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You only need the Hybrid Solo Hub if you plan on connecting 1 or 2 Joeys to the Hopper 3.

The Dish Pro Plus (DPP) is the standard LNBF on a Winegard Travler there's no need to change it. Also, you can put the DPH42 switch on your RV roof next to the Travler. Then you only have to run 1 cable into the RV.

Keep in mind that you have to buy an ACA plan from the exchange to qualify for a subsidy. If you buy a plan off the exchange, then no subsidy.

If you're just taking your Hopper 3 in your RV and not added Joeys, then you just need a DPH42 switch like so: Here's a comparison of the 3 different Hopper models. BTW, a Hopper 3 does have the Sling feature: Here are the dimensions of the 6xx & 7xx receivers:

I'm with you. As a Midwest flatlander, mountain roads were a shocker. Still not used to them, but I use a couple of tools to help me . . . As previously mentioned, the Mountain Directories point out the scariest routes. To plan routes I use RV Trip Wizard which has a very hand Route Elevation feature that shows the elevation along your entire route: Also, as you mentioned my "trucker" Garmin 780 has an elevation indicator too: Finally, if I'm really unsure about a route, I'll virtually drive it in Google Maps:

If your income is low enough ($65,840 for a married couple with no kids), then you can qualify for an ACA plan subsidy so you don't have to pay the full cost of a health plan. Next, you want a "portable" health plan, one that can be used in any state without excess costs. Typically, this means a PPO (or EPO) health plan from Blu Cross Blue Shield (BCBS). Most health plans are NOT portable. Since you're both under 65, of the three no-state tax domicile states (TX, FL, SD), FL is the best since it offers BCBS EPO plans that have nationwide coverage. TX and SD are not good domicile choices for those under 65. Welcome to US healthcare. Ask Blues.

My 2021 predictions are not optimistic. Let me be wrong: A lot of “pretending” will come to an end. For example, pretending face-to-face schooling is possible, pretending team sports are possible, and so on. Vaccination will fail. In order to work, a vaccine relies on its effectives and how many people take it. If either one of these factors is not sufficient, then social distancing would have to continue. For example, if only 75% of the population gets vaccinated, then a vaccine would have to be 70% effective. If only 60% get vaccinated, then a vaccine would have to be 80% effective. (see How Effective Does a Vaccine Need To Be). Given how people are acting now, social distancing after a vaccine won’t work. COVID-19 disinformation will continue, frustrating efforts to contain the virus. We’ll enter a real depression with many unemployed, homeless, and increased social unrest. The Election: if it’s contested, welcome to Civil War 2.0. International Effects: we can only “hope” that our adversaries are distracted enough by their own coronavirus problems so that they don’t seriously challenge us. Fat chance.

There's the rub. So let's predict the future . . . What will Summer 2021 be like?

Another type of quarantine . . .

Photos?

Sculptor, I went from tower to iMac on a stick. Next stop is MacBook, but you can't beat a tower for "upgradability". For example, my wife's 13" MacBook (Intel, couldn't wait) has soldered internal RAM and SSD drive. Not cool. If you're looking for power (video rendering, intense graphics, etc), you'll at least need a high end laptop. $$$ However, if that's your intent, wait for the ARM MacBooks.

And there's the Starlink Reddit.

I've seen people with underwear on their heads, so . . .

First, just because it’s called a “surgical mask” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s worn in surgery. Second, “some” but not all N95 masks have valves, and the article clearly states that this type of mask should not be used in Covid environments.

Appears to be a Starlink engineer, someone on the inside. People are speculating that it’s just a Starlink PR stunt to generate interest.

Starlink Unboxing Video

No joke. It what should happen if you get accepted into Starlink's beta program according to this supposed Starlink non-disclosure agreement: You must not share anything on social media about the Starlink Services or the Beta Program. This applies not only to public forums, but also to private accounts and restricted groups.

You're reading way too much into my response. It was not a personal attack. I think a couple of IRV2 posters may be actual beta testers, because almost as soon as they told everyone they had been accepted, they stopped posting. However, we'll see. Here's my source. Might be right, might be wrong.

We'll know you're an actual Starlink beta tester when you stop posting about it -- Starlink NDA.

Did you get the email asking for your address?

Starlink Beta Testing As previously noted, emails have gone out for Starlink's private and public beta testing: Thanks to a Starlink Redditer who data mined some JavaScript code, it looks like beta testers will be selected from between the 44th and 52nd parallels:

Maybe if there were adequate COVID-19 treatments, I could let my ethics slip, but currently there aren't any, so exposure to COVID-19 could mean an agonizing death for a Human Challenge Studies participant. ("Human Challenge Studies" reminds me of Vietnam-era military jargon like "ambient non-combatant personnel" = refugee.) Through incompetence, stupidity, laziness, etc, the US has failed (and failing) to take the necessary steps to curb this virus. Now we want to take the expedient "warp speed" path which will probably involve killing people through multiple Human Challenge Studies. Nope. To me this is not a "reasonable metric". Dan, here's the kicker -- just 50% of Americans plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Especially in Lake Havasu.

Science and ethics aren't the same thing, so I have no problem with an ethics "opinion", especially this one: The situation has all the earmarks of a quintessential ethical dilemma: Is it permissible to intentionally inflict serious harm on a few for a possible benefit to many? With several vaccines already in the pipeline, along with worries about a disproportionate number of minorities and poor people likely to enroll, I conclude that a rush to begin human challenge vaccine trials for a grave disease lacking an effective treatment is ethically unjustifiable. Your accusers may have been confusing condescension with intelligence. Will you be volunteering for any of the Human Challenge Studies?

Challenge trials do this by putting people at risk, possibly forfeiting their lives. The rationale, as you explained, is that a few may die in order to protect society. I think human challenge studies are unethical. To me, they are the embodiment of the ends justify the means. Also, I don't think using "volunteers" necessarily make human challenge studies any more ethical. It is standard practice in these studies to pay volunteers, sometimes a great deal of money. This can result in a disproportionate number of people who are poor or jobless. I suggest you get beyond Wikipedia -- Human Challenge Studies for Covid-19 Vaccine: Questions about Benefits and Risks