Hey Don, two things. Are you happy with them? How much did they cost?
I am wondering why you went with the 2 dishes when you can gey both 110 and 119 satellites using the bracket for the lnb's?
Just curious,
Steve
As far as cost: I am asked by my friends what I paid for something, I usually reply, I don't know. If I bought it, I must have been able to afford it! And with the exchange rate always changing, it's hard for me to go back into history and figure out what I paid in dollars. My wife saids we paid 10,000 pesos each and that was several years ago, mounting stands were included. I thought I got them for a little less than that, but as I said, once I buy something, price becomes history and I forget about it.
In reality, cost was a factor, my third dish, which I bougth first is a Channel Master and I paid like $750 U.S. for it. (See, I remember the money when it is in dollars).
Why 2 dishes: Space and also I could afford it at the time. I have the space for multiple dishes. My thoughts also were that the signal would be better with separate dishes. At one point I did play with a bracket and got 2 satellites, but was not happy with the fine tune, jury rig bracket I made. Also, I actually have 3 dishes. Used them for DirecTV and Dish. Now that DirecTV is history here for me, will tune the third dish to 97 (T5?) to pick up the International channels, my wife likes to watch belly dancers. I thought of continuing the bracket idea and just buy one Dominican dish, but what the heck, with separate dishes I would have more flexibility to play with other satellites. I am an electronic gadget nut, do all my own security, etc. Even the White House would be impressed here.
Am I happy with them: Yes, I re-painted the brackets and bolts for corrosion protection.
I originally mounted mine on the roof, but later, after 9-11 I became more security aware, so I removed them and mounted them at ground level, behind my 7 foot fence wall. Three dishes made me look like a very rich American, so I hid them.
I figured the signal lost from 12 feet high to zero feet high would not be too much.
(That's a joke!).
PS: Steve, that was 3 questions, and not two.... lol
