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Four Easy and Successful Bar Promotions

Attention, bar owners!  We know that you’re looking for different ways to promote your business and attract more customers.  To help you do that, Signal Connect shares these four bar promotions that...

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Best of the Blog 2023, Volume 5

The Solid Signal Blog is your resource for thousands of articles and reviews, with new content coming every day. 2023 marks our seventeeth year since our humble beginnings, and today over 250,000...

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FUN FRIDAY: Icons on graph paper?

Everything has to start somewhere. Today we take the idea of icons for granted. They’re part of our computers and phones and we all understand why. Sometimes they’re well-designed and sometimes...

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Western Arc problems with your Tailgater or Intellian i3? Here’s an even...

This article comes courtesy of DISH installer Brad Hall, who made it public at the Satellite Guys forum. The Solid Signal Blog is very grateful for this tip! If you have other tips to share, use the...

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Antenna Man is wrong about converting a satellite dish to a TV antenna

Tyler “The Antenna Man” recently posted this article on his channel, talking about putting an antenna on an existing satellite mount and using existing satellite cable. Here it is so you don’t have to...

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STREAMING SATURDAY: More content is not better content

In recent weeks, I’ve read a lot of articles that start with “(Streaming app) adds 50 new channels of live content.” The big story for streaming the last 12 months has been the rise of so-called “FAST...

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What is the “shelf effect?”

Have you heard of “the shelf effect?” In some ways, digital broadcasting just doesn’t make sense to most folks. It’s much more sophisticated than old-school TV. Of course that’s on purpose — the whole...

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Can you take your DIRECTV Gemini for Satellite with you when you travel?

Friends, what you see is DIRECTV’s Gemini. It’s a little confusing to look at, because the same exact box can serve two different purposes. There’s a version that connects to a Genie DVR and is used...

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COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Edward R. Murrow

For your great-grandparents, he was the news. Edward R. Murrow reported on the invasion of major cities in World War II, but more importantly, he was responsible for the invention of television news,...

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Understanding the DIRECTV DECA Adapter

It may be the least-understood DIRECTV device in the company’s history. And yet it’s one of the simplest. It’s found in the majority of DIRECTV installations, but it’s really optional in most of them....

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Podcast #555: Cable, Satellite and Antenna: So similar and so different

This back-to-basics podcast discusses the difference between cable, satellite, and over-the-air antenna signals in a way you probably hadn’t considered. Listen, then shop at...

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Will DIRECTV ever offer one account for both satellite and streaming?

Spend even a little bit of time reading this blog and you’ll realize that I’m a pretty big satellite TV fan. I’ve personally had DIRECTV satellite at my home for over 20 years, and I’ve spent a decent...

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See 2023’s Best Low-Profile TV Antenna!

The post See 2023’s Best Low-Profile TV Antenna! appeared first on The Solid Signal Blog.

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How can I connect an antenna to my cell phone?

Every day we depend on our phones in a million different ways. Yet, we’ve gotten used to the fact that our phones don’t get great reception. We wish they did, but instead of taking action we hold them...

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Hiring a Fast Food Manager in Three Steps

Successful fast food franchisees eventually learn one important lesson – they need a manager to help run their restaurants.  As the owner, you can’t be everywhere at once, and you certainly can’t work...

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Need a custom solution for better cell phone service? Call us!

Without cell service, your business is sunk. That’s right, I said it. No, it’s not the only thing that will sink your business if you lose it. You’ll need internet, for example. And of course, you’ll...

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The best DIRECTV tutorials, all in one place

DIRECTV has been around now for almost 25 years. In that time, it’s gone from being a DIY, bleeding-edge technology to the most trusted name in entertainment. Over 24 million homes depend on reliable...

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Ken Reid and Paul Morrissey

March 12-18, 1983 This week Ken welcomes comedian and man behind the new Blonde Medicine Comedy lp “Ice Cream vs. Everything”, Paul Morrissey. Ken and Paul discuss Paul’s excitement being on the show,...

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UPDATED: Record a series on just one channel (DIRECTV Genie/Gemini)

DIRECTV is constantly making changes to its user interface. When I originally wrote this article in 2018, there was a bug that made it hard to record on just a single channel. That bug has been...

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Why are cellular antennas… sideways?

This is a typical antenna for a cellular booster system. Placed outside at a height 15 feet above the indoor antenna, it forms a critical part of the booster. This particular antenna is fairly...

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