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Darrell S

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Last reply Apr 17, 2026 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Anybody have Starlink through Dish?

I was just wondering if you have problems can you call DISH, or do you have to chat with Gronk or Grok or whatever Starlink calls their AI customer service?
I know that was the longest incorrect sentence in history, but I'm old and just don't care.

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arlo

Apr 9, 2026

Don't know about Starlink resellers. But for the ka band broadband ISP's, I think it shows the slow decline in folks having alternatives.
I turned some friends with a BnB on to Starlink some 2 years ago. Nothing but good stuff coming from them.
With (who was it...Hughesnet?). Hunters would show up and after a bit. "Brickwalled". Speed slowed to a crawl because their data was consumed for the month.
And the "go outside and sweep the dish" thing in snow. Dishy makes enough heat to melt light snow. They learned to park it during heavy snow for until it subsided. For them out in the sticks. Before, it was Hughesnet or no-net.
Wildblue and a few others did their campaign in this area. Fizzled. Ka band broadband might please some. Until you actually experience Starlink. And the BnB couple? No problems talking with tech support because so far they haven't needed it. The dude did a self install. No aiming to speak of. Some cable routing. Done. Pay the bill and watch for deals.

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jackson85

Apr 12, 2026

arlo said:
Don't know about Starlink resellers. But for the ka band broadband ISP's, I think it shows the slow decline in folks having alternatives.
I turned some friends with a BnB on to Starlink some 2 years ago. Nothing but good stuff coming from them.
With (who was it...Hughesnet?). Hunters would show up and after a bit. "Brickwalled". Speed slowed to a crawl because their data was consumed for the month.
And the "go outside and sweep the dish" thing in snow. Dishy makes enough heat to melt light snow. They learned to park it during heavy snow for until it subsided. For them out in the sticks. Before, it was Hughesnet or no-net.
Wildblue and a few others did their campaign in this area. Fizzled. Ka band broadband might please some. Until you actually experience Starlink. And the BnB couple? No problems talking with tech support because so far they haven't needed it. The dude did a self install. No aiming to speak of. Some cable routing. Done. Pay the bill and watch for deals.

I have Fiber Optic for my Internet, and love it. It is based out of Illinois, and probably will stick with them vs. Frontier and Starlink.

Darrell S said:
I was just wondering if you have problems can you call DISH, or do you have to chat with Gronk or Grok or whatever Starlink calls their AI customer service?
I know that was the longest incorrect sentence in history, but I'm old and just don't care.

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arlo

Apr 15, 2026

jackson85 said:
I have Fiber Optic for my Internet, and love it. It is based out of Illinois, and probably will stick with them vs. Frontier and Starlink.

Well of course. I think that if a land-based Internet option is availiable, the general guidelines say that is probably your first consideration. The bed and bfast friends live way, way out in the sticks. There is not even dsl over copper.
Before going Hughes they actually used a Verizon Jetpack. But it had to be in an upstairs window facing a tower somewhere out there. Surprise data plan and all they had a bigger surprise when they went ka sat.
I mean options were almost none. Trees galore and a dish way up high to peek through trees made for some creative dish sweeping. I see that they tried the electric "dog blanket" snow melter thingy. It's still up on the side of the home.

Thing is. I happen to live in the town where Adelphia, now Zitomedia is based. Some interesting reading there.
Supposedlly the first place where cable broadband was constructed to service individuals. The little town went from streets rolled up at 9pm to having to put in a second red light. The whole nine yards. Pole climbing training. Buying up and absorbing small mom and pop cable companies and upgrading them.
And then, well. You find out. Don't sign a form if it looks like there might be a piece of carbon paper under it. And don't drop the soap. Tossed the dear old (seriously) CEO in the slammer. A son or two.

What I'm getting at is this place had state of the art ISP. When the cash got tight, the system degraded and no cash was spent to do proper upgrades. They were smart though. Two hardline coax cables with a third fiber strung for miles and miles and miles. Another story. REC took advantage of the rural broadband thing a few years ago.
People went to them in droves out in the sticks when after repeated service calls to Zitomedia never fixed the problems.
It rains, Cable dies. Sun comes out and dries it, service restores. Wind blows, cable glitches. Add your own scenario.
Because it's hapening here. And when a service issue escalates to maintenance. The tech knows exactly what the problem is. One sent out for a day with line amps, connectors, fiber to cable nodes. A TDR with no idea nor training how to use it. Amps (I have one here along with a box of coax connectors) dated "Repaired 1992". Yeah.

