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I guess this all starts from my first call to Dish and asking them about the switch. At first the CSR doesn't know what I'm talking about and starts getting a bit defensive about it. I ask her to talk to her supervisor about it and she does and confirms that I'm right about new HD being put on 72.7 and immediately schedules an eastern arc move. Unfortunately, she also insists I must replace my 311 with a HD solo tuner. Personally, I did not want this because the 311 only powers 2 little crappy CRT TV's and I have no plans upgrade them. (Guess I do now) Since they offered the receiver for free, I took it as I don't care about re-upping my 2 year commitment since I don't have any other TV options anyway. (Cable sucks here and when we tried to switch to D*, they gave us a lot of trouble regarding our install demands) Anyway, call ends, appointment confirmed.
Fastforward to the install. Tech shows up promptly, installs my new HD receiver and I then ask him about eastern arc. He then says I don't need it because I already get all of my channels off of 110/119/61.5. He checks with his guys back at HQ just to make sure and they confirm. So I call dish, get a CSR and she contacts the tech's HQ. As I am doing this, the tech calls what sounded like a special tech support line for installers. At first they say the same thing HQ told him before but they double check to make sure.
I then see the expression on the face of tech turn into a look of disbelief. I guess someone broke the news to him. He then goes on asking how Dish could not inform their own techs about this, what will I do if I need internationals and need 118.7, yada, yada, he hangs up and then takes the phone from me and talks to the Dish CSR asking to pass a message up to corporate. He is obviously not pleased. After his little chat with the Dish CSR's, he tells me he can't install a new dish because there's over a 1'+ snow on my roof. Perfectly understandable, I wouldn't go up there either if I was him.
He internally reschedules the install for next week, hopefully the snow will be gone by then.
Overall, I was very pleased with the tech. He stuck with me for over 90 minutes playing CSR roulette with multiple dish agencies. He could have easily jetted off at any time and moved on to his next job. However, I am disgusted with Dish and their obvious lack of communication skills. How can a whole bunch of guys on the internet know about what's going on up in the sky before the actual techs do? Absolutely unbelievable.
At this point, I'm worried that I might lose my SD locals when I'm moved to eastern arc next week. I'm pretty sure Dish moved them off of 61.5 to 119 a while back once the new sat was up to clear some space off. Can anyone confirm? (NYC DMA)
Quite frankly, all I want is 72.7, I could care less about 77 but I guess we'll see what happens next week when the techs come back out again.
Did anyone have a similar experience?
Fastforward to the install. Tech shows up promptly, installs my new HD receiver and I then ask him about eastern arc. He then says I don't need it because I already get all of my channels off of 110/119/61.5. He checks with his guys back at HQ just to make sure and they confirm. So I call dish, get a CSR and she contacts the tech's HQ. As I am doing this, the tech calls what sounded like a special tech support line for installers. At first they say the same thing HQ told him before but they double check to make sure.
I then see the expression on the face of tech turn into a look of disbelief. I guess someone broke the news to him. He then goes on asking how Dish could not inform their own techs about this, what will I do if I need internationals and need 118.7, yada, yada, he hangs up and then takes the phone from me and talks to the Dish CSR asking to pass a message up to corporate. He is obviously not pleased. After his little chat with the Dish CSR's, he tells me he can't install a new dish because there's over a 1'+ snow on my roof. Perfectly understandable, I wouldn't go up there either if I was him.
He internally reschedules the install for next week, hopefully the snow will be gone by then.
Overall, I was very pleased with the tech. He stuck with me for over 90 minutes playing CSR roulette with multiple dish agencies. He could have easily jetted off at any time and moved on to his next job. However, I am disgusted with Dish and their obvious lack of communication skills. How can a whole bunch of guys on the internet know about what's going on up in the sky before the actual techs do? Absolutely unbelievable.
At this point, I'm worried that I might lose my SD locals when I'm moved to eastern arc next week. I'm pretty sure Dish moved them off of 61.5 to 119 a while back once the new sat was up to clear some space off. Can anyone confirm? (NYC DMA)
Quite frankly, all I want is 72.7, I could care less about 77 but I guess we'll see what happens next week when the techs come back out again.
Did anyone have a similar experience?
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I've got my dish on the side of the house - Some years back I paid good money to have new roof shingles put on, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna put holes in my roof unnecessarily.
