On December 30, 2020 at 16:29, Ernie Gilman said...
I know when it's time to trim by occasional signal interruption on HD channels.
The "another 10' doesn't freaking matter" reminds me of two things:
*A house on Mulholland Drive not far from the Hollywood Bowl that had a major remodel about five years ago. It'd s nit below the road and you can see the clean look of the roofline.
And then a satellite installer mounted a dish to the highest, most visible point on the roof. Completely uglifies the house.
*a Commscope Cable ad from the early days of cable:
"The signal has gone half a million miles* to get to your customer -- don't mess it up in the last thirty feet!"
*Or whatever. Corrections will be edited in.
You do know I was referring to a C-band dish, right?
I rented from my friend at the time when he was selling and installing satellite equipment and he brought the partner's 12' dish to the house. It was on a trailer for demo purposes (sure, why not just drag it around and let people see it at their homes, right?) and while it was definitely not attractive, it was inside the perimeter of the yard and perfectly legal- that didn't sit well with the next door neighbor, so he called the Police. The first thing they uttered when my friend went out to talk to them was "How many channels does that pick up?". That led to a call from the alderman and a meeting, to discuss whether Milwaukee could create their own cable system. Judging by the negative comments without any hint of acceptance by some of the other aldermen who seemed to have been paid off, MKE picked Warner-Amex.
