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From: epeas@abds7.aberdeen.chevron.com (John Peach)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: BSB system conversion : HELP!
Date: 5 Jan 93 11:25:15 GMT
Reply-To: epeas@aberdeen.chevron.com
Organization: Chevron (UK) Ltd.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are mine; _not_ those of        
            the company I work for.

In article <GRC.93Jan5095112@bhars109.stl.stc.co.uk>, grc@stl.stc.co.uk (Gary Cook) writes:
|> Excuse my ignorance on this subject, but -
|> 
|> I have just got hold of an old BSB squarial receiver and dish. I read
|> on this newsgroup a while ago about some EPROM images that convert it
|> to a format that can pick up current MAC (D-MAC? D2-MAC?)
|> transmissions. Does anyone have this image they can send me ... and
|> also info on what else I must do. Also, must I use the squarial or can
|> I use my existing Astra dish ?

The software has been written by a company in Middlesbrough called
Trac. It is not available for all the old BSB receivers and I don't have
their address or phone number handy. I can get it by tomorrow or you can
try the magazine "What Satellite TV"; Trac regularly advertise there.

|> 
|> Thanks in advance for any help,
|> 
|> -grc.
|> 
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From: thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen)
Subject: Where's the FAQ?
Summary: Looking for FAQ
Keywords: faq
Organization: NASA/MSFC
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:45:28 GMT

Header says it all. Where is the little beastie hiding?

TIA
Keith

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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:53:48 EST
From:         Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject:      Re: Why the G5 rumor makes no sense.

Dave asks:

>Just curious -- what are the future plans for G7?  Could that be a factor
>here?


The only customer I can confirm for G7 is CBS, but they won't move ther
til G4 is also up in the air.


>It also has Ku.  What does a position change do to the Ku footprints?

They will switch the G7 KU on around the middle of this month.

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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:01:13 -0500
From:         Becky Gainey <bgainey@AUSTIN.ONU.EDU>
Subject:      Star Trek Tours

In reply to what Vidiot wrote below:

<Are you a relative, or very best friend, of either Rick Berman or Michael
<Piller?  If you answered yes, then you can probably get a tour.  If you
<answered
<no, then get in line with the rest of us who would like a tour of the
sets.


I have toured the Paramount lot several times. Once was on a paying tour
(open to the public). We did tour the Star Trek sets as well as other
Paramount sets like Arsenio's, Cheers, etc. We also saw costume and prop
areas.

It has been several years ago, but the tours used to run twice daily. It is
a walking tour of the lot, so wear comfortable shoes. The VIP tour (for
those who know someone) is via golf carts.

Hope this helps.


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From: borchers@poogh.llnl.gov (Robert R. Borchers)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Mixing Dish & Antenna Inputs to the TV
Date: 7 Jan 93 19:12:46 GMT

In article <1993Jan05.171709.18402@n8emr.cmhnet.org> gws@n8emr.cmhnet.org  
(Gary Sanders) writes:
> In article <lkj2l8INNsgt@news.bbn.com> sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher)  
writes:
> >In article <199301042221.AA03730@proponent.com> Monty Solomon  
<monty@PROPONENT.COM> writes:
> >>> From: Michael_E_Weber.HENR01B@XEROX.COM
> >>>
> >Another solution: Radio Shack sells a $60 box called "Video  
Distribution
(stuff deleted)

One solution I have not seen posted is to just use a passive 2-1 splitter  
in reverse. It make a fine cheap passive combiner for RF signals, with  
impedance matching, reasonable isolation, and tolerable loss. And boy is  
it cheap. Bob 

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From: jbanas@triton.unm.edu (Jim Banas)
Subject: Music from Satellite and Microwave Receivers at McDonalds
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 21:31:20 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque


Last summer we were eating in a Durango, Colorado shop and noticed
some very good music playing.  It turned out that they had a
"small satellite dish with a receiver from 3M Corp." to receive
music broadcast 24 hours a day.  They could pick between basically
whatever format they wanted (country, new age, rock, etc.).  Unfortunately,
the owner wasn't there and I couldn't get any other info on it,
and we were leaving the next morning.  

Has anyone heard of any such system where one can receive radio 
broadcasting from a small satellite dish?  The guy implied that it
was a fairly inexpensive system to purchase (like a few hundred
dollars).  I have read about radio stations that pay a fee to receive
and rebroadcast a centralized 24 hour station, but are there any
places that will sell systems to homeowners?

Also, I've been noticing small satellite dishes on top of Walgreen stores
and gas stations and many other businesses.  Is it possible that these
are for music, or do they transmit credit card info over these?  (why
would a gas station need music 24 hours a day?)

This is probably somewhat unrelated, but I'll ask here anyway.  The
McDonalds in the Albuquerque area have been putting up recently these
microwave antennas pointed at our Sandia Mountains (where all the 
transmitters are located for the area).  Does anyone have any ideas as
to what this is for?  I don't see anything unusual inside the stores.
I had heard a rumor that they were going to be putting cable TV in all the
stores, but haven't seen it yet.  I know that the cable company in our
area is transmitting on 8 channels (that I know of), but not stuff like
MTV.  