The maintenance dude. Cool guy. Smart. Not afraid to shut the dispatcher up. He didi the dog-on-a-leash thing and did his assignment. Put me on the 2nd coax feeder. No improvement. Traced backwards from subscriver to subscriber until he found where the issue stopped.
Thing is. Those subs had already jumped ship over to Trico Communications fiber.

May 9th coming up 2 years now. That's how long I've put up with what once for over 12 years was very reliable broadband service. I was "this close" to biting the bullet and jumping over to fiber. 10 bucks and tax more for the same speed service. "This Close"......
Then magically about two weeks ago when the snow melted off and we saw the sun again. A bigassed truck with a spool of cable and a small crew starts yanking old cable off the poles and well......you get the rest.
The maintenance tech knew the problem. The nasty emails I sent to Zito fortified it. Forty-seven million modem management log screenshots.
Check out FB for Zito issues in different areas of the country. It's disgusting.

Wildblue, Hughesnet, etc. dishes hanging on the sides of rural homes and even into town. Because the cable ISP just wouldn't spend the cash to repair their systems. Nor treat the field techs good enought to make them want to stick with working for them. I cannot even imagine that they spent the time and money to spool out new cable way out here. I guess a few letters to the FCC mght have helped. Who knows?

Oops. Got carried away again. Sorry. Starlink is fantastic. It's fairly expensive and I wonder how they expect to break even when they toss new sats up there all of the time. But tossing a Dishy up on top of the toy hauler and going a few miles down the road to go "camping" or to a race sure sounds tasty.
Or a bed and breakfast who bit the Hughesnet "hook" and found out fast what fine print actually means. I ain't a fan of ka sat broadband.

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navychop

Apr 15, 2026

arlo said:
It's fairly expensive

Huh? $50/ month?

My understanding is that StarLink itself is profitable.

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rvvaquero

Apr 15, 2026

navychop said:
Huh? $50/ month?

My understanding is that StarLink itself is profitable.

Starlink is not available everywhere for $50 month. When I put my address into their website, they only offer me the $120 package. A friend of mine lives a few miles away and gets all three packages offered, $50, $80, and $120.

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HipKat

Apr 15, 2026

rvvaquero said:
Starlink is not available everywhere for $50 month. When I put my address into their website, they only offer me the $120 package. A friend of mine lives a few miles away and gets all three packages offered, $50, $80, and $120.

Are you going through Starlink or Dish?

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rvvaquero

Apr 15, 2026

HipKat said:
Are you going through Starlink or Dish?

Through Starlink's website. DISH doesn't have anything on their website except to call them. I assumed DISH couldn't offer something that Starlink doesn't offer, that may be incorrect. I'm not calling DISH to find out 'cause I don't need Starlink. Just making an observation.

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HipKat

Apr 15, 2026

rvvaquero said:
Through Starlink's website. DISH doesn't have anything on their website except to call them. I assumed DISH couldn't offer something that Starlink doesn't offer, that may be incorrect. I'm not calling DISH to find out 'cause I don't need Starlink. Just making an observation.

You're not obligated to order it, but they can tell you your options

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profish

Apr 16, 2026

HipKat said:
You're not obligated to order it, but they can tell you your options

Fastest easiest thing to do is just go on the site and put in your address and you will see available plans and whether there is a congestion fee at that location (usually only if choosing residential). Some places come with multiple plan options others with offers for free equipment as well. Dish will waste more of your time than just doing it yourself.

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jackson85

Apr 16, 2026

arlo said:
Well of course. I think that if a land-based Internet option is availiable, the general guidelines say that is probably your first consideration. The bed and bfast friends live way, way out in the sticks. There is not even dsl over copper.
Before going Hughes they actually used a Verizon Jetpack. But it had to be in an upstairs window facing a tower somewhere out there. Surprise data plan and all they had a bigger surprise when they went ka sat.
I mean options were almost none. Trees galore and a dish way up high to peek through trees made for some creative dish sweeping. I see that they tried the electric "dog blanket" snow melter thingy. It's still up on the side of the home.

