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Ramy

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Last reply 24 minutes ago · posted in The Sports Section

2026-27 NCAA College Football

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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cp2k

Monday at 1:30 PM

Honestly, I would rather see an expanded bracketed playoff system than the current Conference Championship Game + playoff model we're using right now. The Conference Championships essentially allow two teams to beat up on each other, and then both typically are going to end up in the playoffs anyway unless it is one of the weaker or smaller conferences. Let them play it out on the field against others.

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Jimbo

Monday at 2:00 PM

cp2k said:
Honestly, I would rather see an expanded bracketed playoff system than the current Conference Championship Game + playoff model we're using right now. The Conference Championships essentially allow two teams to beat up on each other, and then both typically are going to end up in the playoffs anyway unless it is one of the weaker or smaller conferences. Let them play it out on the field against others.

Until the Big Ten changed thier alignment, (a couple years ago) ... it was not like that at all, the East side won most years the west side represented the Big Ten, but they may have been the team with the 4th best record ...
They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...

The biggest issue with the Conference Now is the Number of TEAMS .... WAY to Many.
It would take 2-3 YEARS to do a round robin where everyone would play one another ... How do you know how good a team is when teams don't play the same teams ?

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meStevo

Monday at 4:38 PM

Jimbo said:
They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...

Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.

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cp2k

Monday at 9:56 PM

I like the move to campus sites for the early games. That adds a fun new dimension for fans, and cuts down on some of the travel expenses that would come with having to follow a team all the way through the playoffs at neutral sites.

Jimbo

Monday at 10:23 PM

cp2k said:
I like the move to campus sites for the early games. That adds a fun new dimension for fans, and cuts down on some of the travel expenses that would come with having to follow a team all the way through the playoffs at neutral sites.

Agree ... they started doing that a few years ago.

osu1991

Monday at 11:03 PM

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Yespage

Tuesday at 1:56 PM

meStevo said:
Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.

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That'd be more than the FA Cup! Over 700 teams. It is also the most glorious tournament in the world.

Maybe it is time to get rid of the College Football season and just go to a tournament. 128 teams, fill in the bottom end with the lower division. Random draw (except the top 10 teams are in one bucket to draw from in the first and second rounds to avoid OSU v Alabama in the first round), go from 128 to 8. 4 games. Then the 8 remaining teams play 7 games against each other. Then the top two play for the title.

osu1991

24 minutes ago

So OU gets screwed and has to move the game under threat of forfeiture, because Ole Miss didn't want to take a 7hr bus ride or find another crew for a chartered flight. When did the crew time out? A 10pm flight cancellation should have had the crew flight ready again around 8am and in Norman by 10am. Everyone else figured this out. The sec better be reimbursing OU for this BS. The weather will be 15 degrees colder in the high 30's low 40's and raining Sunday, I'm sure Ole Miss will be complaining about that too.

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BlackHitachi

Supporting Founder

Last reply 35 minutes ago · posted in Movie Talk

Last & Next Movie Watched

Since the Reds have there thread we should too!

Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma

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long_time_Dish

Wednesday at 8:57 PM

Last night...

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osu1991

Wednesday at 10:00 PM

Veterans Day and business closed, so movie day and some tv on the patio. Watched several Chewed Up episodes on YouTube out on the patio until lunch time then came inside for the surround and movies.

Raise The Titanic (1980). Great musical score by John Barry of James Bond music fame.

View: https://youtu.be/KqWnM2xZ0gw?is=STWbRqNWrSZ1-z6-

Glenn Miller Story (1954). Great music

View: https://youtu.be/sMa-T71Az68?is=4YG3SQfWBjOG5305

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Foxbat

Thursday at 12:53 AM

After "VisionQuest" was over, I watched "Avengers: Infinity War" last night and "Avengers: Endgame" tonight.

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osu1991

Thursday at 10:38 PM

Xmas movies today.

