Recent content by snocrazy

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    DISH not allow Self Installs anymore?

    I cut it down and sealed the top which is on an angle to stop rot. It is about 15feet tall. No more growing for sure. I get over 350 inches of snow here. I needed some thing tall and solid. It is also a pretty good distance from the house underground wire. I did not have much for options trying...
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    outside the lines (spotbeam)

    Thanks for the advice. I really do appreciate it. No one around seems to be interested in HD. All I see are the single lmb dishes. Here and ther eI see the mega dishes. (mounted to the ground and prob over 6 foot. There are 3 of them.
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    DISH not allow Self Installs anymore?

    That thing is way more solid than anthing I could have built. IT is better than the Dish installer damaging the roof of my house!
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    DISH not allow Self Installs anymore?

    What would you say is wrong? You must be a Dish installer! Try not to take it personally and lash out at people pointlessly.
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    outside the lines (spotbeam)

    The spotbeam you are showing is for local Michigan programming. I want my Bears, Hawks, Bulls, Whitesox from the local Chicago channels. So is it pointless for me to get a larger dish and try to peak on that spotbeam if I am geographically challenged? I was able to get the HD channels in the...
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    DISH not allow Self Installs anymore?

    I had a bad installer experience. There was damage to my house. I would not let them come back ever again. If you are educated, do the job your self. You will get the best possible install. The way you want it. Damage free the right way! I moved after that and set up at the new house. Here...
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    outside the lines (spotbeam)

    My setup- dish network 1000.2 dp plus triple LNB I have 3 coax cables between the lnb and a DP44 switch. This dish is set up to 110, 119, and 129 satellites. VIP 722 my location munising, mi 49862 About 15 miles south of lake superior. It looks like I am about 35 o 40 miles outside of the...
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    relocating dish - keep local channels

    I have a dish 1000plus dish. (110-119-129)I had it installed in chicago area. I then moved it to up michigan close to munising. I get all of my local hd channels. I do not get wgn or wciu (cubs - whitesox) Is this because of not being able to see certain transponders in MI that you can in IL? I...