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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: Re: IRC chat on Sunday Jan 3 at 4 pm ET
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 22:35:47 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <9301012001.AA00348@vandal.ebr.anlw.anl.gov> "Darwin L. Mecham W-7211 BD9A/752" <mecham@VANDAL.EBR.ANLW.ANL.GOV> writes:
>Robert,
>
>The latest info I have on irc servers via internet says that you should be able
>to get there via
>> telnet ircserver.ite.univie.ac.at 6668
>
>I get a good connection but they have a 15 user limit so it gets saturated fast
>and I havn't gotten any farther than that.
>
>The list was from Scott Yanoff and lots of other services available via i-net.

Does this mean you'd have to have a compiled IRC program on your user
account and then TELNET to this site?

All this time, I've thought that you could just TELNET to some site,
login IRC, and go from there (no compiled IRC software on my account).
This must be my problem -- I don't have IRC program on my user account.
It is on the U's account where everyone has access (in the environment
path...).

Robert
roberts@triton.unm.edu

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From: jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jay Novello)
Subject: Re: Why is EVERYTHING good in the Western sats!
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:44:45 GMT

phil@phunt.MV.COM (Phil Hunt) writes:

>Why are they putting everything good onto westernmost satellites?

>Isn't that discriminatory against the East coast?

Actually, "good" is a matter of taste.  I say, let 'em move ALL the
cable services to the western ghetto.  That way, I'll never have to
move my dish over there at all!

98% of the time, my dish is EAST of Anik E1.  Exceptions:  DW, Trucker
TV, uh... hmmm, what else...???

>I just found out alot of services are moving to C1(F1) at 137 degrees!!!!!
>Luckily, I can get down to the new C4, but C1 is in the trees.  I can barely
>get picture, unless it is real cold outside.  BUMMER!

>Noone (or mostly noone) in the east can get that!  It is only 4 degrees above
>the horizon!!!   

Poppycock.  Here in Eastern NC I get superb reception not only from C4
and C1, but also from the SCPC services on C5 @ 139 degrees west.  On
the other end, I can get a picture out of the Telecom II bird at 5
degrees west.  THAT's what I call discrimination.  I'd like to see THAT
programming directly overhead! :)

These aren't necessarily flames, I'm just a bit feisty from having to go
out and do yet another day of Xmas errands....
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                   Jay Novello                 jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
University of North Carolina Institute for Transportation Research and Education
                         Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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From: geoff@peck.com (Geoff Peck)
Subject: good dealer/installer wanted - San Jose area
Organization: Geoffrey G. Peck, Consultant, San Jose, CA
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:48:55 GMT

I'm interested in possibly acquiring a satellite system, and would like
recommendations of a good dealer to visit in the San Jose/South Bay
area.  I'm willing to consider installing the system myself, but I
probably would prefer the dealer to install the system.

Please respond by e-mail, as I don't normally read this group.
I will post a summary of responses.

Thanks -- and happy holidays!

						Geoff
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Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:40:11 +0100
From:         Roger.Wennstrom@LU.ERISOFT.SE
Subject:      The use of abbreviations for Sat. names/tp. in Europe/USA

I have been wondering about the use of 'short names' ( for example K1-1 or
G2-1 ) for satellites seen from the US. horizon. In Europe we don't seem to
have agreed upon an shorter naming convention for a Satellite and its
transponders. It can sometimes be quite confusing when talking about different
Eutelsats or Intelsats etc. You can either use its correct name, Eutelsat II-F1
for example, or by the position. Both methods are difficult and hard to
implement in a receiver.

I know that there is nowhere near the same number of sats. available from
Europe as in North America but we are getting more and more over here.

When I recently bought a Monterey 40 receiver I noted the difference in
configuration and use of short sat. names between traditional 'European'
receivers and The Monterey. In 'standard' receivers you only have a channel
number and if you are very lucky you can also assign a sat. position to the
channel.

Could maybe someone inform me how this naming of satellites is done. Who
decides what short name a satellite is given ?

Wouldn't it be nice if we in Europe could adopt some *short* naming convention
for the sats here ?

Also, can someone inform me about the Monterey receivers, in Europe the mod. 20
and 40 are marketed. But as I understand there are plenty more on the market
in USA. What are the basic differences ?


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From: clark@angelo.amd.com (Brad D. Clark)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Observations from North Carolina
Date: 24 Dec 92 18:31:57 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jay Novello) writes:

>Here are a few odds and ends from the last couple of days:

(stuff toasted for brevity)

>More SUR stuff:  I have noticed DIFFERENT programming on I506-10/S2-22
>(through the encryption) from that on the PAS1-22 feed from Peru.  It
>happens when the former are showing Teleonce programming from Puerto
>Rico, or RadioTelevision Dominicana programming.  The PAS1 feed happily
>keeps showing Colombia, Peru, Argentina or whatever's coming up from
>Peru at that time.  Homestead must be getting the DR and PR stuff via
>microwave or something.

It would have to be "or something", because the microwave haul from
San Juan => Homestead is non-existant (around 1000 miles, a lot of it
over water). I know, I used to live just west of SJ (nr Levittown/Bayamon)
and would kill for just AM radio from the States. The only AM logging I
ever got from the US was a verrrrrrry weak clear-channel out of Miami.
(getting back to r.v.s) I would think that there is another sat hop,
because that's pretty much how we got most of our live TV (what little
there was in 1978-80) down there.

>S3-24(C) RTPi is playing some very enjoyable music when their color bars
>are up overnight.  I haven't listened long enough to figure out if this
>is a domestic radio service, but I bet it is.  There's also a weak ASC
>playing classical music at 6.12; anybody ID this yet?

I'll check it out, if I can tear myself away from DW :-)

Merry Christmas To All, and to All A Good Night!

Brad

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Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 1993 13:13:29 MEZ
From:         "Wolfgang R. Schulz" <wrs@MCSHH.HANSE.DE>
Subject:      EuroNews on the air.

The first pan-european news-TV-channel is on the air. As planned,
it broadcasts from Eutelsat II F1, 11.7 575 GHz vertical. The
standard is PAL,
originating in Lyon, France. The sources of news items are most
european public broadcasters. Six languages are used simultanously:
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian (the Arabic audio sub
carrier is still silent). There is no anchorman/woman or moderator,
because it had been found to be impossible to do properly
as a 6-language-channel.

So here is the first true competitor for the recently launched
n-tv/CNN Germany news channel. The first impression is that
obviously EuroNews needs continous moving material ,which
is available in huge quantity, while n-tv suffers from actuality
by using old agency material, sometimes BBC WS plus CNN
dubs and lots of talking heads.

Wolfgang


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From: hudson@attu.oc.nps.navy.mil (Stefan Hudson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: DS9 Feed...
Date: 27 Dec 92 23:17:35 GMT
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey CA

Could someone please repost the feed time for DS9? I lost it....


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Date:         Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:43:54 EST
From:         Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject:      Re: BBC WSTV

After a detailed discussion, Phillip says:

>So, in short, if you are waiting to fing BBC WSTV floating around in the sky
>...
>just don't hold your breath ...

>There seem to be two possible solutions:

>        - Convince the British government that you don't make money out of
>          cultural promotion (next to impossible, whilst the current
>          governement is around).

>        - Convince OPB to become the partener ...
>          OPB really isn't too far from BBC programing as it is !

>I suppose that a third possibility is to learn German of French, because
>they really do believe in spreading their culture around.

Perhaps while you are at it, add Portugese, since RTPi is now also up there.

Yes after reading the posts re: BBCWSTV, I am totally disheartened, and have
done a rethink.  I seem to recall feeling this way after being LJBF'd by
various ladies in my youth that had won my heart prior to their knowing I
existed.

So where does this leave us.  The additudes expressed during the Call in show
leaves little doubt in my mind that things will change.

If BBCWSTV does team up with the likes of, say, Ted Turner, or some other
"entrepreneurial partner"  And we end up with a COMMERCIAL version of
BBCWSTV, I for one will NOT be watching.  While I would easily pay $120 a
year, perhaps more for BBCWSTV (Is this more or less what BRITS pay for their
TV TAX?) I will not pay a DIME to descramble BBC with AMERICAN COMMERCIALS in
it.  The thought is so distasteful I can not even see straight after typing
it.

I feel that we have been lead on and downright lied to regarding this whole
matter, with regard to previous BBC announcements.

I am surprised the BBCWS Radio is still on with THAT kind of attitude running
rampant.

Sing along now:

Mun nee makes da world go around, da world go around, da world go around....

(sigh)

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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Dish vibrator to remove snow?
Date: 3 Jan 93 06:09:39 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1993Jan02.164636.10920@rchland.ibm.com> oester@vnet.ibm.com writes:
>I was flipping around a few days ago and caught the end of a pitch on
>Sat. Market USA about a device that they were selling that was supposed to
>attach to the dish and cause a vibration that would shake loose all/most of
>the snow in the dish. Sounds like a good idea. Anyone else catch this or know
>any details?

Gary B. mentioned this device in a post around Christmas Day.  I am 
skeptical -- 1) I cannot believe this device would not loosen
any part of the dish or knock the feedhorn out of alignment -and-
2) I cannot see how this device would work on anything but a weak
dish -- I can guarantee you it wouldn't be able to shake my 10
ft solid fiberglass dish enough to remove any snow.

