Mike...need some welding done...wanna help??

[Seapuppy]

I got a sat. dish that I want to mt on the boat...but just not sure what or how to do it...I have a temp mt. on the rail for the tv antenna..but I was thinking of building something similar to the rail or a dock mount.....interested???........let me kow...we can meet wednesday at the boat and talk about it if your free..... :argh arr

Sure Steve. When sounds good for you?

Satelite dish huh? Aren't we moving up ...

8)

[Seapuppy]

yeah..it only cost 140 bucks for the dish and reciever plus all the mounting hardware....then it's 5 bucks a month for the service.....so for that kinda money...it might be worth making it portable or something.......


anytime wednesday would work for me.....I have all day......so whatever is good for you...let me know...give me a call
425-349-2472.....hm..

$5 / mo for satellite!? I want in on this deal. Who's offering the service?

Raul

[Seapuppy]

I already have them on my house...they gave us 4 recievers for 4 rooms and a dish for free...free instl...then for something like 60 bucks a mo. to get all the channels we wanted.......now for the added boat system...they added 5 bucks a month for the same channel line up.......not bad...over 150 channels to watch and complain about...... :lol:

:argh arr

very cool Steve. Shoot me a picture in email with what you have or we can meet at the boat at noontime or so?

[Seapuppy]

mike...how bout tomorrow at 12:30..meet me at the boat and I'll bring everything ...we can talk about it and maybe come up with some ideas....let me know how much you want for it and we can get it installed.....thanks again...

[Seapuppy]

Hey mike..thanks again for stopping by and looking at the sat. dish....also for the boat ride and helping me get gas ...man the water was snotty..but the new boat handled it well.......
looking forward to what you come up with..... :argh arrr

Yeah... that's a sweet ride. Nice change having all that beam :)

[Seapuppy]

you talking about my boat or my butt??? :shock:
never mind...I got it..... :lol: :argh arrr

[Seapuppy]

hey...you should post that phone cam shot of bo on my boat ...he is one huge dog......other than a St. Bernard...I don't ever remember seeing a dog that big or one that big on my boat!!!... :lol: :argh arr

you talking about my boat or my butt??? :shock:
never mind...I got it..... :lol: :argh arrr


See... those damned Air Force bus drivers... (they got the tendencies ya know) :shock:

[Seapuppy]

yeah...but I've some squids with a huge anchor draggin behind them too ya know...all the good chow on board ships..... :argh arrr

[Seapuppy]

what's the status of the mount we discussed??....working yet??....Thanks.... :argh arr

I've been busy plasma cutting on a firepit all day (turned out great btw). You gonna be around the boat tomorrow?

[Seapuppy]

I can be...let me know what time and I'll be there....thanks.... :argh arr

Lemme finish it up and I'll give ya a call. You free this afternoon sometime?

[Seapuppy]

yep...clear this afternoon...
let me know and I can be there in 15-20 minutes....I'll shoot you my home number by email.....thanks :argh ar

[Seapuppy]

well..bob(webjammin) and mike(somesailor) met me at the boat today to install the sat. dish...mike welded a few tangs to hang the mount on the bow rail and then we tried to follow the directions of dish network's ...boy..that didn't work..but the dish is on and we can at least go from there with a service tech...obviously we're missing something in the instructions cuz it won't lock up and download the software....
so.....wednesday I have the tech coming out to the boat.....
thanks for the assist mike and bob..... :argh arrr

Yeah... lemme know when he's done, I'll grab that clamp bracket back and rebuild it on an angle for ya.

[Seapuppy]

Well..finally got it fixed....we were pointing it in the wrong direction...it's supposed to go to 10 deg. to port of 180S......got a signal strength of 125db.....I had the guy come out there and he did some magic stuff to the antenna and then I have both lbnf's working now...
this weekend we're gonna try it at port ludlow and then I'll get that clamp to you....thanks again for the help ....greatly appreciated...... :argh arrr

Cool... did he add that splitter (switch or whatever) you needed so you can get both feeds working? I'm curious how it goes. We'll get that bracket fixed for ya.

[dumluck53]

Damn nice of Michael and Robert to assist Steven. There is a special place in heaven for those fellas who help another fella with his boat!

Here's to ya :angel1:

[Lazy Flamingo]

Reading the whole saga here was like a "Special Soap Opera" for boaters.
The Admiral cried at the end .... :lol:

:director: .... Will there be a whole new season of episodes? .... :director2:

yeah... the next saga is called...

