Dish Network buy Blockbuster

[Smokey]

The technician that came out indicated that it doesn't matter how much you tighten the screws, in a windy area, the dish will get out of alignment at some point, especially in the windy hillside neighborhoods, where he regularly makes repeat visits dealing with dish alignment issues.

Dish not only have to deal with wind, but it also have deal with snow and ice. I had Dish Network for several years and luckily my dish was in the balcony which i could realign. So anytime it snowed or iced glazed over, I had to go to balcony to clear it off. I imagine all the weight can cause it to get out of alignment onve in a while.

[Woochifer]

Dish not only have to deal with wind, but it also have deal with snow and ice. I had Dish Network for several years and luckily my dish was in the balcony which i could realign. So anytime it snowed or iced glazed over, I had to go to balcony to clear it off. I imagine all the weight can cause it to get out of alignment onve in a while.

Not to mention, the multi-satellite dishes required for HD service are heavier and larger, with more surface area and profile to pick up the wind gusts (and snow and ice). They also require alignment on three axes, instead of two, which makes the process more tricky.

[pixelthis]

Not to mention, the multi-satellite dishes required for HD service are heavier and larger, with more surface area and profile to pick up the wind gusts (and snow and ice). They also require alignment on three axes, instead of two, which makes the process more tricky.

But not impossible.
The trick is to use a small portable set, run a long cable out to it, so you can see what you are doing. TAKES awhile, but not three days.
And there is tight, and TIGHT. When a friend had his dish installed, I went out and tightened
all of the bolts, all of which were loose.
TO EACH HIS OWN, but it would drive me crazy to have a problem and at least not
try to fix it. SOMETIMES I can't, but I have to try.
During my electronics training some of the things I learned did not go obsolete,
mainly the "tricks" techs use when dealing with the public. Our instructor was a
B-19 pilot, and a TV service repairman. BEING in high school at the time, this was my first
experience with the "real" world, kinda rubbed off.

[bobsticks]

B-19 pilot, and a TV service repairman. BEING in high school at the time, this was my firstexperience with the "real" world, kinda rubbed off.

Perhaps it could be said that your knowledge of electronics is as operationally successful as the B-19...

[pixelthis]

Perhaps it could be said that your knowledge of electronics is as operationally successful as the B-19...

Thanks, since the B-19 had an exelent operational record.
ONE landed by itself once, the injured crew aimed it in the general direction.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Perhaps it could be said that your knowledge of electronics is as operationally successful as the B-19...

LOLOLOLOLOL.........BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...gotta pee.......hehehehehe.....does anyone have a hanky?

[E-Stat]

Perhaps it could be said that your knowledge of electronics is as operationally successful as the B-19...

I particularly like the summary of that craft from Wikipedia:

"Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was even completed, the Army Air Corps felt that the prototype would be useful for testing. Its construction took so long that competition for the contracts to make the XB-35 and XB-36 occurred two months before its first flight."

rw

[bobsticks]

Wiki's useful for these types of situations...McGraw-Hill American Dictionary of Idioms too:

hoist with one's own petard
Fig. to be harmed or disadvantaged by an action of one's own which was meant to harm someone else.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of hoist by your own petard (blown into the air by your own explosive device), an expression made popular in Shakespeare's play, “Hamlet”

[Woochifer]

Wiki's useful for these types of situations...McGraw-Hill American Dictionary of Idioms too:

hoist with one's own petard
Fig. to be harmed or disadvantaged by an action of one's own which was meant to harm someone else.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of hoist by your own petard (blown into the air by your own explosive device), an expression made popular in Shakespeare's play, “Hamlet”

Cease and desist with these witticisms, or else you'll force me to uncork my greenie gun! Given the collateral damage that will result (i.e., the number of chiclets I'll need to pass out before handing another one over to you), you don't want that on your conscience, do you?

[pixelthis]

I particularly like the summary of that craft from Wikipedia:

"Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was even completed, the Army Air Corps felt that the prototype would be useful for testing. Its construction took so long that competition for the contracts to make the XB-35 and XB-36 occurred two months before its first flight."

rw

Ah, yes, Wikipedia, the made up encyclopedia.
I read an excellent book on the B-19 once, can't recall the name, but quite informative.
My electronics teacher never talked much about his service in WWII, except that he did
fly bombers, particularly B-19's.
Nobody I HAVE MET THAT SERVED IN WWII talks about it much.