[AT] A wasteland on TV

[Mike Sloane]

Almost all the "deals" on satellite around here include "free 
installation" I did my own and took a small portable TV up to the roof 
so I could do the alignment while looking at the on-screen meters. The 
angles Steve used have to be set very accurately (they will be slightly 
different for every location, but you can get the numbers by pumping 
your Zip code in at the Dish Network website) - one degree off can mean 
no useful signal. But once you lock everything in, it is very stable - I 
haven't touched my antenna in 3 years.

Mike

Steve W. wrote:

> 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"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> 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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