"Skinny Pink Chicken finally gets boat... Where did I put that drain plug?"[/i]

[Seapuppy]

"Will the super chief blow the whistle???......what happened to penelope pure heart!!......did Dudly Dorright stop the villian....???.... :shock: :shock:
Stay tuned.....SAAAAAAME BAT CHANNEL....SAAAAAME BAT TIME :argh arrr

[Seapuppy]

mike...the sat dish worked great.....the mount could be modified by hack sawing that one tang off.......instead of building a whole new mount....
but thanks for the work you did on it for me.....once I got the dish point at alkazira sat....I was able to turn the dish about 20-30 deg. to the east and badabing...the signal locked right up.....it was great watching tv when the sun went down......thanks again..... :argh arr

Sounds great Steve... just remember not to cruise past Sub Base Bangor with that fire control dish of yours pointed that way. They've already got you number there. I think the second time they pull you over, they shoot first. :D

[Seapuppy]

mike ...that was in the old boat...this is the new and improved boat.....hahaha..... :P ....
... :argh arrr

[coolchange]

Quick question on the info here: do I understand that passing Bangor with a Sat dish pointed a certain way can get you an interview with the security folks? What other innocent mistakes can we make in these areas...? (besides getting too close) :shock:

( I noticed that the subject line I put in looks more like a Thai menu item than a subject)

mike ...that was in the old boat...this is the new and improved boat.....hahaha..... :P ....
... :argh arrr

Ahhh.... that explains the new boat... you can probably outrun them now yer thinkin' huh?


... do I understand that passing Bangor with a Sat dish pointed a certain way can get you an interview with the security folks? What other innocent mistakes can we make in these areas...? (besides getting too close) Shocked



Neah... just giving Steve a hard time. He was running short on time coming down to Pleasant Harbor one weekend with us all and skirted the outside boundaries of their exclusion zone (which is back to its pre-911 area now) and they intercepted him. Easy mistake to make back then if you come under the Hood Canal Bridge on the east passage and don't start getting to the west pretty quickly. The funniest part is that Steve is all about subs (he used to build 'em) and he's the one who got pulled over. No harm, no foul... except he had to sell his boat and buy a new one... and now boat's under an assumed identity... but it's all good.

[Lazy Flamingo]

Here on the East Coast, about 60 miles from here, is the Groton Navy Sub Base.
I'll bet they have a pix of Seapuppy and his boat & also keep track of him .... :lol:
http://alfredo6.no.sapo.pt/radarani1.gif

[Seapuppy]

yeah...it's called "Rotten Grotten" for a reason!!......since I'm on the west coast...I'm a matter for the pacific SUBPAC commander's watch list!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :argh arrr

[kwb]

Way back in the day I know people who would see how far into the zone they could get before they got chased out-- but that was more boat racing fun than anything.... now a days you get delayed from your destination doing that sort of thing.

[Lazy Flamingo]

Entering a restricted Gov't zone in some areas can get you blown out
of the water ....
Cross the yellow line barrier on the lake near the Hoover Dam ....
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/violent/sterb032.gif They will take NO chances .... bunkers up on the hills, both sides of the dam

[Seapuppy]

I was at mare Island navship yd a number of yrs ago...standing on the deck of the USS Lajolla....this blowboater was tacking back and forth into the security zone....the watch stander kept yelling at the guy...he was pulling his 45 acp out of the holster yelling at the guy when he tacked away and noticed that the sailor was about to put a bunch of holes in his pretty little sailboat.......about 30 minutes later the coasties had the guy tied up to their nice 40 ftr giving him a ticket to the navy brig ball!!!...I actually thought this sailor was going to shoot!!!....there was this huge sign on the seawall stating deadly force is authorized...... :argh arr

[Lazy Flamingo]

Puppy Chow,

Some people think it is a joke, that nobody would shoot near or at them.
But they better wake up and realize that especially after 9/11, going near,
or into a restricted waterway, could be a hazard to their health.

Like I stated above, they are extreamly protective of Hoover Dam ....
Deadly force is authorized, and they won't wait for you to say that you
did not know you had to stay on the oher side of the 1st set of warning
barriers, let alone the second set.

Cross the 1st one, you'll get warning shots, cross the second one, they
will blow you out of the water before you can get 50 yards over it.
Their sights are locked on you once get near that first set of warning
barriers, and they will protect that dam at any cost .... :shock: