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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Satellite dish on docked boat
From: R Hepler (roberthepler@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jul 09 2001 - 15:25:46 EDT
Hmmm... Are you in the Bridgeport Marina? That's where Hang Ten was when I
bought her. Nice place.
As for satelites, there is too much variety for me to comment. When I was
in San Francisco last year, I had a cable internet hookup on the boat, but
no TV hookup. If you are after TV, it is probably a good deal. If you are
after internet acess, I would be surprised if there isn't something better
out there.
As for alignment, if your marina has wooden piles, just mount your dish from
one of them. If they are stell, how about putting it on top? (or welding al
ittel bracket on when nobody is looking)
-Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: SV ARAMOANA (Roger Chin & Eric Register) <aramoana@XXX.XXX>
To: <worldcruising@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: [worldcruising] Satellite dish on docked boat
> We haven't been able to get on the "live-aboard" list but we have a
question
> that we've been wanting to ask for a while.
>
> We live on our boat (near Vancouver, Canada) and we've talked to a few
boats
> that have a satellite dish on their boat. They seem to have no problem
with
> alignment at the dock. I even radioed a boat that was passing by and they
said
> that it works even at anchor! (I assume they're not swinging too much).
>
> There are two companies available to me: Bell ExpressVu and StarChoice.
The
> latter is the more modern of the two with two receivers on the same dish
for
> receiving two satellites. I think StarChoice is the better one. However,
with
> the two receivers, is it more difficult for alignment than the Bell
ExpressVu?
>
> A basic package costs $15/month for either company. Also, both have
Internet
> access at about $60 per month. Too expensive for me right now but an
option for
> later on when it gets cheaper.
>
> I would appreciate any advice. Thanks!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Roger & Eric
> SV ARAMOANA, moored in Richmond, BC
> aramoana@XXX.XXX
> http://www.geocities.com/sv_aramoana
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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