Thanks,

Jim Banas
jbanas@triton.unm.edu


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From: caadams@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Kenny Adams)
Subject: Re: DECODERS
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:07:19 GMT

In article <2634.159.uupcb@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter)  writes:
>DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A USED BMAC, or a USED LETCH Decoder?
>                                                         


hi,
	i do not know about the bmac decoder but i doubt very much that you
will find a used leitch decoder and if you do find one that the price will
be reasonable.   the last time i looked the leitch decoder was priced at
approx.  can$15,000.00.  it is based on frame synchronizer technology.

regards
   kenny

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From: ables@hal.com (King Ables)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: WBBR radio - NYC
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:21:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.

[ I just realized I had a bad Distribution: line on my original post
of this, so "if the news software works correctly" nobody saw my first
post... I've heard that lots of sites ignore the Distribution: line,
but since I haven't gotten a single reply, I'm reposting just in case.]

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal today (1/5) about a new
all-news radio station going on the air in New York this morning,
WBBR-AM.  It's supposed to be more concerned with business news
than the other all-news stations around.  It sounds interesting,
does anybody know if it is or will be available on satellite?

Thanks.
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 23:27:11 -0800
From: Eric_Knippert@f711.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: PTEN?
Comment-To: Kevin_Gilmore@f711.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Reply-To: Eric_Knippert@f711.n202.z1.fidonet.org
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X-FSC-EID: 5469 84AF0001

< Replying to a message by Kevin Gilmore on 12/28/92 >

> Can anyone tell me what PTEN is ?
> when does it start?
> any stations running it (especially chicago area)?
> Whether I can buy it from Netlink or the like?

Well Kevin, the Prime Time Network is the brainchild of Warner Bros.
Domestic Television and a consortium of television stations. These
stations include WPWR-TV in Chicago, WSBK-TV in Boston, WXON-TV in
Detroit, and station groups of Chris-Craft/United Television, Gaylord
Broadcasting, Renaissance Communications, Cannell Communications, Taft
Broadcasting and ABRY Communications. This group is planning a
two-hour
syndicated series block scheduled for a first quarter of 1993 launch,
and are considering using Babylon 5 as a cornerstone for a second two-
hour block. Babylon 5 is scheduled for a two-hour premiere movie in
February of 1993.

Hope this helps.

-Eric


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From: ralph.buttigieg@f635.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Ralph Buttigieg)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject:      Weather Satellite Receivre
Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:59:34 GMT

Original to: Rrw@Sunset.Cse.Nau.Edu
 r>      The company running the ads is Data Transmission Network
Corporation
 r> in Chicago.  They mention a startup fee of $250, and 
 r> quote a price of $1.31
 r> a day.  They include a free reception computer, 
 r> monitor, and 32" Ku satellite
 r> dish with cables and free shipping.  The ads show some impressive color
 r> graphics, such as small-scale radar composites, 

 I must be missing something. Are metsat images encoded ? If not, why
 do you have to pay $1.31 per day? I thought radio hobbyist could pick
 up weather satellite pictures with there equipment.

 ta
 Ralph

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From: frank.kennedy@u2u.lonestar.org (Frank Kennedy) 
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: FCC Docket          14/15
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:32:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: USER-TO-USER PCBoard (214)492-6565 (USR DS v32bis)
Reply-To: frank.kennedy@u2u.lonestar.org (Frank Kennedy) 

   [ ...Continued From Previous Message ]

          the TVRO marketplace.

                A central objective in realizing true competition in the

          video marketplace is to level the playing field.  As explained in

          these comments, CSC recommends that GIC's virtual total control

          of the manufacturing and sale of decoders, and the authorization

          of program service be eliminated.  Programmers alone should be

          able to interrupt subscribers' receipt of programming due to

          nonpayment or alleged illegal activity.

                In addition, all companies utilizing authorization centers

          for subscriber programming should be required to submit

          information regularly to the Commission.  CSC urges the

          Commission to establish guidelines that would enable it to

          monitor anti-piracy actions by programmers, including those that

          disrupt service to consumers of cable television, satellite-

          transmitted and wireless communication services.

                CSC recommends that the Commission hold at least one public

          hearing prior to issuing its report in this proceeding on the way

          in which existing satellite encryption technology has been

          marketed to the consumer.  This hearing should, if possible, take

          place outside Washington in order to solicit testimony from rural

          HSD owners, who constitute the vast majority of dish owners.








             The information generated by such a hearing would prove useful

          in developing policy to spur greater competition in satellite

          decoder technology and could be helpful in  the  Commission's

          determinations related to the introduction of  digital  video

          technology.

             Finally, CSC calls upon the FCC to establish policies to

          foster public access to the widest possible range of television

          programs.  This would necessarily include the Commission's

          selection of a standard decoder interface which would be

          compatible with all hardware systems sold in the marketplace.



                                              Respectfully submitted,




                                               SuzAnne Baechler, founder
                                               and Legislative Director
                                              Consumer Satellite Coalition
           Of Counsel:                              Route 4  Box  169
                                                 Macon,  Missouri  63552



          Donna A. Demac, Esq.
           (212) 998-1880

           DATE   12/21/92




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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:48:20 EST
From:         Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject:      Re: Mixing Dish & Antenna Inputs to the TV

>With all the answers to the multiple input problems, will someone please tell
 me
>if there is a way to access multiple transponders thru one IRD for multiple
>remote TVs - or - are all TVs on a cable feed required to look at the same
>programming.

>Darwin Mecham



>From the FAQ:





CAN YOU WATCH MORE THAN ONE TV AT THE SAME TIME?

In a single LNB, single receiver system, you can watch a single channel
on multiple TVs, if you have cabled from your receiver to each TV.  It
is not possible to watch different channels with this system.  To watch
different channels you need DUAL LNB's for C and DUAL LNB's for KU.
You will also need a separate receiver for each location, and a fairly
complex means of splitting and distributing the incoming cables.  It
can be done, cable companies do it all the time, but it is probably not
worth the effort, especially if you want to view subscription channels
because the bad news is you will need to pay another subscription for
EACH LOCATION.  That can be expensive.  However, having at least two
receivers is not a bad idea, and fairly easy to do.  However, you can
only watch signals on ONE satellite at a time doing this.  One alternative
is to RECORD programs ahead of time for viewing by others in the family.
In this case having a couple of receivers, a couple VCR's and splitting
subscription channels between the two will let you build up a nice
collection of tapes in no time.  Once the family is really sold on the
dish, it will not be hard to convince them you need ANOTHER one.  Or two or
three.


Note:  While it is not clear from the above, you CAN use multiple
block receivers to watch multiple channels at multiple locations if
they are all on the same polarity. (Odd or Even numbered channels).

I have such a system here, and it works fine within that limitation.

However the above caveats regarding paying multiple subscriptions still
applies.

This is the one area where cable has it over satellite.  However, a couple
of cheap used satellite systems is one solution to the problem.  One for
YOU and one for the FAMILY.

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From: erik@vcd.hp.com (Erik Kilk)
Subject: How do I get SCPC radio?  Is it stereo?
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:03:52 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
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I've read several of the articles here about SCPC radio, but I have some
practical questions.

I have a Drake 1524 receiver.  How can I receive SCPC?  I'm very picky about
sound quality, listening only to stereo, and easy of use. Are SCPC stations 
in stereo?  Is the quality excellent?  How easy is it to find stations?

I gather I need to buy some sort of SCPC receiver and this connects to my
satelite receiver.  Will it connect to a Drake 1524?  Does it then have a
pair of stereo lines to my amplifier?  

What are the choices and recommendations on these SCPC receivers?

Anyone know if there are a good selection of Oregon and Washington stations? 


Thanks!

Erik

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From: jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jay Novello)
Subject: F4-14 subcarriers
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:33:10 GMT

I listened to "Radio Tropical" on F4-14, 7.60 ASC for awhile again last
night.  The program around 2030 EST was melancholy French music from the
50's and 60's; some of this may have been Haitian in origin.  Very
pretty and sad stuff.

The laid-back DJ wrapped up this program around 2055.  My Creole is far
from fluent, but I played back his sign-off message a few times and
after he gave a Radio Tropical ID, he said something like:

"92 (something)MHz SCA...(something) 67 MHz, audio "A"."

Does anybody know enough about how SCA stations identify their
frequencies to let me know if this even makes any sense?

Something else about this station is that the programming seems to come
from radically different sources.  I was listening on Saturday evening
and it sounded like the program was coming from somewhere different;
they played what I assumed to be the Haitian national anthem about three
times within a half hour, much talk about liberte', la patrie, etc...
with less than hi-fidelity.  That program had a rather elaborate
signoff, but no ID... then came at least an hour of uptempo Haitian
music with greatly improved fidelity with no DJ (I should have been
running the tape).

The mystery continues...
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                         Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
From: jacobs@ipf.bau-verm.uni-karlsruhe.de (Heiko Jacobs)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: N3 and RTL-4 on Astra
Date: 8 Jan 1993 14:29:01 GMT
Organization: IPF, University of Karlsruhe
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In article 6642@falcon.ukc.ac.uk, djb@ukc.ac.uk (David Barnes) writes:
>As a new user of Astra, I have a couple of questions about the availability
>of programs on N3 and RTL-4.  Sometimes N3 displays a teletext page rather
>than a programme.  On Thursday evening, for instance, I think that this
>appeared instead of a Walter Matthau film.  Sometimes RTL-4 is scrambled,

Before N3 uses ASTRA, it was a local station only for Northern Germany
( Bundeslaender Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and since one(?)
  year Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, too ) and they paid the license only for this area.
So they are only allowed to show this films in this area, not over ASTRA in whole
Europe! But since the date, they decided to use ASTRA, they want (...) to buy
license for transmission by ASTRA, too. If you see teletext instead of the film,
it means, that they found the film anywhere in their archive and removed the dust :-)

Heiko





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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:57:00 GMT
From:         Michael Nieckoski <0005392263@MCIMAIL.COM>
Subject:      RE: Where's the FAQ?

Header says it all. Where is the little beastie hiding?

TIA
Keith

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Ditto that for me.

Thanks, Mike


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