. Die Hard and Die Hard 2

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"MysteryMan"

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 6:33 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

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:

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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Bobby

Yesterday at 11:27 AM

Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles

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sdfntx

Yesterday at 12:39 PM

Hit the Bricks - Mouse & the Traps

long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 3:17 PM

One Brown Mouse - Jethro Tull

hwkn

Today at 2:42 AM

Wynona's Big BROWN Beaver-Primus

ClarkGable

Today at 6:33 AM

In A Big Country - Big Country

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ewindowman

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 6:23 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish now OUT of Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th

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JSheridan

Wednesday at 5:06 PM

AT&T runs First Net which was set up so first responders have a signal almost everywhere, which is the case around here and up and down the east coast when I've been traveling. In my experience T-Mobile has the fastest network but patchy coverage while Verizon has a slow network and also patchy coverage as well. We also have a iPhone on T-Mobile and one on Mobile-X which uses the Verizon network, so comparison is easy.

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EarDemon

Wednesday at 6:31 PM

JSheridan said:
AT&T runs First Net which was set up so first responders have a signal almost everywhere, which is the case around here and up and down the east coast when I've been traveling. In my experience T-Mobile has the fastest network but patchy coverage while Verizon has a slow network and also patchy coverage as well. We also have a iPhone on T-Mobile and one on Mobile-X which uses the Verizon network, so comparison is easy.

I did a 2500 mile round trip road trip a few weeks ago, there were a handful of places where Verizon had service and I had nothing on FirstNet. Most notably in the backwoods of Kentucky and Tennessee. Those same places I had no service on T-Mobile either. In populated areas, like the Lexington metro and Knoxville metro AT&T not only had great coverage, better than Verizon and T-Mobile generally, they have n77 everywhere. I hit 1.2 Gbps or higher pretty much everywhere, beating out the other two. That is the exact opposite here back in Western NY. Very little n77 on AT&T here and T-Mobile always rockets to 1.5 Gbps or higher.

As far as I know, there is no AT&T tower in my town. The tower I connect to when I'm outside, no service indoors, is one about 4.5 miles north of me in a different town, I can barley latch on to band 12, not 14. It's LTE only but when near that tower I exceed 200 Mbps which is phenomenal for low band LTE, but T-Mobile and Verizon have mid band on the same tower, and i'm well over a gig.

I'm looking forward to the n14 conversion and deployment of n79/4.9 GHz. Since AT&T can't sell their home internet service in NY State, I don't expect big things from them besides the enhancements to FirstNet.

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JSheridan

Thursday at 3:06 PM

EarDemon said:
... Since AT&T can't sell their home internet service in NY State, I don't expect big things from them besides the enhancements to FirstNet.

We're in NY and we can now. We're an AT&T retailer and have been selling AT&T Internet Air for a few months. It's $35 a month if you're an AT&T post paid subscriber, $55 a month if you're not a subscriber.

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MikeD-C05

Yesterday at 2:44 PM

Wow ,who would of thought there was this much to talk about when it came to phone companies?

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 2:46 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
Wow ,who would of thought there was this much to talk about when it came to phone companies?

One ringy dingy, two ringy dingies...

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Strega

Yesterday at 3:38 PM

The movie "The President's Analyst" warned us about the telephone industrial complex.

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slow_poke_pete

Today at 2:50 AM

MikeD-C05 said:
Wow ,who would of thought there was this much to talk about when it came to phone companies?

there's a forum called howard forums. It's all about phone companies

HipKat

Today at 6:23 AM

JSheridan said:
We're in NY and we can now. We're an AT&T retailer and have been selling AT&T Internet Air for a few months. It's $35 a month if you're an AT&T post paid subscriber, $55 a month if you're not a subscriber.

I don't think I ever knew you were in NY

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KyL416

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 3:49 AM · posted in DIRECTV Programming Forum

November Free Previews

11/25 - 11/29 Thanksgiving Free Preview
515-523 Cinemax
525-542 Starz
545-556 Paramount+ with Showtime
558-560 MGM+

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KyL416

Today at 3:49 AM

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix via Apple TV, also available to MyFree users
930/205-7 F1 TV
931/205-8 Sky Sports F1

Thursday, November 19
7:10pm Practice 1
10:40pm Practice 2

Friday, November 20
7:10pm Practice 3
10:25pm Qualifying

Saturday, November 21
9:50pm Las Vegas Grand Prix

TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 3:02 AM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Why SpaceX’s Flight 15 Is a Massive Deal

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjUB6rpuNb8

Direct YouTube Link - Why SpaceX's Flight 15 Is a Massive Deal
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed

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kingcrab

Last reply Today at 2:12 AM · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion

What can I do with this satellite dish >>> ?

