I hate Texas

Go get yourself a 1 meter dish with a KU band LNA. Connect that bad boy up
to your DirecTV. No more signal loss in the rain. Or even better, find an
old 3 Meter Paraclipse or something

Jeremy

"Bubba" <bubba.RemoveThis@beer.com> wrote in message
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 > More specifically, I hate rain. At 9 I sat down to watch Pay Per Squid
 > on DirecTV. As soon as the disclaimer saying not to do any of the crap
 > they were about to show me was over it started POURING rain and the
 > satellite went out. Naturally. It just came back on and what do I get
 > to watch? The credits. Bastards.
 >
 > I hate Texas.
 >
 > Steve
 > 95 Buell S2
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Bubba wrote:
 > More specifically, I hate rain. At 9 I sat down to watch Pay Per Squid
 > on DirecTV. As soon as the disclaimer saying not to do any of the crap
 > they were about to show me was over it started POURING rain and the
 > satellite went out. Naturally. It just came back on and what do I get
 > to watch? The credits. Bastards.
 >
 > I hate Texas.

that's why there's digital cable. picture's not so good but at least it
doesn't crap out in the rain.

i hate Texas too. only redeeming quality is parts of Austin.

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"Bubba" <bubba.DeleteThis@beer.com> wrote in message
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 > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:18:08 -0400, "Jeremy Parr"
 > <jspam.DeleteThis@netbahamas.com> wrote:
 >
  > >Go get yourself a 1 meter dish with a KU band LNA. Connect that bad boy
up
  > >to your DirecTV. No more signal loss in the rain. Or even better, find an
  > >old 3 Meter Paraclipse or something
 >
 > Ok, you have my attention, but I'm hearing a foreign language Is
 > there a website out there somewhere that details this process? If so
 > I'm all over it.

Head over to news:alt.video.satellite.dbs . You shouldn't be losing signal
that bad. You might find a re-alignment will fix most of your issues and
minimize downtime. A home satellite setup is only as good as it's
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:06:02 GMT, "Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM.DeleteThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:

 >"Bubba" <bubba.DeleteThis@beer.com> wrote in message
 >news:3ef3fbbf.8976075@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net...
  >> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:18:08 -0400, "Jeremy Parr"
  >> <jspam.DeleteThis@netbahamas.com> wrote:
  >>
   >> >Go get yourself a 1 meter dish with a KU band LNA. Connect that bad boy
 >up
   >> >to your DirecTV. No more signal loss in the rain. Or even better, find an
   >> >old 3 Meter Paraclipse or something
  >>
  >> Ok, you have my attention, but I'm hearing a foreign language Is
  >> there a website out there somewhere that details this process? If so
  >> I'm all over it.
 >
 >Head over to news:alt.video.satellite.dbs . You shouldn't be losing signal
 >that bad. You might find a re-alignment will fix most of your issues and
 >minimize downtime. A home satellite setup is only as good as it's
 >installation.
 >

Look at a chart of attenuation vs Frequency in water vapor. Why do you
think they use X-Band (8-12GHz) for friggin' weather radars;) The
mini-dishes are 12.3-12.7GHz as I recall. BIg thunderstorms would always
kill mine for up to 20 minutes, when passing to the South. I would
imagine Texas has BIGGER T-Srorms than Az, if you catch my drift. BTW,
it's the height & water density that kills the signal. West coast mega
fronts are not dense enough to Kill DTV.

And while Texas and Az have less slant range and are closer to the
equator, it's still density of the storm being the dominate factor for
attenuation of the Microwave energy.


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"Bubba" <bubba.TakeThisOut@beer.com> wrote in message
news:3ef3c83f.67245028@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net...
 > More specifically, I hate rain. At 9 I sat down to watch Pay Per Squid
 > on DirecTV. As soon as the disclaimer saying not to do any of the crap
 > they were about to show me was over it started POURING rain and the
 > satellite went out. Naturally. It just came back on and what do I get
 > to watch? The credits. Bastards.
 >
 > I hate Texas.

Come over to West Texas. We CAN'T get enough rain here. Actually, we're
above normal for the year now (got 7 inches in June), but half of our lakes
are still nearly dry. We're in the 6th year of drought out here in
Abilene.....

