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I haven't had much time to be very active in the satellite hobby for a time but thought I would post what I found yesterday.
I thought I knew the location of all the C band dishes in my area and most of which vanished several years ago when 4DTV declined and scrap prices were up.
Yesterday was a beautiful Spring day here in upstate NY and I had the day off. I was up on the roof reinstalling a CB antenna that I had taken down many years ago and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A BUD behind a nearby house almost as close to my house as my 10 footer is. I have lived here for almost 30 years and until yesterday I thought I had the last C band dishes in my area. The neighbors recently removed many trees and apparently the dish was hidden from my point of view.
Time to talk to them. Perhaps they didn't know it still can be used.
I thought I knew the location of all the C band dishes in my area and most of which vanished several years ago when 4DTV declined and scrap prices were up.
Yesterday was a beautiful Spring day here in upstate NY and I had the day off. I was up on the roof reinstalling a CB antenna that I had taken down many years ago and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A BUD behind a nearby house almost as close to my house as my 10 footer is. I have lived here for almost 30 years and until yesterday I thought I had the last C band dishes in my area. The neighbors recently removed many trees and apparently the dish was hidden from my point of view.
Time to talk to them. Perhaps they didn't know it still can be used.
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Working on getting a 12' spun aluminum perforated HH AJAK dish that I had driven by hundreds of times without noticing it camouflaged in the pine trees. A local technician told me that he had serviced it many, many, many years ago and provided the customers telephone number. Unfortunately, the owner is currently asking a price tag that reflects his initial purchase in the 80's.
Made an initial offer of $250 and free removal. Might take a bit longer than penetrating oil on a corroded nut for reality of actual value to reach his grey matter... He is a collector (borderline hoarder) old-timer that barters his way through life. A real tough, rich, junk yard dog that doesn't need the money, and probably sells very little of his "valuables".
Never have seen a 12' solid spun aluminum perf with HH motor. No branding on the reflector, but the AJAK is one of the later models. So well preserved that it almost looks like he kept it covered, waxed it every few months and looks like it was installed last year! I'm sure it was $8k or higher back in the day. Belongs in a museum or at least on top of my business!
With that said, I am willing to go a bit higher $$$ and throw in a few cases of Sierra IPA!
Made an initial offer of $250 and free removal. Might take a bit longer than penetrating oil on a corroded nut for reality of actual value to reach his grey matter... He is a collector (borderline hoarder) old-timer that barters his way through life. A real tough, rich, junk yard dog that doesn't need the money, and probably sells very little of his "valuables".
Never have seen a 12' solid spun aluminum perf with HH motor. No branding on the reflector, but the AJAK is one of the later models. So well preserved that it almost looks like he kept it covered, waxed it every few months and looks like it was installed last year! I'm sure it was $8k or higher back in the day. Belongs in a museum or at least on top of my business!
With that said, I am willing to go a bit higher $$$ and throw in a few cases of Sierra IPA!
Working on getting a 12' spun aluminum perforated HH AJAK dish that I had driven by hundreds of times without noticing it camouflaged in the pine trees. A local technician told me that he had serviced it many, many, many years ago and provided the customers telephone number. Unfortunately, the owner is currently asking a price tag that reflects his initial purchase in the 80's.
Made an initial offer of $250 and free removal. Might take a bit longer than penetrating oil on a corroded nut for reality of actual value to reach his grey matter... He is a collector (borderline hoarder) old-timer that barters his way through life. A real tough, rich, junk yard dog that doesn't need the money, and probably sells very little of his "valuables".
Never have seen a 12' solid spun aluminum perf with HH motor. No branding on the reflector, but the AJAK is one of the later models. So well preserved that it almost looks like he kept it covered, waxed it every few months and looks like it was installed last year! I'm sure it was $8k or higher back in the day. Belongs in a museum or at least on top of my business!
With that said, I am willing to go a bit higher $$$ and throw in a few cases of Sierra IPA!
Hate to say it, but the post is worthless without pics!
He's scared to post any pics.With a 12' spun aluminium dish and H2H motor...one of us might figure out the location and go get it first. 
No photo, yet. Didn't want to appear too interested, so didn't ask too many questions or snap any photos. Glanced up at it a few times and made it seem like it was almost too big, nothing special and suggested I would be doing him a favor to remove the eyesore and preserve it from the scrappers. Talked about the added cost of a boom truck and a few day laborers from Home Depot parking lot to safely remove and how to transport the "beast".
Mostly talked about the good ole days and how every good channel scrambled, the cost of replacement parts and his hate for Charlie Ergen. Yep, all is gone to hell....
Probably head back into the foothills in a few months with the gun rack and shotgun in the back window of the PU, Trump 2016 and "State of Jefferson" stickers on the bumper to seal the deal...
Mostly talked about the good ole days and how every good channel scrambled, the cost of replacement parts and his hate for Charlie Ergen. Yep, all is gone to hell....
Probably head back into the foothills in a few months with the gun rack and shotgun in the back window of the PU, Trump 2016 and "State of Jefferson" stickers on the bumper to seal the deal...
Yeah,I have learnt to say: "Lots of Spanish channels for free up there,makes the wife happy". Which is certainly true...I just no longer mention there are quite a few good English channels as well...unless asked. 
You could take photos with no problems.Just say: "I really need to go home and study this dish some more...I'm not sure if this is really worth my time and effort to remove it".lol
Or for a fibreglass dish: "I better let the wife look at some photos...I'm not sure she wanted a fish pond THIS big'. lmao
You could take photos with no problems.Just say: "I really need to go home and study this dish some more...I'm not sure if this is really worth my time and effort to remove it".lol
Or for a fibreglass dish: "I better let the wife look at some photos...I'm not sure she wanted a fish pond THIS big'. lmao
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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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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Starting a thread klang !
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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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…
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