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    FTA and DISH Flex equipment question

    Google turns up a lot of these http://www.connectyourhome.com/dish-network/flex-tv/ and it "looks" like they essentially sell a home based system designed to let you subscribe to DISH's pay as you go service. My thoughts weren't to try and get FTA over a DISH receiver but rather to see if I...
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    FTA and DISH Flex equipment question

    Hi All, Been pondering the FTA versus just signing up with a service for a while now and ran across DISH's Flex plan where you buy your own receiver and essentially set up your own system and pay by the month. Now it seems to me this is the best of both worlds if I can buy FTA equipment that...
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    First foray into FTA

    LOL, well, they can both bite you if you're not careful...
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    First foray into FTA

    LOL. Hopefully not, that's why I moved here, to get away from Cali. We're actually in Ophir, about 9 miles north of GB. Turtle Rock is on the south edge of town (slightly out of town I think). It's right by Arch Rock Brewery which is a great little local brewery. Highly suggest picking up a...
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    First foray into FTA

    Thanks for the offer Pop! We're in Gold Beach, we don't get 'em that bad except during storms. Fortunately Port Orford and Cape Blanco shave a few MPH off of the winds before they get to us. The Gorge is a beautiful area, at that height you've got to have some incredible views. Bout the only...
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    First foray into FTA

    Many thanks for the detailed and informative post. Yeah, I'll most likely just get the starter kit one and a good motor. Thanks fully the existing dish is mounted on a good solid pipe sunk in the ground well (I live on the Oregon coast and to say we get high winds is severe understatement)...
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    First foray into FTA

    Now I've got a stupid question, in doing some reading I came across something that said the elliptical ones are such that you can stick multiple LNBFs in them and pick up different satellites without needing a motor. Could I use the existing LNBF that's in there (the existing dish in the photo)...
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    First foray into FTA

    That's an interesting question. Since I have the dish that might work as a bottom end one.
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    First foray into FTA

    Thanks for the response and welcome. Been wanting to do this for years but have always had a cable intnernet connection for business so couldn't really justify it. That sounds like good advice. I figure that the newbie kit referenced in the other thread would probably be very easy to get...
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    First foray into FTA

    Hi All, Decided to get into the FTA thing. I read through this thread http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/333115-Which-KU-band-system-do-you-recommend?p=3403747#post3403747 And checked out the system he mentioned http://satelliteav.com/shop/?ws_pid=1611&ws_cat=413 Couple of questions 1) -...