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    Last day to order Welcome Pack is Jan 31

    It is still available. We ordered it the first week in Feb. had it installed on 2/12/09. Installed a Dish 500 and used 381 receiver for $149, then $9.99/mo. We opted for autopay and that qualified us for Cinemax for a year for 1 cent.
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    Troubleshooting help needed

    We've got an FTA setup we use to watch VTV-4 on IA5. For the last week or so, the signal from the transponder this channel is on (14), has been either really poor or simply not there. Other transponders come in just fine. Is this a symptom of the receiver or LNB failing? At first, I thought...
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    Q about second LNBF for additional sat

    Thanks for the info. Actually I'm a subscriber to Dish from way back but never had a Dish 500. Because of my geography, the Dish 500 won't work where I have the old Dish 300. I can see the 110 slot from where my other 24" dish is. Looking mainly for the 9 day guide and some of the FCC...
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    Q about second LNBF for additional sat

    I've got a 24" dish with linear LNBF pointed at IA-5 (Telstar 5). I'd like to hang another DSS LNBF on the arm to pick up Dishnetwork at the 110 slot. It is 13 degrees from the IA-5. Am I correct that I hang it 13 offset from the centerline of the dish? Will this work?
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    BREAKING: DirecTV Internationals

    I'm new here in the forum because of the recent announcement by DirecTV about the international programming. We have been watching the Vietnamese programming beamed by the Vietnamese government on Intelsat Americas 5 at 97, with a FTA receiver and 24" dish with linear LNB. Can I just...