Thing is. I happen to live in the town where Adelphia, now Zitomedia is based. Some interesting reading there.
Supposedlly the first place where cable broadband was constructed to service individuals. The little town went from streets rolled up at 9pm to having to put in a second red light. The whole nine yards. Pole climbing training. Buying up and absorbing small mom and pop cable companies and upgrading them.
And then, well. You find out. Don't sign a form if it looks like there might be a piece of carbon paper under it. And don't drop the soap. Tossed the dear old (seriously) CEO in the slammer. A son or two.

What I'm getting at is this place had state of the art ISP. When the cash got tight, the system degraded and no cash was spent to do proper upgrades. They were smart though. Two hardline coax cables with a third fiber strung for miles and miles and miles. Another story. REC took advantage of the rural broadband thing a few years ago.
People went to them in droves out in the sticks when after repeated service calls to Zitomedia never fixed the problems.
It rains, Cable dies. Sun comes out and dries it, service restores. Wind blows, cable glitches. Add your own scenario.
Because it's hapening here. And when a service issue escalates to maintenance. The tech knows exactly what the problem is. One sent out for a day with line amps, connectors, fiber to cable nodes. A TDR with no idea nor training how to use it. Amps (I have one here along with a box of coax connectors) dated "Repaired 1992". Yeah.

The maintenance dude. Cool guy. Smart. Not afraid to shut the dispatcher up. He didi the dog-on-a-leash thing and did his assignment. Put me on the 2nd coax feeder. No improvement. Traced backwards from subscriver to subscriber until he found where the issue stopped.
Thing is. Those subs had already jumped ship over to Trico Communications fiber.

May 9th coming up 2 years now. That's how long I've put up with what once for over 12 years was very reliable broadband service. I was "this close" to biting the bullet and jumping over to fiber. 10 bucks and tax more for the same speed service. "This Close"......
Then magically about two weeks ago when the snow melted off and we saw the sun again. A bigassed truck with a spool of cable and a small crew starts yanking old cable off the poles and well......you get the rest.
The maintenance tech knew the problem. The nasty emails I sent to Zito fortified it. Forty-seven million modem management log screenshots.
Check out FB for Zito issues in different areas of the country. It's disgusting.

Wildblue, Hughesnet, etc. dishes hanging on the sides of rural homes and even into town. Because the cable ISP just wouldn't spend the cash to repair their systems. Nor treat the field techs good enought to make them want to stick with working for them. I cannot even imagine that they spent the time and money to spool out new cable way out here. I guess a few letters to the FCC mght have helped. Who knows?

Oops. Got carried away again. Sorry. Starlink is fantastic. It's fairly expensive and I wonder how they expect to break even when they toss new sats up there all of the time. But tossing a Dishy up on top of the toy hauler and going a few miles down the road to go "camping" or to a race sure sounds tasty.
Or a bed and breakfast who bit the Hughesnet "hook" and found out fast what fine print actually means. I ain't a fan of ka sat broadband.

My Parents lived way out in sticks, years ago and had Hughes net. On clear sunny days great speeds. Cloudy Days not so great.

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arlo

Apr 17, 2026

jackson85 said:
My Parents lived way out in sticks, years ago and had Hughes net. On clear sunny days great speeds. Cloudy Days not so great.

I wasn't being pessimistic in my rant. Actually If I were able to I would have assisted in helping to find the root cause of the sudden decline of my broadband service. Instead they played Swaptronics for almost 2 years.
Sending a guy out multiple, multiple times to check signal levels. Going to the headend and swapping out a laser from 6 milliwatts to 10 and back and forth to compensate for a coax issue. A waste of time. Band Aids.

Yeah. Foundations move in severe climates. Looking at a generic Viasat installer manual, you can aim the dish at the target satellite and be off aim a hair. Get fantastic signal. But be aimed at the wrong, same frequency transponder for a different area. And hence the extra hardware such as dish support arms, etc., that stiffen the whole assy.

If satellite broadband is the single and only option. DSL just won't hack it (is it even still being used?). Your ISP simply refuses to upgrade and old and faulty infrastructure like I've experienced. Well.... But jeez! Starlink. Throw Dishy on the woodpile and he's happy as a lark.

