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Decided to move one of my dishes today back along the wall about seven or eight inches to get it farther away from my Star Choice dish, just in case it was blocking some signals. (see attached photo for setup prior to move, the middle dish was moved).
So as I begin to tear down the dish, uplugging the LNB's (leaving them attached to the dish), loosening the bolts, etc., I began to think (definitely a mistake) that it might be easier to get on the roof and lift the dish up and place it on the roof, rather than carry the dish down the step-ladder.
To get on the roof, I have to get on from the other side of the house (the dishes make it impossible to put up the ladder on this side).
So up I go, go the dish and start to lift it (not feeling totally at ease leaning over the edge of the roof), but the bolts still seem snug, so I loosen them some more. As I was doing that, I starting thinking (this time a good thing) that I really don't like leaning over the roof to lift up the dish, I could lose my balance, fall, and come crashing down on top of the dish. Decided it would be better to carry the dish down the step-ladder. As well, if I fell off the step-ladder with the dish, it wouldn't be as far a fall, and I would hit the ground first and not on top of the dish. Plus, I might cushion the dish (I would eventually heal, but a crushed dish/LNBs would cost money to replace!).
Anyhow, I come off the roof, get the dish down without mishap, move everything, re-point the dish and LNBs, put the TV, ladder, and tools away.
Everything is fine... except... when I go to watch something on the other dish (G10R) I notice the signal for all transponders is way down (20-40 SQ loss). Why the loss? Didn't touch the G10R dish, couldn't see that moving the other dish could have affected it, unless it moved a board or something.
Out comes the TV, ladder, and tools. Figure I might just try shifting the arm at the LNBs to see if that helps, and the dish moved easily side-to-side! That not right, it shouldn't move! Get to where the dish is connected, and discover the bolts are almost completely loose!
Get off the ladder and begin to think. I haven't re-pointed the G10R dish in quite a while, but have done some bracket work and tweaking at the LNBs recently. So, if I failed to tighten the bolts the last re-point, later when I was playing around at the LNBs, it should have moved then.
It then slowly dawns on me that maybe when some idiot was on the roof earlier, instead of loosening the bolts on the dish to be moved, the idiot loosened the bolts on the G10R dish!
Either way, if I forgot to tighten the bolts at the last re-point (unlikely) or I loosen up the bolts of the wrong dish, I'm an idiot, or in the immortal words of Bugs Bunny: "A real maroon"!
Think I'll just watch some TV now, and try to avoid looking at signal quality for a while (sure, that's unlikely).
So as I begin to tear down the dish, uplugging the LNB's (leaving them attached to the dish), loosening the bolts, etc., I began to think (definitely a mistake) that it might be easier to get on the roof and lift the dish up and place it on the roof, rather than carry the dish down the step-ladder.
To get on the roof, I have to get on from the other side of the house (the dishes make it impossible to put up the ladder on this side).
So up I go, go the dish and start to lift it (not feeling totally at ease leaning over the edge of the roof), but the bolts still seem snug, so I loosen them some more. As I was doing that, I starting thinking (this time a good thing) that I really don't like leaning over the roof to lift up the dish, I could lose my balance, fall, and come crashing down on top of the dish. Decided it would be better to carry the dish down the step-ladder. As well, if I fell off the step-ladder with the dish, it wouldn't be as far a fall, and I would hit the ground first and not on top of the dish. Plus, I might cushion the dish (I would eventually heal, but a crushed dish/LNBs would cost money to replace!).
Anyhow, I come off the roof, get the dish down without mishap, move everything, re-point the dish and LNBs, put the TV, ladder, and tools away.
Everything is fine... except... when I go to watch something on the other dish (G10R) I notice the signal for all transponders is way down (20-40 SQ loss). Why the loss? Didn't touch the G10R dish, couldn't see that moving the other dish could have affected it, unless it moved a board or something.
Out comes the TV, ladder, and tools. Figure I might just try shifting the arm at the LNBs to see if that helps, and the dish moved easily side-to-side! That not right, it shouldn't move! Get to where the dish is connected, and discover the bolts are almost completely loose!