أهلا بالجميع،
حصلت على طبق استقبال فضائي كامل - باستثناء المكونات الإلكترونية الداخلية - من تاجر خردة.

يبدو أنه كان يستخدم سابقاً للوصول إلى الإنترنت عبر الأقمار الصناعية في منشأة حكومية.

كيف يمكنني الاستفادة من هذا الطبق؟

هل من الممكن الحصول على خدمة إنترنت عبر الأقمار الصناعية مجاناً، أم أن الاشتراك الشهري أو السنوي مطلوب؟

هل يمكن استخدامه لاستقبال قنوات التلفزيون الفضائية المجانية؟

هل من الممكن استقبال كليهما - قنوات التلفزيون عبر الأقمار الصناعية والإنترنت (التحميل/التنزيل) - في وقت واحد؟

هل يمكنني تغطية الطبق بمادة عازلة وواقية لحمايته من عوامل التعرية والتعرض لأشعة الشمس؟

هل هناك أي مكونات إضافية أحتاج إلى تثبيتها في الداخل لإكمال النظام؟

مواصفات الطبق:
عدسة Channel Master ذات البعد البؤري الرئيسي 1.2 متر
صُنع في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
(نطاق Ku أو نطاق C، حسب المكون المستخدم)

شكراً للجميع.

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telstar_1

Today at 1:38 AM

Heh, I remember some of us jockeying to sell sat gear to saudis in the 90s

kingcrab

Today at 2:12 AM

telstar_1 said:
هه، أراضي أن بعضنا كان يتنافس لبدء بيع المعدات الصناعية للعوديين في حين.

ههههه، نعم، أنت محق النقاب - كنت واحداً من الأشخاص الذين كانوا يريدون به حقاً!
كان لدي جهاز استقبال فضائي كبير بمحرك، قطره 2.20 متر، مزود بذراع محرك قادر على تتبع الكثير من الأقمار الصناعية - من يوتلسات في الغرب وصولاً إلى قمر سوني الصناعي في الشرق.

لكن في هذه الأيام، لا يكاد أحد هنا لاستخدامه؛ فمعظم القنوات تُبث الآن عبر الإنترنت بالألياف الضوئية.
من أين أنتِ يا عزيزتي؟
أنا لستُ جيداً في الكتابة باللغة الإنجليزية؛ مهاراتي اللغوية ضعيفة.
آمل أن تتمكن من الحصول على خدمة إنترنت مجانية باستخدام هذه الآفاق - لقد توصلت إلى هذه الفكرة بالصدفة!

dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply Today at 12:41 AM · posted in TV Shows

Stargate SG-1 Discussion

Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed

Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner

The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.

Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
Source Gateworld

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reubenray

Oct 19, 2026

I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?

long_time_Dish

Oct 19, 2026

reubenray said:
I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?

Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.

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reubenray

Oct 19, 2026

long_time_Dish said:
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.

Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.

long_time_Dish

Oct 19, 2026

reubenray said:
Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.

If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.

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reubenray

Oct 20, 2026

long_time_Dish said:
If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.

Those are the episodes I am looking for. They are referred to a lot in the episodes I just recently watched.

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dfergie

Today at 12:03 AM

This AI video while some of the older versions are suspect, reminders me of characters I've forgotten about...

View: https://youtu.be/CrtAznQPaFY?si=GR7RXitHOZ1L40SS

Of course went to SG1 and S3 Point of View afterwords... (one of my favs, just came up in S3 and grabbed)

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long_time_Dish

Today at 12:41 AM

dfergie said:
This AI video while some of the older versions are suspect, reminders me of characters I've forgotten about...

View: https://youtu.be/CrtAznQPaFY?si=GR7RXitHOZ1L40SS

Of course went to SG1 and S3 Point of View afterwords... (one of my favs, just came up in S3 and grabbed)

Wow, now that was a blast. Thanks for posting it!

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply Yesterday at 9:01 PM · posted in Ham Radio, SDR & Police Scanner Technology

Getting into HAM in 2024?

Hard to believe that the guy who runs this site, whos main focus is communications, and a guy who lives less than a half mile from the ARRL and W1AW does not have his ham license!

Well I want to change that in 2024!