It was commented something like "only THAT much?". Ten bucks a month. No sneaky cable modem charge (I own mine). 2-3 days for a service tech to show. And if I happen to not be. They mark the call as closed. No courtesy calls as to when they might show.

Losing Zitomedia is no biggie and I'm probably stupid for not jumping the bandwagon to Trico Communications fiber.
Losing them means I lose their email server. Trico offers none. And a year ago I helped my neighbor migrate all of his emails to Gmail. Meaning now he had to go to every single subscribed site and change settings. I told him it could take time. He was cool with that after a Thunderbird and Gmail lesson. Zito does at least allow you to access their email server for 2 months after you curtail service to do just that. The "dumb ones" who have never used an email client and depend on webmail only from their phone, etc. Good luck.

Seriously. Several times adamant field techs asked why I just didn't go to fiber from the competition. And the ISP reps on the service line sounded like if the Chevy dealership (them) didn't offer a certain option. That I should drive across the street to the Honda dealer. Now that's service. Just freakin' fix it for chrissakes! The maintenance tech knows exactly what the problem is.
The ISP. I can understand trying to justify putting a new engine in a 200k+ mile vehicle. Or installing a reel of hardline coax in an area that once had over 50 subscribers and now it's me and two others. Because everyone else is driving Hondas!

Losing Zito and going to Trico also means that if and when, and it will...the power goes out. The light still shines.
Get some pixies to the ONT ( I have solar and Bluetti's)....I'm golden while tossing a few more chunks of oak and maple in the stove. But. I'm cheap. And kind of a if-it's-broke, well hell, let's fix it dude.
It was sort of funny to drive past a country road power pole and see a battery box with a lead acid hanging out the bottom by it's cables. Bottom rotted out. They have never ever changed them anyplace since inception from what I'm told.

Hah! Where's Harshness? We need a little pessimism here, yo!

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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:

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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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Its crazy how the ViP922 is so rare for no reason.

Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 1:41 PM

remembers when ATT had stores and leased home phones

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Yesterday at 3:14 PM

My Wife was recently in an antique store and saw a rotary desk phone and it had one of those sticker overlays that had a business listed with phone number under each number on the dial. She looked closer and it had my old Radio Shack listed under the 8...she bought it. Pretty cool keepsake. Back then I rented vhs movies as well so I had it listed as Radio Shack / Movie Gallery and then the phone number.

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 8:53 PM

I remember this in the news too...

$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone

A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.

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Bobby

Yesterday at 9:21 PM

Almighty1 said:
I remember this in the news too...

$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone

A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.

www.nbcnews.com

That is a misnomer. In the old days you subscribed to telephone service. That included the telephone line and one telephone. An extension cost $1 a month extra. So that $14,000 over 42 years was for the service not the leased telephone. There is no way they paid $28 a month for 42 years for a leased telephone.

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NFL 2026-2027 Season

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Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson had an argument about who was responsible for the dynasty building of the early 90's Cowboys.

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Browns. 1st place in the North. Yup. Believe it or not

Chiefs. Undefeated.

Titans. Won a game ! .... Colts I know, but still.

Saints. Won a game after a while.

Steelers. Having the same season they always have. They somehow find wins on their way to an unceremonial 1st round exit. Mike Tomlin is proud.

Cards. Won a game without scoring a single touchdown

Broncos. How they manage to win games with the dogshit offense they have should be studied.

Bears. Caleb's back and so is their mojo.

Goats

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Yesterday at 9:15 AM

rvvaquero said:
Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson had an argument about who was responsible for the dynasty building of the early 90's Cowboys.

The rest of us figured it out in about 3 years, Jerry has had over 30 years but still can't admit it. It's all he lives for, to show everyone he can put together a winner. I don't think he can. His kids only know what he taught them.

Johnson built it, but without the Herschel Walker trade, it never happens.

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b4pjoe

Yesterday at 9:53 AM

Yespage said:
Johnson built it, but without the Herschel Walker trade, it never happens.

Jerry made himself General Manager after he bought the team but make no mistake Jimmy engineered that trade. As well as a lot of others at the time.

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Yesterday at 11:50 AM

Jimmy Johnson is a football guy. Jerry Jones is a marketer (hustler).

When I see a football player get a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct (like taunting) in a close game, I often wonder what he was thinking. Was he thinking, I'm doing everything I can to make this a better team and help win a championship? Or, was he saying to himself, I want everyone to notice how great I am?