I hate Kansas. I can see no reason for KS to exist. It is a vast boring
land separating lotsa good states. Imagine being able to travel from
Missouri to Colorado without having to go thru KS - woohoo! Not only is it
a very boring state, but the speed limits are very conservative, and the KHP
is out to make a buck.

Oklahoma is not a very good state for traveling through, either...... they
have conservative speed limits and small towns you have to slow up for about
every 10 - 15 miles. You come cruising into town and a sign says "reduced
speed limit ahead", then about 500 feet down the road another sign says
"Speed Limit 30", as if you had lotsa warning - at least their cops aren't
quite so quick to stop you as KS cops are (they've nothing better to do).
OK must have lotsa old folks driving the roads, the way their speed limits
are....

Now that I've taken this thread completely off-topic, I'll return you to
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"mrdancer" <mrdancer.TakeThisOut@cox.your.underwear.net> wrote in message
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 > "Bubba" <bubba.TakeThisOut@beer.com> wrote in message
 > news:3ef3c83f.67245028@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net...
  > > More specifically, I hate rain. At 9 I sat down to watch Pay Per Squid
  > > on DirecTV. As soon as the disclaimer saying not to do any of the crap
  > > they were about to show me was over it started POURING rain and the
  > > satellite went out. Naturally. It just came back on and what do I get
  > > to watch? The credits. Bastards.
  > >
  > > I hate Texas.
 >
 > Come over to West Texas. We CAN'T get enough rain here. Actually, we're
 > above normal for the year now (got 7 inches in June), but half of our
lakes
 > are still nearly dry. We're in the 6th year of drought out here in
 > Abilene.....
 >
 > I hate Kansas. I can see no reason for KS to exist. It is a vast boring
 > land separating lotsa good states. Imagine being able to travel from
 > Missouri to Colorado without having to go thru KS - woohoo! Not only is
it
 > a very boring state, but the speed limits are very conservative, and the
KHP
 > is out to make a buck.
 >
 > Oklahoma is not a very good state for traveling through, either......
they
 > have conservative speed limits and small towns you have to slow up for
about
 > every 10 - 15 miles. You come cruising into town and a sign says "reduced
 > speed limit ahead", then about 500 feet down the road another sign says
 > "Speed Limit 30", as if you had lotsa warning - at least their cops aren't
 > quite so quick to stop you as KS cops are (they've nothing better to do).
 > OK must have lotsa old folks driving the roads, the way their speed limits
 > are....
 >
 > Now that I've taken this thread completely off-topic, I'll return you to
 > your regular programming (assuming it is not storming where you
are)........
 >
 >

Wow! Someone from Texas dissing other states for being vast and boring?
Now that's the pot calling the kettle black. The worst part is by the time
you get somewhere, you're still in Texas!

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"mrdancer" <mrdancer.TakeThisOut@cox.your.underwear.net> wrote in message news:zbZIa.300771$3n5.158098@news2.central.cox.net...
 > "Bubba" <bubba.TakeThisOut@beer.com> wrote in message
 > news:3ef3c83f.67245028@news.dallas.sbcglobal.net...
  > > More specifically, I hate rain. At 9 I sat down to watch Pay Per Squid
  > > on DirecTV. As soon as the disclaimer saying not to do any of the crap
  > > they were about to show me was over it started POURING rain and the
  > > satellite went out. Naturally. It just came back on and what do I get
  > > to watch? The credits. Bastards.
  > >
  > > I hate Texas.
 >
 > Come over to West Texas. We CAN'T get enough rain here. Actually, we're
 > above normal for the year now (got 7 inches in June), but half of our lakes
 > are still nearly dry. We're in the 6th year of drought out here in
 > Abilene.....

move to austin. great riding, great wakeboarding lakes, great greenspaces....
plus hippies!

