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DIY Wireless System Recommendations?

Hi all (Posting from Recife at the moment.),

Im having a great time here. Looked at some buildings for possible purchase today.

As to th current topic, allow me to add a few comments. First, wqarranty issues are not what they may seem. If the op decides to DIY, his warranty source is the online store from which he purchases the hardware. If its a professional installation the warranty source is the installing company. In either case, the manufacturers warranty is never *directly* to the end user.

Online stores have significantly lower overhead than traditional alarm companies so their prices are almost invariably much lower. The down side is that you must do your own installation (not so hard with wireless as some believe but not simple either). Also, with a professional alarm, if theres a problem the installing company fixes it. With a DIY job, *you* fix it.

Im biased in this regard since I sell onlin but I think Im being err, =A8"fair and balaqnced" on the sunject. :)

Regards, Robert

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RLB
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You've spent way to much time south of the border you've forgotten what it's like to be "Canadian". :-)

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Frank Olson

RHC: Touche!........ but, no Frank, I do consider overall politeness to be an important part of conducting all of life's affairs. It's just that now that I am a senior, I've decided to call a "spade a spade" a bit more than before. Also, I think I have been in this business a bit too long.... I'm getting jaded.

However, an idiot is an idiot no matter how you dress 'em up !! In life, if you give respect, you generally get respect in return. I always treat everyone that way until they prove they are not worthy of it. But sling stupidity like this guy does, and it should get returned in like manner.....I don't think they can understand anything else !

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tourman

Coming from an American, thats really rough. :)

Then again, I=B4m way farther south of the border than Bob has ever been.

Regards, Robert

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RLB

I've lived here most of my life. I take pride in being an American. I own property in the US and travel there way more than I should. We live close enough to the border to make buying gas in Bellingham a regular thing and even with the current rate of exchange there are still bargains to be had.

You're way further south than even I've been. I spent a summer in Caracas a long time ago.

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Frank Olson

Venezuela? That's further south than Florida.

And if you cross the equator, is it still considered south? I mean, wouldn't you have to calculate latitude of a location to be able to compare it with somewhere in the northern hemisphere?

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G. Morgan

Stay dry. Looks like rain for the next week.

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G. Morgan

Just for fun I looked it up. Caracas is in the northern hemisphere at about 10 Degrees N. Im in Recife, Brazil at the moment, which is about 8 Degrees S. The farthest south Ive been is Sao Paulo, which is

23 Degrees S. Thats about the same as Key West, Fl except in the other hemisphere.

The closest to th equator that Ive been was when I went to the Amazon a couple of years ago. Im pretty sure I mentioned it here. There the satellite dishes point almost straight up. We were about 75 miles south of the equator. BTW, I caught ~45 peacock bass (called tucanare by Brazilians) tht trip. My biggest catch was 22 lbs. The link below takes you to some pictures of the trip. Neat place:

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Regards, Robert
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RLB

Good call. It rained almost every day, but not all day. Most days it was sunny at least during the time you'd expect to go to the beach. Nights were much more fun. We got invited to a snappy night club called "Jardins" one night. The place was packed with young, fashion-model types drinking, dancing and laughing. My friend knows the owners so we were scooted past the line and escorted to the VIP section -- loud music from a pretty decent band and then a great DJ. They have a top-flight light show with lots of lasers and robot fixtures. Another night we went to a quieter club where I met some political big-shots.

The whole trip took less than 2 weeks but it was a good break from the routine. Ah, well. Tomorrow I'll be back at work.

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Robert L Bass

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