Johnson inspires one, Jones the other.

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Yesterday at 10:46 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Hello again

I haven't posted in almost 17 years. Over the air, sat, offline, anything-but-the-internet is still one of my avid pursuits. Been playing with offline tv viewing and offline web browsing. I have great appreciations for this site still being here. It's so hard to find public communities that haven't sold out to social media company.

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SkyWatcher57

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Last reply Yesterday at 10:25 PM · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

KOQIT receivers

Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank

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(((Garyd)))

Sep 7, 2026

SkyWatcher57 said:
Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank

Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phone
Gary

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navychop

Sep 10, 2026

More room for the return of the Plague & Pestilence?

slow_poke_pete

Sep 10, 2026

SkyWatcher57 said:
Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank

a good surge protector will help to.

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SkyWatcher57

Sep 11, 2026

(((Garyd))) said:
Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phone
Gary

Hi Gary, still working on getting you those

SkyWatcher57 said:
Hi Gary, just saw this, ok, I'll grab some pics tomorrow and post them. thx

Still working getting you those pictures, nice weekends means yard work and fall prep, thanks

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k4otl

Yesterday at 10:09 PM

Anybody know how to add "hidden" audio channels like for 101 W Ku or 105W C band on these recvr's? I've exported the database file but don't have anything that will read or edit it.

cyberham

Yesterday at 10:25 PM

For 105W C, you scan in the Westwood tp normally. Then select the audio channel you want. Not necessary to manually enter. On 101W, you must manually enter.

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TRG

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Last reply Yesterday at 10:06 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Prescription drug costs

Now that I'm retired, obviously I have different health care insurance. I take 2 prescriptions. With my old insurance I didn't have to pay for either of them, now I do. It's not a huge amount but it led me to dig a little into the cost of prescription medications. I have been using Walgreens for the longest time. But what I found was that Walgreens price is 4.8 times more for one of my prescriptions and the other is 2.3 percent more compared to the lowest price pharmacy. If you pay for prescription medications you might want to have a look at trumprx and see if you can get a lower price.

https://trumprx.gov/

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 6:09 PM

I run them through several different providers to see who has the lowest cost

Usually it's Walmart or Sam's + GoodRx

Also...

Homepage of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

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You can also price them through the CareCard and WellRx apps.

Sometimes Amazon Pharmacy is cheapest.

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telstar_1

Yesterday at 7:48 PM

TrumpRx?!?

I went on Medicare recently (not an "advantage" plan) and my prescriptions at HyVee were very low out of pocket. The clerk said she was putting them on "Good Rx".

osu1991

Yesterday at 8:12 PM

I take 10mg Rosuvastatin (Crestor). I was paying $34 for a 90day supply at Walgreens last year when I was on Blue Cross. My Blue Cross premiums were going up to $1800 a month this year, so I switched to an Ambetter Bronze plan (I think that's a Cigna company) for $825 a month. I now have a $40 copay for doctors visits which is fine as I usually only see them once or twice a year, so a huge cost savings. My Rosuvastatin was going to go up to around $90 for a 90 day supply at Walgreens and even more at CVS or one of the local family pharmacies. Ordering online thru my insurance portal from Express Scripts it's $0.74 for a 90 day supply.

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 8:18 PM

telstar_1 said:
TrumpRx?!?

Scripts arrive in a gold paper sack.

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 9:39 PM

comfortably_numb said:
Usually it's Walmart or Sam's + GoodRx

I'm fortunate and don't take any medications. A couple years ago I had to take some antibiotics and used the GoodRx app. Went to Walmart and the person behind the desk knew me and told me to just buy them outright....the GoodRx price was a LOT higher. She said they aren't supposed to tell customers when they see they are being screwed.

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navychop

Yesterday at 9:49 PM

That's ok. I probably take enough for the two of us.

God knows what Bobby takes. Maybe so much they count as a meal?

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Bobby

Yesterday at 10:06 PM

navychop said:
That's ok. I probably take enough for the two of us.

God knows what Bobby takes. Maybe so much they count as a meal?

Actually I take just 2 prescriptions, Atorvastatin and Lisinopril. They cost me $6 each for 100 pills. Next year that will be nothing.

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