Recent content by wysocki

Thanks for all the great info, guys! Yeah, that bird was first flying in 1972, the coax replaced the flat twin in the '90s and it is RG59 (bought the white to match the paint on the house!). I'll take the easy way out and just order the HD7694P and some RG6 (no balun needed!) and report back...

I'm in Covina, CA about 16 miles away with a clear view of Los Angeles' Mt. Wilson with all the transmitters on it. I have an OLD rooftop unit going into my HDhomeRun Extend tuners. I've been getting terrible reception of KCBS 2.1(31). The tuners report signal strength of stations with RF...

I'm about to renew my Dish subscription and I currently have HBO and Showtime as my movie channels. I remember back in the old days, these Premium channels actually had relatively current movies! Not so much now, it seems. I really don't want to fork over my whole paycheck to get all the movie...

I got the card too, the number is 888-609-5972 but I don't know that it'll do you any good if you don't meet their criteria for the upgrade. Dan: If you own the 942's and they're offering you $10 for them, tell them to shove it! 942's are going for a couple hundred on eBay right now although...

Yeah, that number. They start off saying it's $299 but then say that they can authorize a discount to $199. The guy last Thursday said I had one week to take advantage of the offer and he didn't mention that I had to subscribe to one of the basic packages. I'd like to get the 622 but not if I...

I got the call and the tech said it was basically "free": they'd charge me 199 but give me a 199 credit with NO additional costs. I called them back a couple days later to accept the offer which they said was still good. The 299 fee was discounted to 199. However, upon finalizing the deal I hit...

My first attempt at this failed because evidently one of the specified lengths are wrong. I stripped 48cm of RJ6 but ran out of wire. The two "three-wrap" coils take nearly 6cm each. Therefore: 16cm + 6cm + 16cm + 6cm + 14cm = 58cm. If the specs are correct, You need about 60cm (2 feet) of...

I have XM and there were strong warnings about NOT placing the antenna in the passenger compartment of the car. Didn't say why though so I put mine on the dash next to the windshield (I have a convertible) and it works pretty well. I'm not fried yet so I'm not sure what that warning was all about.