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I placed a small add on CraigsList looking for satellite dishes 30" to 36" or larger, and within a couple of days received an email from "Chris" in a town about twenty miles away telling me he had a "6' to 8' " dish on his roof, and if I would like to take it down I was welcome to it.
When we got there, it turned out to be the 10' dish pictured in the three pictures of the dish on the back of my truck. It took about an hour and a half to get it down, I didn't want to split the dish, so Chris and I took the dish off the mount (very easy) and struggled to get the mount off the pole, using a LOT of WD40 (only thing we had at the time). A couple of his very helpful neighbors came over to see what we were doing and we enlisted their help to get the dish from the roof to the ground. Again, very easy.
We put the dish on the bed of my pick up truck, drove three blocks to the local hardware store and bought some rope and CAREFULLY tied the dish in the bed of the truck. (pic 1, 2 and 3)
There is only one road we could take to get it home, major US highway with a very steep uphill climb, so I drove on the extreme right side of the road at 25-30 MPH, four ways flashing the whole time and it took us a little over an hour to make it all the way home.
I was too tired to take the dish off the truck that night and it was just getting dark, so I waited till the next morning Friday, Sept 4, to unload, and knowing the type of winds that can come up here (North West Arizona, Mohave County), I tied the dish down, using several cement blocks until I could "get back to it."
Wouldn't you know it, that night we were hit with extreme winds, really a storm that did so much damage that we were lucky to escape with as little damage as we had. Wind, hale, rain, more wind, you know how it goes.
When I got up the next morning (Saturday, Sept 5) I went out to survey the overnight damage, and look what I found. The new dish was moved nearly 50 feet, and was wedged under the back of the car. (pic 4 and 5) Pic 5 was taken from where it HAD been to were I found it.
But wait …. There's MORE …..
As you can see from the photos I took, every one of my dishes BUT ONE had moved during this storm.
The mini-C band LNB had twisted on the arm and was full of water, the motor driven KU dish was off by about ½ inch, the 10' dish was off by several inches (at the pole), the ChannelMaster was the only dish that hadn't moved, but the LNB cover was gone (pic 6). One of the two C Band dishes that I was going to install this week had fallen on top of the four arms and bent an arm (pic 7), and one other dish that was laying flat on the ground was no where to be seen. I had taken that dish apart because when taking it off the roof, the donor had dropped it about five feet and it had hit a corner and tweaked, but I wanted to save that one. Now it was "gone." (Later found it and the cover to the ChannelMaster in the extreme NE corner of the yard, up against the fence – pic 9)
Just to give you an idea how hard the wind DID blow, the next three pictures are of my flagpole, and a couple of pictures of the neighbor's car port … in MY yard (pic10, 11 and 12). Oh, btw, the car port was spread all my yard and out in the street. It took me a while to figure out what all the aluminum sheets were from, till I look south and saw the damage to his house.
Well, now back to work.
Oh, as if all THAT wasn't enough, this all took place on Friday night and Saturday morning, it also took out several telephone poles in our area, including the one our Cable DSL is on, so we are without internet until possibly Tuesday morning. Listening to the scanner, the fire department was called out to down telephone poles with cars between live wires, and one call said a propane tank had been punctured, gas was leeking and the kids calling were home alone.
I'll post this when we get our internet back, just so you all know what's happening.
And giving up? Me? HELL no, there's work to be done, but we WILL get through it. Others out here suffered a LOT worse than we did. Saturday was spent (for the most part) just going around and checking on neighbors to insure they were OK. They were, with little damage other than broken windows and one errant car port.
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(All pictures were taken with a Centro Cell Phone)
(We got our internet cable back on Sunday, but I was too tired from work all day to get on line to post this. It is now Monday AM and I am off to work. No time to "play" this week, work today and tomorrow, them set up for the County Fair Wednesday, then the Fair Thursday through Sunday and then back to work Monday and Tuesday. My next "day off" wont be till Wednesday next week.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day, stay safe and God Bless Everyone)
When we got there, it turned out to be the 10' dish pictured in the three pictures of the dish on the back of my truck. It took about an hour and a half to get it down, I didn't want to split the dish, so Chris and I took the dish off the mount (very easy) and struggled to get the mount off the pole, using a LOT of WD40 (only thing we had at the time). A couple of his very helpful neighbors came over to see what we were doing and we enlisted their help to get the dish from the roof to the ground. Again, very easy.
