[AT] A wasteland on TV

[Steve W.]

Cecil
 If you go with Dish Network the settings for the dish would be Azimuth
247, elevation 26 degrees, dish skew angle 126

Don't have the book on Direct TV but they are all REAL easy to aim.
Biggest thing on both is making sure the mast is plumb from the start.
Built in signal meter and tones make installing them a breeze compared
to most dish gear.

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] A wasteland on TV
>
> Well, I see that I am far from alone in my thinking. Not that it
> feels any better but I comforted by the fact it isn't just me in my
old
> age bitching about nothing.
>
> I had asked my youngest daughter, who has Dish Network and who had
> Direct TV. She said one is about as bad as the other but the
satellites
> don't have any of the Time Warner ads at all and that is a big plus. I
am
> familiar with loss of signal during heavy rains as I was in the
business of
> putting up dishes at our head end sites all over the country for years
and
> loss of signal in extreme weather happens. That doesn't bother me.
>
> Well, I think I may just as well cancel this Cable TV for the first
> time since I went in the business in 1966 and give the satellite a
tryout.
>
> As to directions here, Mike, straight west is straight down our
> driveway and I can go as low to the horizon as necessary without
hitting
> anything. I happen to have a straight shot to the south too if need
be. The
> only two directions that are clear, as a matter of fact, are west and
south.
> All the rest is heavy woods.
>
> And, Gil, I happen to know the people who own MediaCom Cable. Their
> main office is less than 20 miles from our house. Rocco Commisso was a
big
> shot at Cablevision where I worked for many years and went from there
and
> founded Mediacom. A very smart man. And further, as to setting up
these
> "packages", that was serious business and took a long time to find out
> just how to do it to be able to wring the last penny out of
subscribers by
> forcing them to pay extra to get things they wanted. It is nothing
more than
> a big money game, of course, sort of like Monopoly played with real
money.
>
> I saw an ad Sunday that advertised a free hookup for up to 3 TV sets
> so will have to dig that up.
>
> Thanks for all the input, my friends. I appreciate it.
>
> Cecil
>
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
>
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