Besides, it makes it a hack of a lot easier to access, should you ever have to do work or keep the snow off it. 
I have no problem where he puts it. My 61.5 is on the railing of my 3rd floor deck- I just walk out on the deck and swipe the snow off my dish. He can even access my roof with a small step ladder from the deck. Dish doesnt like the idea of dish on railing but its solid and quality control thought so too. If they dont want to do it I could just sit in a chair drinking beers and try it myself.I've got my dish on the side of the house - Some years back I paid good money to have new roof shingles put on, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna put holes in my roof unnecessarily.
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I have a DX100 American Electrola Radio, AM FM SW. It is a receiver only, which quit working many years ago. Several years ago the seller had stated that capacitors would need replaced because they go bad.
In this particular xxx://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUbXgNT8Oo they mentioned the backup battery being the problem.
Several years back when asking about having the capacitors replaced one former repairman said send it back to the factory, well there is not any. Another response several years ago from a person who repaired circuit boards for industry said they could repair it if they had a schematic, again I do not have.
This radio was built in Pittsburgh, PA out of as many American parts as they could find. Your thoughts on getting the radio to work?
In this particular xxx://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUbXgNT8Oo they mentioned the backup battery being the problem.
Several years back when asking about having the capacitors replaced one former repairman said send it back to the factory, well there is not any. Another response several years ago from a person who repaired circuit boards for industry said they could repair it if they had a schematic, again I do not have.
This radio was built in Pittsburgh, PA out of as many American parts as they could find. Your thoughts on getting the radio to work?
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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!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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
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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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I was reading this article
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That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
Cable TV ‘cord-cutters’ became the majority in 2022
The steady decline of cable and broadcast television, and the rise of streaming services, reached a sort of inflection point over the past year. Last summer, for the first time, streaming ser…
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
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I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
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USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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Cheap, just the battery. Working or not.
Anybody got anything they'd just as soon get rid of? They look like this:
Anybody got anything they'd just as soon get rid of? They look like this:
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Does anyone here use Apple Home/HomeKit with HomePods or Apple TV to automate smart devices in their house? We have had Amazon's Alexa set up in our house for the last 10+ years and I have been waiting to switch them out to Apple for a few reasons; We are already in the Apple ecosystem with our phones, tablets, and computers. I have never liked Amazon's stance on privacy and I really like that Apple has pushed for privacy for a long time.
I bought 4 of the new HomePod Mini 2 speakers to go in various rooms in our house and we have one of the new Apple TVs on preorder that will be the start of me replacing our Rokus. I have the HomePod Mini 2s set up and have an RPi that is running HomeBridge for our legacy smart devices that worked natively with Alexa but don't work with Apple Home natively. I had trouble with the older smart bulbs not keeping the brightness or light color consistent with what our routines were with Alexa despite trying every setting in HomeBridge with the bulbs just not shining very bright. I ended up replacing them with updated versions that are Matter compatible so they work in Apple Home natively. That in and of itself has been interesting to set up because I have my home network segretated with the IoT devices on their own vlan and wifi and pretty locked down. Matter requires IPv6 and due to how my home network is designed I had to do some digging with AI to figure out how to make it all work correctly.
Apple Home definitely has some shortcomings that Alexa does much better with but I am hoping Apple will continue to improve their Home products and introduce features that will bring it closer to the functionality of Alexa.
I bought 4 of the new HomePod Mini 2 speakers to go in various rooms in our house and we have one of the new Apple TVs on preorder that will be the start of me replacing our Rokus. I have the HomePod Mini 2s set up and have an RPi that is running HomeBridge for our legacy smart devices that worked natively with Alexa but don't work with Apple Home natively. I had trouble with the older smart bulbs not keeping the brightness or light color consistent with what our routines were with Alexa despite trying every setting in HomeBridge with the bulbs just not shining very bright. I ended up replacing them with updated versions that are Matter compatible so they work in Apple Home natively. That in and of itself has been interesting to set up because I have my home network segretated with the IoT devices on their own vlan and wifi and pretty locked down. Matter requires IPv6 and due to how my home network is designed I had to do some digging with AI to figure out how to make it all work correctly.
Apple Home definitely has some shortcomings that Alexa does much better with but I am hoping Apple will continue to improve their Home products and introduce features that will bring it closer to the functionality of Alexa.
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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After a strange reboot last night in the middle of viewing, this morning several more reboots and about a half an hour download.
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