between have space issues and my wife blackmailing me, I am liquidating some FTA equipment. I will try and attach pictures of the items. If the attachments work, you will see the following: Item #1 5-foot Unimesh c/ku dish...comes with an al/el mount Item #2 Three (3)...
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    Enter to Win: Sponsors Super Satellite Sampler System - Contest Ends 2.28.2010

    Back around 1983, I saw my first B.U.D. in action at a local establishment. Was amazed on how many truly free channels there were back then. I saved up my money and bought my first B.U.D. in 1985 and after reading book after book, I was able to install it myself. Been a fanatic ever since...