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Yes I know Autumn in the weather calendar just came but for some of us our good days of outdoor FTA projects can be dwindling (we're expecting frost here this weekend in Minneapolis) so I ask
What are your Fall FTA projects if any?
What are your Fall FTA projects if any?
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While waiting for my meter to charge so I can play musical dishes, I went ahead and put the pole in the ground for the Cuba dish.
I got some help from a neighbor with the heavy lifting but it was still *hard work* !!
You guys have it easy, being able to carry heavy stuff and all.
I got the guy across the street to get the cement out of the trunk of my car and put it in my lawn mower trailer but I had to get it from there into the wheel barrow, dig the hole, mix the cement and put it in. OMG...... That part of this, is NOT fun.
Really.
I don't know what came over me this morning but I had this rare burst of motivation and I got a lot of hard work done. Plus I mowed the yard.
Maybe it's the lower temperatures and lower humidity. It's finally tolerable outside for the first time in like 9 months!
I'm going to be a busy bee this weekend playing musical dishes!
I got some help from a neighbor with the heavy lifting but it was still *hard work* !!
You guys have it easy, being able to carry heavy stuff and all.
I got the guy across the street to get the cement out of the trunk of my car and put it in my lawn mower trailer but I had to get it from there into the wheel barrow, dig the hole, mix the cement and put it in. OMG...... That part of this, is NOT fun.
Really.I don't know what came over me this morning but I had this rare burst of motivation and I got a lot of hard work done. Plus I mowed the yard.
Maybe it's the lower temperatures and lower humidity. It's finally tolerable outside for the first time in like 9 months!
I'm going to be a busy bee this weekend playing musical dishes!
After having taken the wrath of hurricanes Rita, Humberto and Ike, I am very, very, very grateful for this.
My hot flashes are very, very, very grateful for days like this morning too!
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood Mooooooooooooooooooooorning Fidel!!!!!!!!
I put the pole in yesterday (with a little help). While I was waiting for the cement to dry I found all the parts to the dish and got them all put together.
I looked up the information for the Cuba satellite and I preset the dish to the correct elevation.
I went to the bird dog website and downloaded the profile for the Cuban satellite.
I put information on the PC for the satellite.
Then I let it dry overnight.
This morning I went and put the dish on the pole, hooked the meter to it and almost right away I found the satellite, like first try, pain free!
I was really, really nervous about the trees next door, I'm having to aim right between two pecan trees that are in the yard right next to me. At least during the winter they will go bare. I wish the dude would cut them down but I know that's not going to happen.
So I tightened it up and fine tuned it for the strongest signal then went inside and told the PC to scan for new channels. Bingo! Viva la revolucion!
Lawn Chair Dish works like a charm!
However, I'm worried about what my neighbors will think! It's pointing DOWN and towards their house! They are going to flip out when they see that!
Most of the neighbors already think I'm kooky. I told one guy I am listening for Martians and ET with all my dishes. He laughed and said "I believe you."
I'm watching ZOOM right now. Don't understand a word but it's interesting.
Now if I can find those movie channels! Oh, and I found 101 channels on the Cuban satellite. I hope some of them are in English.
Wow! I did an amazing bunch of stuff in just two days!
I shuffled all my dishes so they are not cross eyed anymore, I fine tuned them all for best picture and put in a new dish for Cuban TV !!
Yep. Cooler weather is here. I'm feeling the motivation!
(You can see one of my assistants in the dish picture. She supervises and gets underfoot in general.. )
I put the pole in yesterday (with a little help). While I was waiting for the cement to dry I found all the parts to the dish and got them all put together.
I looked up the information for the Cuba satellite and I preset the dish to the correct elevation.
I went to the bird dog website and downloaded the profile for the Cuban satellite.
I put information on the PC for the satellite.
Then I let it dry overnight.
This morning I went and put the dish on the pole, hooked the meter to it and almost right away I found the satellite, like first try, pain free!
I was really, really nervous about the trees next door, I'm having to aim right between two pecan trees that are in the yard right next to me. At least during the winter they will go bare. I wish the dude would cut them down but I know that's not going to happen.
So I tightened it up and fine tuned it for the strongest signal then went inside and told the PC to scan for new channels. Bingo! Viva la revolucion!
Lawn Chair Dish works like a charm!
However, I'm worried about what my neighbors will think! It's pointing DOWN and towards their house! They are going to flip out when they see that!
Most of the neighbors already think I'm kooky. I told one guy I am listening for Martians and ET with all my dishes. He laughed and said "I believe you."
I'm watching ZOOM right now. Don't understand a word but it's interesting.
Now if I can find those movie channels! Oh, and I found 101 channels on the Cuban satellite. I hope some of them are in English.
Wow! I did an amazing bunch of stuff in just two days!
I shuffled all my dishes so they are not cross eyed anymore, I fine tuned them all for best picture and put in a new dish for Cuban TV !!
Yep. Cooler weather is here. I'm feeling the motivation!
(You can see one of my assistants in the dish picture. She supervises and gets underfoot in general..
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Oh cool! I might try that tomorrow. But then again, if the neighbors don't flip out on me, I might leave it. I don't know. It's still early, if there's going to be any static about it it may take a few days before anything is said. Seriously, the thing is pointing down and right at their house, or so it APPEARS. Most people don't understand how the signal comes in at an angle and bounces into the end. I didn't know that myself until last year. I always thought it was like a straight line out from the center of the dish.
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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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Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
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Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
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Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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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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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
www.apple.com
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.