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Is This DirecTv Dish Compatible with My Receiver? frank1492 10-08-2007
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Posted by on October 10, 2007, 6:23 am
> wrote:
>
> >Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
>
> >> Makes sense to me. Why would you want to have to go up the ladder
> >> again to place a dish when you inevitably upgrade at some point in
> >> the future? Considering the small difference in cost, I'd put up the
> >> better dish now and save myself the trouble later.
>
> >Don't put the dish where you need a ladder to access it.
>
> >Mount the dish on a 6' pole anchored to the ground like a fence post. Or
> >bolt to a deck railing. Easier to adjust, easier to remove snow, easier to
> >take down.
>
> >The difference between 6' and 16' compared to 25,000 miles is insignificant.
>
> The satellite to dish distance is insignificant. The height of this
> (dish-sat) line at the dish end isn't. That could make the difference
> between a good signal and no signal because of a tree in the way.
> --
> 77 days until the winter solstice celebration
>
> Mark Lloydhttp://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
>
> "I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
> in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
> -- Benjamin Franklin

"I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father,
expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even
infinitely above it."
--Benjamin Franklin


Posted by NotX on October 10, 2007, 3:28 pm
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:23:03 -0700, pheeh.zero@gmail.com wrote:

[snip]

>>
>> "I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
>> in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
>> -- Benjamin Franklin
>
>"I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father,
>expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even
>infinitely above it."
>--Benjamin Franklin

That reminds me of why most scientists don't admit to being atheist.
They need money from the ignorant masses.

&&&

WARNING: The following sig should not be read by the humor-impaired,
such as religious fundamentalists.

--
Eat JEEZUS PLEEZERS: Tiny little bits of imitation meat on a stick
resembling an ancient torture device.

Posted by on October 11, 2007, 7:12 am
" Eat JEEZUS PLEEZERS: Tiny little bits of imitation meat on a stick
resembling an ancient torture device."

Maybe I would be offended if I knew what this meant!?

The stick is the cross used for crucifixion, but the tiny bits of
imitation meat...why tiny bits? Are you referring to Communion or the
Host? Does imitation mean it is not believable?

You need to dumb this down a bit for it to be insulting on a larger
scale.

b_d



Posted by John McGaw on October 9, 2007, 4:13 pm
frank1492 wrote:
> I need this dish for a second vacation house that I have. I will
> shuttle the receiver back and forth between houses.
> Are these 5-LNB units to be used excusively to receive HD
> programming or for more SD? I guess what I should do is get
> the 5-LNB dish for my principal residence, since I may go to HD
> some day and am there the lion's share of the time. I would
> then move my old dish to Maine as it will be used rarely. Does
> that make sense?.
> Thanks very much!
> Frank
>
>
>
>
>
> wrote:
>
>> frank1492 wrote:
>>> I am considering purchase of a DirecTv dish, described as follows on
>>> EBay:
>>>
>>> NEW Direct TV HD TRIPLE LNB Satellite Dish DirecTV FTA
>>>
>>> I currently have a SD DirecTv subscription and use one of the early
>>> RCA receivers.
>>>
>>> Is there any reason why I could not substitute this dish for my
>>> current dish, which is an early single LNB model? I assume there
>>> is backward compatibility of this dish with my equipment, but
>>> just wanted to be sure.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much for your help!
>>> Frank
>> It is probably compatible but you should consider that the current line
>> of DirecTV dishes are 5-LNB slimline units and the older antennas won't
>> work for their newest satellites which are being put into operation this
>> month.
>

The 5-LNB antennas are used to access the two new satellites but I don't
know if these are to be used for HD exclusively. One quirk is that the
new antenna weighs at least twice what the old ones did and presents a
lot more wind load than the old ones because of their greater area. And
to top it off DirecTV won't just let you have an antenna to install
yourself as they did with the old ones -- they send out a technician for
a no-fee install. There is a big backlog, at least in my area, and the
closest appointment I could get was 45+ days from the request.

As chance would have it my installation call was this morning and it
took the tech at least two hours to get the antenna in with the larger
mount and bracing. I had installed a pair of new cables myself when I
bought the new HD DVR receiver so that didn't come into it. The
technician did have quite a time getting a good aim on the antenna. His
default aiming settings resulted in a really good signal on the 101
satellite which is used for setup but as he was "fine tuning" the aim
the antenna flopped because he didn't have the elevation and azimuth
(and maybe rotation) bolts tight enough and it took a long time to get
back to where he was. But it was probably worth it for the new HD
standard-package channels.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

Posted by Mortimer Schnerd, RN on October 9, 2007, 11:44 pm
John McGaw wrote:
> The 5-LNB antennas are used to access the two new satellites but I don't
> know if these are to be used for HD exclusively. One quirk is that the
> new antenna weighs at least twice what the old ones did and presents a
> lot more wind load than the old ones because of their greater area. And
> to top it off DirecTV won't just let you have an antenna to install
> yourself as they did with the old ones -- they send out a technician for
> a no-fee install. There is a big backlog, at least in my area, and the
> closest appointment I could get was 45+ days from the request.



You mean like this one? http://bestwaysatellite.com/inc/sdetail/12966.

"Multi-Satellite Directv 5-LNB Dish For HDTV Including KA Band for locals in
HD. - $99.95"



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com



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