Tuesday, August 23, 2011

TV On The Run

Not really.  Who needs to watch TV when the world is passing by outside?  But, I received my 1100 watt inverter today.  I need to get some heavy gauge wire to install it, but it should serve us well.  I plan to power our Verizon MiFi and laptop computer with it so we can jump on the Internet while on the road without firing up the generator.  With frugal use, we can brew a pot of coffee or watch TV for a while, too.

Speaking of TV, I ordered a new LNBF (knobby looking thing that goes on the satellite dish) and a satellite signal meter & compass.  Pumpkin has an old satellite dish built in and we can use our Dish receiver out of the kitchen.  Resurrecting the old dish is not too expensive, but it will require some tweaking to set up.  At least we should be able to get CNN and maybe even KY3 while on the road.