Well as some of you probably noticed I hadn't been online for a few days (6 to be exact)....well I'm back now 
But I have an announcement to make to all the free to air folks....I have temporarily gotten out of the Free to air hobby. Not permanently...just temporarily
Now unlike April 1, 2011 when I said I was leaving this is no April Fools joke. I truly am out of the FTA hobby for the time being
Due to some circumstances I had to move out of my house. Since most houses here either people want way too much money to rent them or they look like a crack house I settled on a real nice apartment. While it has a southern view there is no deck or patio (but it has big windows so maybe do a tripod inside). Yes there were some other apartments that I was looking at but either they had no southern view or worse...a semi view (say east up to 101 or 103) but "trees that bloom in spring giving you privacy" (according to the landlord) which to me meant "there goes your view". But the one I settled on was much more a fit for me and doesn't have some of the issues other areas of town do (one apartment complex has alot of issues with bad people which brings down 5 or 6 nearby ones as example)
By no means am I leaving. Heck I felt lost for 6 days with no internet
I still have enough knowledge to help out with installs and stuff. But it will be hard honestly to not be able to tinker with the dish farm or just find some weird football game from Eastern Kentucky as example. But as mainly a KU user the only reason I used the FTA system was for sports. I am gonna miss the North Dakota games on MidcoSports though
(I know I can get them on DIrectv but I'm not paying $13 a month for the sports pack just for those). It will be weird to print out a list of most of the college basketball, football and hockey games for the week and go "ok these I want to find for sure"...now I have to rely on the actual networks out there
Once in a while I'd watch theCoolTV or PBJ but I can find those options online. Plus as part of my rent I get free lifeline cable which gives me access to MeTV, AntennaTV, ThisTV and BounceTV so I can still watch them like I did on FTA or my antenna.
You might be wondering what happened to the dish farm? All of the dishes (2 6 foot dishes, the motorized 30" and the semi-motorized 36" dish + the 3 TV antennas) are safe and sound right now at my dad's house in his back storage garage (next to the camaro).
Once I get settled I might sell some of the old receivers and parts. But not the Micro. That is hooked up to the TV so I can watch stuff I had recorded previously.
So there ya go....I am gonna miss blind scanning and trying to see if I can break the Micro. But I'm sure there will be others who can take my place with that
Thanks guys
But I have an announcement to make to all the free to air folks....I have temporarily gotten out of the Free to air hobby. Not permanently...just temporarily
Now unlike April 1, 2011 when I said I was leaving this is no April Fools joke. I truly am out of the FTA hobby for the time being
Due to some circumstances I had to move out of my house. Since most houses here either people want way too much money to rent them or they look like a crack house I settled on a real nice apartment. While it has a southern view there is no deck or patio (but it has big windows so maybe do a tripod inside). Yes there were some other apartments that I was looking at but either they had no southern view or worse...a semi view (say east up to 101 or 103) but "trees that bloom in spring giving you privacy" (according to the landlord) which to me meant "there goes your view". But the one I settled on was much more a fit for me and doesn't have some of the issues other areas of town do (one apartment complex has alot of issues with bad people which brings down 5 or 6 nearby ones as example)
By no means am I leaving. Heck I felt lost for 6 days with no internet
I still have enough knowledge to help out with installs and stuff. But it will be hard honestly to not be able to tinker with the dish farm or just find some weird football game from Eastern Kentucky as example. But as mainly a KU user the only reason I used the FTA system was for sports. I am gonna miss the North Dakota games on MidcoSports though
(I know I can get them on DIrectv but I'm not paying $13 a month for the sports pack just for those). It will be weird to print out a list of most of the college basketball, football and hockey games for the week and go "ok these I want to find for sure"...now I have to rely on the actual networks out there
Once in a while I'd watch theCoolTV or PBJ but I can find those options online. Plus as part of my rent I get free lifeline cable which gives me access to MeTV, AntennaTV, ThisTV and BounceTV so I can still watch them like I did on FTA or my antenna.
You might be wondering what happened to the dish farm? All of the dishes (2 6 foot dishes, the motorized 30" and the semi-motorized 36" dish + the 3 TV antennas) are safe and sound right now at my dad's house in his back storage garage (next to the camaro).
Once I get settled I might sell some of the old receivers and parts. But not the Micro. That is hooked up to the TV so I can watch stuff I had recorded previously.
So there ya go....I am gonna miss blind scanning and trying to see if I can break the Micro. But I'm sure there will be others who can take my place with that
Thanks guys
