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  1. SHEEPareBAD

    Thinking about switching to directv...

    Hello all. I am currently a DISH customer (and ex-installer) and am pondering switching to directv for the main reason of price. I've been a customer with dish for 6+ years, when I became an installer for them. OPTIMALLY I would like to upgrade to a hopper for free ( or at least the price a...
  2. SHEEPareBAD

    aiming slimline

    i'm a dish tech, but my next door neighbor is a directv customer. he recently re-did his roof and i offered to re-install his dish, (how nice!). i'm just not too sure how to aim it. He has the slimline dish for his HD. i have a super buddy and theres 3 or 4 different options for the...
  3. SHEEPareBAD

    DNS tech screwed up...

    birdog huh, fancy. mines just an analog meter and it works for me. ive tried a satbuddy, a super sat buddy and a birddog. same results. well on dish receivers, we need to run a test to make sure everything is pointed correctly. but if you say that it should test itself, then i'm set...
  4. SHEEPareBAD

    DNS tech screwed up...

    so... when i'm sweeping west to south, the first bird i should hit is 119. peak that and go see if i have good signal. they have these little dinky friggen receivers, how can i check the switch?? sorry, but im a directv virgin. i can do a helluva job with a e* dish, but when it comes...
  5. SHEEPareBAD

    DNS tech screwed up...

    the zip code is 55021. i just pulled it off the mast and set it on the ground. the settings are fine i believe. but what port do i use and what am i hitting when i aim?? and on there is it 110/119 & 101??? and if thats the case do d* and e* use the same birds?? well really the guy moving...
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    DNS tech screwed up...

    uh oh.. a post from the enemy. but i have a question i had a job today (i'm a DNS tech) that was a customer moving in with someone else. the homeowner has directv. i installed dish network on two tv's. to do so i removed the directv dish and put up mine. a half hour after i leave, my...