We put the dish on the bed of my pick up truck, drove three blocks to the local hardware store and bought some rope and CAREFULLY tied the dish in the bed of the truck. (pic 1, 2 and 3)
There is only one road we could take to get it home, major US highway with a very steep uphill climb, so I drove on the extreme right side of the road at 25-30 MPH, four ways flashing the whole time and it took us a little over an hour to make it all the way home.
I was too tired to take the dish off the truck that night and it was just getting dark, so I waited till the next morning Friday, Sept 4, to unload, and knowing the type of winds that can come up here (North West Arizona, Mohave County), I tied the dish down, using several cement blocks until I could "get back to it."
Wouldn't you know it, that night we were hit with extreme winds, really a storm that did so much damage that we were lucky to escape with as little damage as we had. Wind, hale, rain, more wind, you know how it goes.
When I got up the next morning (Saturday, Sept 5) I went out to survey the overnight damage, and look what I found. The new dish was moved nearly 50 feet, and was wedged under the back of the car. (pic 4 and 5) Pic 5 was taken from where it HAD been to were I found it.
But wait …. There's MORE …..
As you can see from the photos I took, every one of my dishes BUT ONE had moved during this storm.
The mini-C band LNB had twisted on the arm and was full of water, the motor driven KU dish was off by about ½ inch, the 10' dish was off by several inches (at the pole), the ChannelMaster was the only dish that hadn't moved, but the LNB cover was gone (pic 6). One of the two C Band dishes that I was going to install this week had fallen on top of the four arms and bent an arm (pic 7), and one other dish that was laying flat on the ground was no where to be seen. I had taken that dish apart because when taking it off the roof, the donor had dropped it about five feet and it had hit a corner and tweaked, but I wanted to save that one. Now it was "gone." (Later found it and the cover to the ChannelMaster in the extreme NE corner of the yard, up against the fence – pic 9)
Just to give you an idea how hard the wind DID blow, the next three pictures are of my flagpole, and a couple of pictures of the neighbor's car port … in MY yard (pic10, 11 and 12). Oh, btw, the car port was spread all my yard and out in the street. It took me a while to figure out what all the aluminum sheets were from, till I look south and saw the damage to his house.
Well, now back to work.
Oh, as if all THAT wasn't enough, this all took place on Friday night and Saturday morning, it also took out several telephone poles in our area, including the one our Cable DSL is on, so we are without internet until possibly Tuesday morning. Listening to the scanner, the fire department was called out to down telephone poles with cars between live wires, and one call said a propane tank had been punctured, gas was leeking and the kids calling were home alone.
I'll post this when we get our internet back, just so you all know what's happening.
And giving up? Me? HELL no, there's work to be done, but we WILL get through it. Others out here suffered a LOT worse than we did. Saturday was spent (for the most part) just going around and checking on neighbors to insure they were OK. They were, with little damage other than broken windows and one errant car port.
Photto
(All pictures were taken with a Centro Cell Phone)
(We got our internet cable back on Sunday, but I was too tired from work all day to get on line to post this. It is now Monday AM and I am off to work. No time to "play" this week, work today and tomorrow, them set up for the County Fair Wednesday, then the Fair Thursday through Sunday and then back to work Monday and Tuesday. My next "day off" wont be till Wednesday next week.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day, stay safe and God Bless Everyone)
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Sorry to hear about your damage but it does sound like you were lucky. I have had relatives living in Las Vegas for about 12 years and have driven from Texas to LV lots of times, and have used both the Hoover Dam crossing and the Bullhead City/Laughlin route. I cannot imagine trying to drive that pass from Bullhead City with that load while people are flying by you, kudos for making it home.
btw, Kingman is always a pitstop, coming and going.
hmmm, did not notice any "after" pictures of the pickup
btw, Kingman is always a pitstop, coming and going.
hmmm, did not notice any "after" pictures of the pickup
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. get a nice chuck roast!!!
Who cares if it's cheaper than store bought. you do realize that ground beef is like hot dogs right lips and a**holes!!! you have no idea whats in it and what animal came from what carcass right
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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