 > I hate Kansas. I can see no reason for KS to exist. It is a vast boring
 > land separating lotsa good states. Imagine being able to travel from
 > Missouri to Colorado without having to go thru KS - woohoo! Not only is it
 > a very boring state, but the speed limits are very conservative, and the KHP
 > is out to make a buck.
 >
 > Oklahoma is not a very good state for traveling through, either...... they
 > have conservative speed limits and small towns you have to slow up for about
 > every 10 - 15 miles. You come cruising into town and a sign says "reduced
 > speed limit ahead", then about 500 feet down the road another sign says
 > "Speed Limit 30", as if you had lotsa warning - at least their cops aren't
 > quite so quick to stop you as KS cops are (they've nothing better to do).
 > OK must have lotsa old folks driving the roads, the way their speed limits
 > are....
 >
 > Now that I've taken this thread completely off-topic, I'll return you to
 > your regular programming (assuming it is not storming where you are)........
 >
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Derek & Allison wrote:

 > move to austin. great riding, great wakeboarding lakes, great greenspaces....
 > plus hippies!

and, if the economy gets any worse, maybe all the obnoxious yuppies will
LEAVE!

-Beth, living in one of the great greenspaces right now!
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"Beth" <beth RemoveThis @large.org> wrote in message news:3EF47A1B.8050607@large.org...
 > Derek & Allison wrote:
 >
  > > move to austin. great riding, great wakeboarding lakes, great greenspaces....
  > > plus hippies!
 >
 > and, if the economy gets any worse, maybe all the obnoxious yuppies will
 > LEAVE!

I find there is more than enough room in the town for everyone.... the yuppies, hippies,
hillbilly locals that wish everything would go back to 20 years ago, nerdy types, etc etc.

 > -Beth, living in one of the great greenspaces right now!
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 > DEMOCRACY was getting old anyway.
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:34:33 -0500, Beth <beffie.RemoveThis@large.org> wrote:

 >that's why there's digital cable. picture's not so good but at least it
 >doesn't crap out in the rain.

Used to have that, but it would go out every time it rained, too.
Actually more often than the satellite. And it cost $20/mo. more than
we pay for DTV. Cable didn't even come with a nifty dish

 >i hate Texas too. only redeeming quality is parts of Austin.

I used to live in Wyoming and we have land in Montana. The only reason
I'm still here is that my wife and snow don't get along.

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On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:06:02 GMT, "Seth"
<seth_lermanNOSPAM.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

 >Head over to news:alt.video.satellite.dbs . You shouldn't be losing signal
 >that bad. You might find a re-alignment will fix most of your issues and
 >minimize downtime. A home satellite setup is only as good as it's
 >installation.

I got it dead on, or at least as close as sanity would allow, and in
clear weather we get around 95 on the signal strength meter. It's just
because of the insane storms we tend to get around here. Zero to
torential rains of biblical proportions in 5 minutes.

Steve
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 05:59:25 -0700, _Bob Nixon_
<bilbo RemoveThis @nospam.nospam.com> wrote:

 >Look at a chart of attenuation vs Frequency in water vapor. Why do you
 >think they use X-Band (8-12GHz) for friggin' weather radars;) The
 >mini-dishes are 12.3-12.7GHz as I recall. BIg thunderstorms would always
 >kill mine for up to 20 minutes, when passing to the South. I would
 >imagine Texas has BIGGER T-Srorms than Az, if you catch my drift. BTW,
 >it's the height & water density that kills the signal. West coast mega
 >fronts are not dense enough to Kill DTV.

Some parts of town got 2" of rain in an hour yesterday. That would
wash Pheonix down the nearest dry river bed

Steve
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:36:31 GMT, "mrdancer"
<mrdancer.DeleteThis@cox.your.underwear.net> wrote:

 >Come over to West Texas. We CAN'T get enough rain here. Actually, we're
 >above normal for the year now (got 7 inches in June), but half of our lakes
 >are still nearly dry. We're in the 6th year of drought out here in
 >Abilene.....

Ouch. Sounds like you're near the point where the ground will suck up
water like a sponge and into the part where a 15 minute shower floods
half the city. Pretty much the same thing happened here earlier this
year. It had been mainly dry for months, then it started pouring all
of a sudden. In 20 minutes we had 2' of water in the ditch (no
gutters, I'm in the sticks) and the back yard looked like Louisiana.

 >I hate Kansas. I can see no reason for KS to exist.

I can. I was born there when my dad was a test pilot for Cessna

Steve
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