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I nominate Captain Midnite ! :D

If you have ever tried to align your polar mount using the "Half-inch up, Half-inch over" method, because there was no other way to do it, you might be a satellite pioneer. If your first dish was grey with a red lightning bolt on it, you might be a satellite pioneer. If you ever looked...

BTW The "sticky stuff" is a waterproofing compound. If the jacket gets cut it seeps into the breach and seals it (very useful when it's underground and you can't see it). If you get a can of GUNK engine degreaser from your local auto parts store it will dissolve it. ;)

The orange is because all CATV direct burial cables are going to orange to comply with a new electrical code. The code doesn't say it has to be ALL ornage just marked with orange for identification purposes. The cable makers decided that all orange was easier to extrude when making the cable...

Well, not THAT near. It's at least a cab ride away. The convention hall is out where the off-airport parking is located. OH!, BTW, I'm there!:D

Or for that matter a DVM and an alligator clip lead. Just look for a short or an open. A TDR is like a radar internal to the coax. It sends a signal to the end of the cable and reads the doppler shift of the reflected signal. (They're also expensive.)

Depends on what you're asking. A signal level meter and a loss table from the manufacturer will tell you if the coax is losing too much signal over it's distance. A TDR (Time Domain Refectometer) will find shorts or opens in the cable.

Get the technician to come out again and document the signal level on ALL of the channels. According to the cable TV regulations there should be enough signal at their demarcation point (aka the box on the side of your house) to supply 0dBmV at each set. A reading of +12dBmv prior to the...

I recently installed an electric dog fence for my Mother. In the installation video it said to loop the fence wire back and forth in the areas where the dog was to enter and leave the house and the collar would not go off in that area. Perhaps if you made a very small loop right where the...

Scott: Do you have the dates and location for next year's Expo? I wnat to make sure to put it on my calendar.

Every time I have experienced Rain Fade I could walk outside and it wasn't raining. The fade was due to the approaching clouds to the West. After the clouds got overhead and the rain began I would regain picture because the dish was now looking behind the clouds to the satellite. :no Now...

One of those little "gotchas" that the vendors never tell you is that the connectors must match the cable. Is it RG-6 60% braid, 90% braid, tri-shield or quad shield cable? There is no such thing as a "one size fits all" connector (although I've seen some "one size fits none" connectors)...

You might also try to google the internet for one of the dish covers that are being sold. They are transparent to the satellite signal but make the dish look like a potted plant or something like that.

Does anybody remember "Captain Midnght"? :D

Ohms law: E=I*R My law: If it's working, don't mess with it. :D

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My home theatre receiver has only one optical input for digital audio, however my digital cable box, DVD player, and satellite receiver all have optical audio outputs. Can I get them all connected and not have to switch audio every time I change sources? :confused:

NO! Don't ground it in two different places. It should be connected to the house ground only. If you ground in more than one location you can create a "ground loop". This will create a hum bar in the picture.