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Hi everyone! I've been away from the hobby for too long, and this past winter, I began running a new satellite cable infrastructure in my attic for the purpose of re-inventing and rebuilding my satellite system. I've already invested in an Edision OS Mio+ 4K from Titanium (thanks Brian!), and...

Hi Satellite guys and gals! Been away for awhile with family business and other things, but I hope to start following the forum again soon. I am posting this thread to document a dish rescue that is ongoing at a local TV station. They are tearing down an old studio building, and I have been...

Sorry I have been absent from the forum for awhile. Just wanted to drop in and wish everyone at SatGuys a Happy Turkey Day!

Wishing all a Happy Easter! It's Spring, time to get those FTA projects going! :D

Get those second helpings of turkey early so you can work off the feast in the dish farm! :D

It was suggested in another thread that a thread listing hard drives compatible with the microHD be started. So far, I've used two different hard drives successully with the micro. These are: Western Digital Elements 500GB external, Seagate Barracuda Green ST320005N4A1AS 2TB internal with...

Just noticed it when I finished reading the forums for the day. Happy Birthday!

Well, I was out running errands yesterday afternoon, and happened to spot a large garbage pile stacked for pickup at the curb. I stopped immediately when I saw a large dish atop the pile. The occupants of the house were in the process of moving, and had stacked a bunch of things they no longer...

At one time, one of our Gold Sponsors sold a bandstacked LNBF. Are there any more of these floating around? :D

Best wishes for a Happy Easter holiday to all SatelliteGuys and SatelliteGals! Don't let the kids dig up any buried RG-6 while hunting for those hard-to-find Easter Eggs!

STS-135 coverage is ongoing on NASA-TV SD and HD channels. Tune in to 87W to witness history this week. Launch is scheduled for this morning at 11:26 a.m. Eastern, however there is only a 30 percent chance that the weather will cooperate. Good Luck and Godspeed, Atlantis and STS-135 crew!

James Arness, the actor who played Matt Dillon for 20 years on Gunsmoke, passed away Friday of natural causes at the age of 88. Here is a video package from CBS News about his career. He will be missed...

Launch coverage for STS-134 has begun on NASA-TV, on both the SD channels and the HD channel. This will be the final flight for Endeavour, and the second to last Space Shuttle flight. Good Luck and Godspeed, Endeavour!

Every once in awhile, mainstream media showcases an example of a raw newsfeed. This is a funny one that was featured on Yahoo this morning... EDIT: They seem to indicate that it was recorded at the site, so it probably didn't grace anyone's dish ;) ...

Wanted to wish all SatelliteGuys and SatelliteGals the very best Easter wishes! Let the kids hunt for Easter Eggs while you complete a Spring project or two! :D

Well, I'm finally getting around to posting this thread. The project itself has been ongoing since early in the month, but setbacks such as Mardi Gras, wet weather, and a hair-pulling D'OH moment have made for slow going. My first satellite project for the Spring of 2011 has been to replace...

Funny story on Yahoo today about a man and his cable bill. Just goes to prove what we've been preaching all along... FTA is the way to go! :D

Well, in case anyone was wondering, D* has better PQ than Blu-Ray... Or so I was told by a D* sales person earlier this week. I struggled not to laugh or correct him, just bit my tongue hard and said, "Oh, I see. What about bitrate?" A puzzled look came over his face. "You know, the amount...

Shuttle Discovery is set to launch at 5:21 a.m. Eastern time on a supply mission to the ISS. This is the first of the last four missions of the Space Shuttle program. Launch coverage began on NASA-TV at 1:15 a.m. Eastern, including HD coverage on HQ-5. Good luck and Godspeed, Discovery!

Maybe slightly off-topic, but still related to satellite, I just came inside from watching the ISS (International Space Station) fly over New Orleans. The sky was clear and cold, which makes for a perfect view. The ISS is probably the brightest object in the night sky (other than the Moon, of...

Having been the winner of the recent WSI contest for a prize package including their WSI9036 dish and Powermax SG-9120 motor, I am proud to write a review of these new products from our sponsor WS International. Getting these products was a pleasant surprise, as I don't recall ever having won a...

First, a brief overview of the "PortaBUD" Project. "PortaBUD" was inspired by similar projects undertaken by Iceberg, Guapoharry, Phlatwound, Corrado, and others. These members used six foot segmented dishes to receive some or all of their C-Band programming, and found ingenious methods of...

Happy Birthday, America! Its that time of the year to celebrate the many freedoms that we enjoy here, and sometimes take for granted... Among these many freedoms is the freedom to receive satellite television! Many governments try to silence these signals, or forbid their citizens from...

Since its spring, and many of us will be working on spring satellite projects, I thought a thread on the topic might be of interest. This spring, I have taken on several projects related to satellite and OTA reception. The first of these was supposed to be last years spring project, but due...

Wishing everyone a happy Easter and good luck on all upcoming spring projects!