So Typical

Technology can be immensely liberating, enormously frustrating, or both at the same time. The DrsC are hip-deep in an experience of the second in pursuit of the first. In many ways the following tale is a parable for our times.

Because we live in three different rural areas throughout the year, our "cable TV" receiver is a satellite dish. No landline cable is available in any of the three. Currently in our RV, we discovered after reaching our winter destination that our automatic satellite-finding dish system is broken and won't look for the satellite signal. 

No local repair person is willing to work on it, and we were advised to buy a portable unit to use in lieu of the broken one. This we have done. 

Set-up of the portable unit is described by the manufacturer - Winegard - as "easy." Let's be generous and call that an exaggeration.

We spent several hours yesterday on the phone with the satellite signal provider trying to get it to work - no luck so far. The saga continues today when we will call Winegard to see what they suggest. More later....