Get off the ladder and begin to think. I haven't re-pointed the G10R dish in quite a while, but have done some bracket work and tweaking at the LNBs recently. So, if I failed to tighten the bolts the last re-point, later when I was playing around at the LNBs, it should have moved then.
It then slowly dawns on me that maybe when some idiot was on the roof earlier, instead of loosening the bolts on the dish to be moved, the idiot loosened the bolts on the G10R dish!
Either way, if I forgot to tighten the bolts at the last re-point (unlikely) or I loosen up the bolts of the wrong dish, I'm an idiot, or in the immortal words of Bugs Bunny: "A real maroon"!
Think I'll just watch some TV now, and try to avoid looking at signal quality for a while (sure, that's unlikely).
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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... 
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.
Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.
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Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.
I had a very unusual but delicious 1/4lb hotdog with cream cheese, raspberry preserves and chopped Hatch green chile. It is an unlikely combination but it works.
New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.
Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.
It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.
It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.
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Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. 
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.
I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet
Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it. 
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Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.
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However, when I make a change (tried to add the Columbian pack for $2 so I could generate my bill) and there is a new line - it says "Access for TV" - whereas previously that line item was not there. I hope they aren't charging $5.00 for the initial TV now...
Possibly. In theory, $9 of the base pack has a rental fee built in. But now is this $5 a chance to get a little more? I don't know for sure. According to chat, it is a glitch and will be resolved in a timely manner, but we shall see. Part of my thinks there is a going to be a new charge, whether it is now or this fall. Here in Illinois, the law requires we are given 30 days notice of any fee changes, but I have not been given anything.
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With the 1st Quarter Report just released, Dish lost another 180,000, now at 4.84 Million.
Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.
For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.
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Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.
For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.
DISH & Sling TV Lost Over 366,000 TV Subscribers In Just 3 Months | Cord Cutters News
EchoStar Corporation, the owner of the DISH Network satellite television service and the Sling TV streaming platform, continued to experience steep declines in its pay-television customer base during the first three months of 2026. The company reported a net loss of approximately 366,000 pay-TV...
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Hello again, haven't posted here in a while.
This morning, around 6:30am, I woke up and found the front panel lights on my HR44 on (I leave it off all the time as it is co-located with one of my Geminis).
Immediately thinking that either a reboot or power outage occurred, I checked the software version, and found that it's still the same release that was sent out last month.
I then ruled out a power outage by checking the clocks on my appliances and seeing that they're still correct (they reset when there's an outage, somewhat similar to the "blinking 12" on VCRs).
I then confirmed a reboot by checking the Upcoming Recordings (fka To-Do List) and seeing that the number was much lower than before (it always resets after a reboot).
I am definitely guessing what happened (and it may very well be actually what happened) is that the "Reset Required" prompt may have come up sometime overnight, and it eventually timed out and rebooted automatically. IIRC that prompt comes up when new software "plugins" have to be installed.
Would like to hear your thoughts, especially since I probably haven't talked to some of you reading this in a while (was a former CE member, left almost a year ago).
Thank you all in advance!
This morning, around 6:30am, I woke up and found the front panel lights on my HR44 on (I leave it off all the time as it is co-located with one of my Geminis).
Immediately thinking that either a reboot or power outage occurred, I checked the software version, and found that it's still the same release that was sent out last month.
I then ruled out a power outage by checking the clocks on my appliances and seeing that they're still correct (they reset when there's an outage, somewhat similar to the "blinking 12" on VCRs).
I then confirmed a reboot by checking the Upcoming Recordings (fka To-Do List) and seeing that the number was much lower than before (it always resets after a reboot).
I am definitely guessing what happened (and it may very well be actually what happened) is that the "Reset Required" prompt may have come up sometime overnight, and it eventually timed out and rebooted automatically. IIRC that prompt comes up when new software "plugins" have to be installed.
Would like to hear your thoughts, especially since I probably haven't talked to some of you reading this in a while (was a former CE member, left almost a year ago).
Thank you all in advance!
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