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  1. iammike

    Satellite AV Contest - GEOSATpro microHD - Enter to Win - Drawing on 6/11/2012

    Wow, I just got home from my store a few minutes ago and checked my messages. What a great surprise! Many thanks to Brian for having the drawing and even more so for the hard work on the microHD. Thanks to all for the congrats! I'm looking forward to putting the microHD through it's paces...
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    Satellite AV Contest - GEOSATpro microHD - Enter to Win - Drawing on 6/11/2012

    My Dad used to take me to visit with my Granddad on Sunday afternoons. We'd pick up some ice cream on the way and then have lunch followed by ice cream sundaes at Granddad's place. Afterwards we'd sit in the living room and visit for a while. It sure seemed boring as a kid, but somehow it...
  3. iammike

    Neighbor may want me to move BUD

    Hmmm, fig trees. I like it. :) Any of you guys remember the old Mail Pouch tobacco barns. I think they'd paint your barn for free it they could put their advertisement on it. My storage building is 12x28 and 8ft tall. I wonder how he'd like waking up every morning to a 28x8 sign...
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    Neighbor may want me to move BUD

    Hey Ice, I hear ya. I think this guy probably already had it done professionally but I'm not 100% certain. There were 2 cars over there when I came home yesterday. There was a big thunderstorm going on so I didn't go over. I also didn't really want to deal with the guy. I'm going to...
  5. iammike

    Neighbor may want me to move BUD

    I can't say with certainty that he had it done professionally, but I'm thinking he did. They used the two pins that I knew of, and found a third I didn't know about, when I sight down the stake line they appear to be accurate. The previous owner had put some railroad ties down the side of the...
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    Neighbor may want me to move BUD

    Stogie, I like the way you think! I was thinking about leaving the mast there, and putting my pizza dishes on it. They might go right up to the line without crossing. I don't know about the pink shed, but I do know where I could get a nice flock of pink flamingos. A nice grouping...
  7. iammike

    Neighbor may want me to move BUD

    Hey guys, There's a vacant lot next door to me. The guy that owned it moved his old house off of the lot about 10 years ago, and is now thinking about building a new one there. I just bought my place about a year ago, and never even met the guy until about 3 months ago. He was making an...
  8. iammike

    Spun aluminum, worth a try?

    I'd try to get the reflector for you, but it went in the trash when I cleaned out the shed at the old place. Performance was pretty decent on the old dish, but it was finicky. I never did find a manufacturer. I think they are long gone. That's why I had the duct tape and home made holders...
  9. iammike

    Spun aluminum, worth a try?

    Here's a couple of good ones of the secondary reflector.
  10. iammike

    Spun aluminum, worth a try?

    I found this pic. It will probably help some. I'll look some more tomorrow to see if I can find a better view of the business side of the reflector.
  11. iammike

    Spun aluminum, worth a try?

    Hey, just found your PM. I just got rid of my old dish, literally in the last week. I picked up a 10' Unimesh a couple years ago, and my Cassy has been laying on the back of my old lot. I just sold the old house and the new owners closed on Monday. I only brought the 10 footer with me when I...
  12. iammike

    Bad power supply in VIP211 with R5000 mod?

    Thanks for the tip! I just did a google image search for defective capacitors and saw some examples of what you're referring to.
  13. iammike

    Bad power supply in VIP211 with R5000 mod?

    Well, I cracked open the case on the bad 211 last night. I didn't see anything obviously wrong with the power board, so I decided to go ahead and do the swap between the two receivers. A couple of the cable connections were a little tough to get loose, but otherwise it was a very simple...
  14. iammike

    Bad power supply in VIP211 with R5000 mod?

    I'll crack the case and take a look. Thanks for the suggestion!
  15. iammike

    Bad power supply in VIP211 with R5000 mod?

    It does cost some coin to make the initial purchase, but when combined with Sage TV can pay for itself in a few years. There's no fees associated with a 211 except for being a second receiver.
  16. iammike

    Bad power supply in VIP211 with R5000 mod?

    I bought 2 211 receivers from dishstore.net about a year ago, and one of them stopped working the other day. The power light was on, but there was no picture. I tried power cycling, unplugging and replugging, and unplugging and waiting an hour or so and then replugging. In all cases, the...
  17. iammike

    Dish America price

    I'm paying 29.99 without locals, so 34.99 with sounds correct.
  18. iammike

    Enter to Win: Sponsors Super Satellite Sampler System - Contest Ends 2.28.2010

    That's an awesome prize! I got interested in FTA by spending way too much time on SatelliteGuys.US. :)
  19. iammike

    Capturing video on PC

    I agree with the other replies. One point of clarification though, most of the time you'll see the 1212 referred to as the Hauppauge HD PVR.
  20. iammike

    $15 discount for current customers?

    There's a $15 off for 12 month deal on the Dish web site now, but it's for new customers only.
  21. iammike

    Are Premium Movie Channels A Good Value?

    EncoreHD is also included in the Turbo HD Gold package.
  22. iammike

    Mounting birdhouse on Sat Pole

    Just saw all the new ideas. Some I categorize as good, some . . . . well let's just put them into an "other" category. :) Thanks to all who have put in their 2 cents. Helpful or amusing, all are appreciated. I put the birdhouse up today and used Anole's idea. I also picked up a can of...
  23. iammike

    Mounting birdhouse on Sat Pole

    Hmmmm . . . . . I'm not sure that potential buyers of my house will see duct tape as the selling feature that you do Stogie. I think I'll stick with Anole's plan for now, and keep the duct tape option as plan B in case I have trouble selling the place. :)
  24. iammike

    Mounting birdhouse on Sat Pole

    Thanks guys! I was hoping for one good idea and I wound up with two!
  25. iammike

    Mounting birdhouse on Sat Pole

    Hey guys, I just moved and am trying to sell my old house. My BUD moved with me of course, but the pole it was mounted on is very firmly planted in the back yard of the old place. I'm going to put a birdhouse on top of it, and was wondering if any of you had suggestions for how to mount it...