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  1. iceshark

    Pacific Northwest VOOMers!

    Its not a VOOM only thing about KOMO 4. I am in Marysville and my cm big ol double flyswatter OFA has been getting 4-5-7-9-11-13-16 and UHF digitals with no problem for over a year on my VOom, I also now have a DISH 921 and it picks up analog as well as digital. it was getting even more...
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    Seattle to Bellingham VOOMERS where are you. Report in with Signal range@!

    Gill, That was way old post. I made them upgrade last May to 30inch dish and double channel master OTA. I have not had a rain fade that I know of since! Too bad I am loosing patience with VOOM! Really liking my new 921 :D
  3. iceshark

    Is your homeowners association pressuring you about antennas

    Guess you guys will be really pissed when the new bigger over the fcc limit Voom dish is disalloweed by those stupid rules.!
  4. iceshark

    they left the 30" dish???

    It depends on what you do with it. I only use free to air the legal way and the forums there are great! Its not like one of those barred directv bootleg sites. I would never go to one of those!
  5. iceshark

    they left the 30" dish???

    Yes it is true! I have been using a Free to air mpeg reciever for years. I piggyback it to my BIG dish thru my motorola 4dtv reciever set up. It gets all PBS advertised! plus lots of locals and it seems millions of europe and south american channels. It is for the teckie and not very wife...
  6. iceshark

    Line of Sight Problem

    Not an exactly correct statement. It depends on how wide the opening between trees is. Also even with trees if they are not bushy and thick it is possible to get enough signal thru them. Only problem is is moisture is on the leafs and branches and-or if wind blows them into signal path. I have...
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    Bay Area VOOMers?

    Most of your information is great. However I would not agree with the diplexer statement. Sometimes if everything is perfect in the world they work as planned. But as a old time cband installer I can tell you that Channel plus boxes that cost tons more to do the same thing are even sketchy in...
  8. iceshark

    all the sudden more channels in Seattle area

    Up till yesterday I got with my upgraded channel master 4400 OFA channels 4-5-7-9-11-13-22 Now I have mapping and am getting Kong and 3 others that were not even in the mapping before. I am about 45 miles from source. not complaining. It is cool. Anyone else out here notice addional...
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    VOOM in Portland, Oregon Area

    GOOD LUCK. I have not heard alot of great things about Adams. DBS is the other installer for your area. They work had too make it work for you. Be nice but push Adams and if you dont buy what they tell you. Have Voom send DBS. IT has worked for many here in the northwest! Welcome to Voom...
  10. iceshark

    How does your OTA install look?

    Differant story if you upgrade to channel master 4228 It looks like a huge 4foot by 4foot verticle mish starship flyswatter!! And yes I LOVE IT>!
  11. iceshark

    Seattle to Bellingham VOOMERS where are you. Report in with Signal range@!

    sorry yes I do know that the satellites are one and the same for dish and rainbow! my bad.
  12. iceshark

    Seattle to Bellingham VOOMERS where are you. Report in with Signal range@!

    GOT VOOM installed three weeks ago. Signal average 78-82 . when its cloudy it drops to 70-74 and no signal. Called VOOm and 30 inch dish being installed for free this weekend. will report back. First off if you are in the upper west coast. GOOD LUCK! this bird sits at the far east end of the...