Our local police department is moving to our states digital system next month and I have been working with our police department to get ready for the move, as I am the one who streams their radios online to Broadcastify. They put up a test feed for me and I was having trouble picking it up in the house, so last week as a christmas gift for me I put up a brand new Diamond D3000N Antenna on the roof. The Antenna is 40 feet in the air, on top of that our house is on top of a hill.

With that new antenna I am now picking up the. new digital system... and since I got the new antenna... which can also transmit at up to 200 watts... this may be the time to get into ham radio.

So how do I get started? What advice can people give? What kind of euipment should I be saving up for?

Without Morse Code, I should be able to pass the test without an issues.

So where do I go from here?

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reubenray

Yesterday at 10:44 AM

What would be a ballpark cost of getting into HAM radios? This would be for the equipment, antennas, etc.

navychop

Yesterday at 2:40 PM

Don't forget the cost of the head examination.

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Jim S.

Yesterday at 7:15 PM

navychop said:
Don't forget the cost of the head examination.

They dropped that from the license requirements some time ago. Have you listened to 7200 lately? I've heard saner conversations on Channel 6.

TRG

Yesterday at 7:29 PM

I don't know why but I never liked the, "ham" reference or the way that people implemented it. I prefer Amateur Radio Operator myself. Ham belongs on bread with mustard and Swiss cheese. Not a reference to someone that operates a transmitter.

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cyberham

Yesterday at 7:34 PM

Jim S. said:
... I've heard saner conversations on Channel 6.

If we're having a contest, there is no discussion of this category without including VE7KFM. If you've heard him on his favourite 20m band frequency, you'd remember. I guess if we support free speech, which I do, we need to bend a little when individuals go well beyond what is acceptable by society's standards.
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reubenray said:
What would be a ballpark cost of getting into HAM radios? This would be for the equipment, antennas, etc.

To address the op's question, the true answer is literally almost anything you want to spend. Both at the bottom and top ends of that scale. If you don't have the big bucks to spend (...who does?), you can forget about steel towers and install homemade wire antennas like dipoles, inverted vees, verticals, loops, EFHW, etc. You can get good performance from these and costs remain affordable for most.

For a radio, buy used from a local club member. You'll learn about your club and develop useful, educational and fun relationships too. Or, if you can afford new, then buy from an authorized reputable dealer. When learning, if affordable, I'm actually a fan of new since you already have lots of hurdles to be challenged by. Having a radio that operates as it should with a new warranty with the latest technology can smooth your learning curve and give better results.

cyberham

Yesterday at 7:40 PM

TRG said:
I don't know why but I never liked the, "ham" reference or the way that people implemented it. I prefer Amateur Radio Operator myself...

I understand your feeling regarding the term ham but I use it if I say amateur radio but I can tell people aren't getting what I'm talking about. Almost everybody has heard of the term ham when talking about radio ops. Sometimes people think amateur refers to somebody who doesn't know what they are doing. It's amateur, as opposed to professional as in earning money.

Also it's ham, not HAM or Ham. It's not an acronym nor a proper noun.

WhiteBeard

Yesterday at 7:43 PM

cyberham said:
If we're having a contest, there is no discussion of this category without including VE7KFM. If you've heard him on his favourite 20m band frequency, you'd remember. I guess if we support free speech, which I do, we need to bend a little when individuals go well beyond what is acceptable by society's standards.
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We bend too many rules and there isn't any real society standards. I'll stop there.

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cyberham

Yesterday at 7:53 PM

WhiteBeard said:
We bend too many rules and there isn't any real society standards. I'll stop there.

I agree with ya. I guess we're old and we remember too much.

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jayn_j

Yesterday at 9:01 PM

reubenray said:
What would be a ballpark cost of getting into HAM radios? This would be for the equipment, antennas, etc.

As everyone else has said, you get to choose your level of involvement and commitment. Do you want to talk to friends, make contacts with folks on other continents, talk to the ISS, experiment with computer links, or whatever?
A good starting point is a technician license and a 2M/440 base station to talk to local repeaters. A good transceiver can be had for under $300. I live in an apartment, so my antenna is a 5/8 wavelength mobile antenna, using a metal wash tube I got from tractor supply as a ground plane. Total antenna cost is under $100 and it works well.
I've been licensed since 1962 and have done the whole spectrum of activities, but these days am quite happy just talking with some locals on the repeater.
Jay WA9OHS

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juventusbrown

Last reply Yesterday at 8:48 PM · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion