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    Directv dispute with Viacom IS OVER!

    What did you say to get 5 bucks a month. All they offered me was some additional Encore programming which is a special I think they were already running. Wholeshoe
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    Dish Contract

    Dish is in a dispute with two of my local channels and they are not on air currentally. Does this void my contract with them? I woud like to switch to DirecTV for a number of reasons. Dish says it doesnt because they are "free" noe yet hey are willing to give me a discount because I am missing...
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    New BUD Need Help

    The question is how can I locate or hone in on what sat it was on. The dish came from across the road. It is a az/el winegard mount. If i figure right I should be able to find the bird it was on and once it is on that one the arc should follow if I dont touch the elevation or the declination...
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    New BUD Need Help

    So a Backhoe showed up today with a BUD hanging off from it. Suprise Suprise!! In 15 minutes we had it planted and plumb. Now is the part I need help with. I know for a fact it was pointing at a sat when it was removed, I dont know what sat. Tonight I pushed it back and forth and did...
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    AZBOX with a Slingbox

    All Currently I am working on upgrading my home broadband to a wireless provider instead of verizon. This will enable me to overcome their 5GB a month limit and use my slingbox again at my new house. I have an AZBox and am wondering if anyone has expierence trying to use it with a slingbox...
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    c band on 36"?

    I tried it on my 30" fortec. I got analog C-Band some watchable with noise and exactly 1 digital signal. I have wondered since then what would have of happened if I had turned the LNB around and just pointed it at the satellite. I would guess it would be much the same results. Wholeshoe
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    Enter to win: Sadoun Powertech DG380 HH Motor - End 2/28/09

    Get a perfectly plumb pole, and then carefully adjust for your true south satellite, find a sat on the far end (or as far as you can) and make micro adjustments from there until you are tracking the arc. Wholeshoe
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    PBS 2009 updates for Montana pbs & other pbs

    Hopefully the other networks will be FTA too! I know we all would enjoy that for a few years.
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    3abn/Geosat Pro 90 cm dish Owners...SOUND OFF!

    I put one of these up for a coworker a few years ago and had no problems at all with it. As a matter of fact we eyballed it with the compass and had signal immediatly! From there we just fine tuned from there. The easiest dish install I have ever done bar none. I think God was smiling on...
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    FTA? missing channels on the same sat

    I think a 4402x will only do Symbol Rates above 4000 or something like that. I had that problem with a channel on a headend I was working on and switched it out to a SA 9850 it it came in. Then I got to reading the manual and found out it wouldnt do symbol rates as low as I was trying. I...
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    Anyone Else Using a WISP??

    What about VOIP through a wireless provider? Is it any good? They have a deal where I can get VOIP for $10 bucks a month and keep my phone number. Does 911 usually work through a VOIP provider? Wholeshoe
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    Anyone Else Using a WISP??

    I just found a WISP in my area and I too cannot get cable or DSL. They are coming out to do a site survey and hopefully an install if I have point to poin with the tower. They too are $30 dollars a month. Wholeshoe
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    Snow on dish.

    Fuel Oil works for snow hauling in dump trucks too. Although on your dish it might not do wonders for the grass underneath.
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    What is QPSK modulation?

    QPSK = Quaduatre Phase Shift Keying It is a modulation technique used by satellite providers.
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    Green line on Nasa?

    The top of the screen's noise is the VBI or Vertical Blanking Interval. It is extra lines of video containing things like test patterns and Closed Captioning. It has been around for ever. I have no idea about what the green line on the edge of the screen is. Wholeshoe