I could probably arrange to come take them down for you and get rid of them. I'm not sure what lesson I can give you on what you've got, but I'd be happy to rid you of the eyesores. My satellite pole now holds a bird feeder that the squirrels use most of the time.
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Marta Edie<[email protected]> wrote: > My only experience with Dish-TV was several years back when I wanted some > German channels that the local channels did not carry.We had the dish put > into the back yard and it served well until I could get the channels on my > computer.The thing sits in the yard still, having flowers run around it. > Before that we had some huge dish on the roof the reason for its being has > been lost in memory, but it still hangs there. The neighborhood never > complained.We always thought someone might want them both to experiment. > Now I guess they are both to be put into the trash if I could just find > somebody to take them down. > I suppose I will live out my life with Insight, despite the fact that I do > NOT watch TV anymore, I can't handle the stupid advertising, but my husband > needs the sports and they are not with the basic stuff. So we are bundled, > as i call it. Insight has been actually quite nice and I have had special > deals, but we need a new TV, ours was a floor model from the time I was > still at The UofL from a place that does not exist anymore, but the TV runs > still. I retired in 88. The remote we got from insight when we got the > mystery box is on its last leg. > We need a bunch of stuff done, but when i think they will send somebody who > knows less than I, my blood already curdles.- My husband just wants news, > weather, sports. So I keep waiting to find somebody to EXPLAIN why I need a > box, when I might be able to buy a TV without a box, why I have to go > through those gyrations to first turn on TV, then Cable, and Cable.like a > Chameleon, constantly changes, and all they want to tell me that they now > have more and more channels which are more of nothingness, and so help me > God, when I see one more weatherman or weather-woman make those hand > movements over the screen telling me of more ominous stuff that might come > our way, I want to say the magic word to turn them into a salt column like > Lot's wife. > If anyone would like to come out and rid us of the Dishes, not my eating > stuff, although i might add a few old ones my grandmother used- they call it > here "antiques", I call them "old", and or would give me a real lesson in > what I have, what I should have, how to make use of it most efficiently, I > would be pleased. Pay, if not too high, might be considered. > Marta > > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 09:17 AM, Robert Kersting wrote: > > DirecTV's azimuth for Louisville is 206 degrees with an elevation of > 43 degrees. You can set up a pretty easy jig to find an ideal spot in > your yard. > My apartment manager said I could install it as long as it wasn't > permanent and no holes were drilled for the cable. I mounted my dish > on a galvanized pipe about 6 feet long that I strapped to my balcony > railing with hose clamps. This also helped with the grounding issue. > Other people I know have done things like bolting it to a wooden box > that they nailed to the balcony floor or setting a pipe in a > five-gallon bucket filled with cement. > I ran the cable behind the porch lamp in the chase with the wiring. > The cable comes out through the light switch. There are also special > connectors available that let you go through patio doors or windows. > In the 12 years I had DirecTV, I only lost the signal about half a > dozen times. Especially after I got the larger dish. And I'm not sure > about a rooftop antenna, but my powered "rabbit ear" antenna loses the > local stations during bad storms also. > Marta, a court-ruling from several years ago says small dishes can't > be banned as long as they're installed on property that is exclusively > used by you. I'm not sure of the exact wording, but the backyard of a > house or the balcony of an apartment qualifies. If your neighbors > complain, you've got the right to look them in the eye and say "I'm > sorry, the US Supreme Court disagrees with you." > My biggest problem was the tree across the street. The first three > years I was shooting over it. Then it grew. Every couple of years I > had to move the satellite pole back a few feet to compensate. > My biggest problem, and the reason I took it down, is that the > programming began to suck so bad I wasn't watching but three or four > channels. And eventually, I was able to find those channels on the > Internet. > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Neal Hammon<[email protected]> wrote: > > On this subject: > When installing a satellite dish, they need to have a clear view to the > southern sky, at least with the Dish service. Therefore my dish is installed > on the south side of my brick house, just above the telephone service box, > and about nine feet above ground. I would have liked to have it lower, so it > would be easier to clean off the snow in the winter, but they needed that > height to have a clear view thru the trees. > Also, be aware that big thunderstorms will stop all satellite transmissions. > To get around that, I have a large, old fashion aerial in my attic, so that > during storms, I can at least switch off the satellite, and go back to using > the aerial, and get the local stations such as 3, 11, 32, 15, etc. > Placing the dish on a post, as Marta suggested, is ok too, but you may want > to check your neighborhood zoning. In some places, they do not allow you to > have a dish in your front yard, and who knows what other restrictions some > little village committees might come up with. > Neal Hammon > rural Shelby County > On Aug 421, 1120092007, at 10:47 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > > No, they sit in the yard and you can camouflage them with plants, they > only need enough free space above to focus on that satellite, therefore you > are not free to choose the spot. > Marta > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 22:36 pm, Andy Arnold wrote: > > Good ideas. Do you have to have a dish hanging off your house to get Dish > and the others? I think they are banned in my neighborhood! > > On Aug 20, 2009, at 11:57 PM, Robert Kersting wrote: > > IIRC, DirecTV and Dish offer hundreds of digital channels at no extra > charge. Cheaper than Insight, better support and it's cheaper. Yes, > you get all the local stuff too. > I'm really amazed more people don't take this route. Sure, your > internet access may go up a bit but it's a small price to pay. > Step two would be to call Insight and tell them you're discontinuing > your cable TV in favor of a satellite dish. I'll bet they'll come up > with some special pricing to keep you on board. > Just some thoughts. > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Andy Arnold<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Any cable TV experts in the group? > I can't figure this whole racket out... I have a couple HD TVs with > built-in > tuners... Insight wants $15 per month for their DVR which is supposed > to > carry many more HD channels than if I plug the cable wire directly into > the > HD TV. But this is a crude solution for many reasons (one of which is > that > you can't sync the boxes) Plus I don't watch that much TV, so $30 a > month > just for the box is crazy. I had heard that some TVs can contain a > cable > decoder card that will allow the signal from all of Insight's channels > to > come thru in HD. But now most manufacturers have abandoned that > strategy > because all TVs have a digital tuner built-in and if your cable company > is > outputting unscrambled channels then you can tune all the stations > through > the TV without a cable box or CableCard. Is the problem that Insight is > behind the national curve and still scrambling most of their stations? > Stop > the madness! Would love to hear what others are doing about all of > this... > BTW, this is still a Mac topic because I have an AppleTV thrown into > the mix > as well :-) > thanks > Andy > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