Robert
roberts@triton.unm.edu
From: mecham@VANDAL.EBR.ANLW.ANL.GOV (Darwin L. Mecham W-7211 BD9A/752)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: cable tv
Date: 24 Dec 92 18:19:42 GMT
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No joke!  The cable people as a whole don't understand anything but $$$.
Our local cable system (TCI) has had signal problems for quite a while and
the problem seems to not only be with the satellite they choose but with the
whole delivery system.  The cable backbone and drops need to be re done
city wide.

It seems in my case that being vocal and writing letters just gets you on
a black list - they disconnected my service with my bill one month behind.
I have been a good customer for 15 years now.

My primary complaint was the "new" method of scrambling - pulse signal
insertion and line filter back out.  The signal quality was poor and
I didn't like paying premium service prices for poor quality.

Needless to say - we parted company with TCI and havn't looked back.

                                Darwin Mecham
                                Idaho Falls, ID.
                                Stuck somewhere in the snow of Idaho
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Date:         Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:16:01 MST
From:         Bob Wier <rrw@SUNSET.CSE.NAU.EDU>
Subject:      Weather Satellite Receivre

Here is a cross post from the weather fax mailing list.
Does anyone know anything more about this?

THANKS

- Bob Wier

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Does anyone receive Weatherwise or the American Weather Observer?  I'm
now seeing advertisements for a cheap digital weather satellite
reception system (re: Weatherwise Jan 93/back cover, AWO Dec 92 page 5).

     The company running the ads is Data Transmission Network Corporation
in Chicago.  They mention a startup fee of $250, and quote a price of $1.31
a day.  They include a free reception computer, monitor, and 32" Ku satellite
dish with cables and free shipping.  The ads show some impressive color
graphics, such as small-scale radar composites, satellite photos, etc.  It's
hard to tell who the products come from (they look like broadcast quality
graphics), but offhand I don't see any good raw DIFAX-like products like
LFM, NGM output etc.

     This seems to be a very attractive deal, but I'm wondering if anyone
might suspect a "catch" here... even at $250 and $40 a month, it looks almost
too good to be true.  Could it be the absence of any raw data?  Any comments
or observations?

     Tim

p.s. Thanks to all who responded to my FROIN question...

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From: msiskin@css.itd.umich.edu (Marc Siskin)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: SCOLA January 1 schedule
Date: 30 Dec 1992 19:55:27 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Language Resource Center
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ren.css.itd.umich.edu

Here is the latest FAXed schedule from SCOLA.  As usual with SCOLA,
the schedule is subject to change without notice.  For the best 
schedule check SCOLA at 10:25am ET for their daily schedule crawl.  
SCOLA is now on ASC 1 Channel 23 (4160 MHZ).

  Below is the SCOLA Schedule as of January 1, 1993.  SCOLA schedules
are subject to change without notice.  Changes are indicated by *****
Times are Eastern Standard Time
 
Mondays - Fridays
 
1:00a	Readings from the Koran
 1:15	Russian News - Previous Day
 2:00	Poland
 2:30	Kenya
 3:00	Malaysia (TV7)
 3:30	Vietnam (VTV)
 4:00	Czechoslovakia (F1)
*4:30	Philippines (TV5) Balitang/Balita/The World Tonight*****
 5:00	Romania (TVR 1)
 5:45	Chile (24 Horas)
 6:30	Algeria 
 7:00	Pakistan 
*7:30	Egypt*****
 8:00	Jordan (JTV)
*8:30	Mexico (ECO) Live*****
 9:00	France (A2)
 9:40	Les Nouvelles (Canada)
10:00	Taiwan - (CTS/TTV/CTV) Same Day
10:25	SCOLA Daily Schedule
*10:30	Germany (SFB ARD)*****
11:30	Japan - (Fujisankei) Same Day
*12:30p	Japan - (NHK) Same Day*****
 1:00	Russia - Live (NEWS 1)
*2:00	China (CCTV)*****
*3:00	Italy (RAI 1,2) Same Day*****
 3:40	Sweden (Nyheterna CH 4)
 4:00	Lithuania (2LTV)
 4:30	Latvia (VHS)
*5:00	Tai Yuan, China (Yellow River TV)*****
*6:00	Croatia (DNEVIK) Hrvatska Televizija*****
*6:30	Slovania (TV Slovanija)*****
*7:00	France (A2) Same Day*****
 7:40	Poland
 8:00	Brazil (GLOBO TV)
 9:00	United Arab Emirates
10:00	Beograd, Yugoslavia (Same Day) 		Radio-Televizija Beograd
11:00	Canada Les Nouvelles (TVA - CFTM)
11:30	Armenia
12:30a	Iran (IRIB 1)
 
 
SATURDAYS
 
 1:00a	Readings from the Koran
 1:15	Canada this week
 2:00	Croatia Special Programs
 3:00	Latvia this week
 4:00	Lithuania this week
 5:00	Czechoslovakia
 6:00	Sweden this week
 7:00	Mexico - Live (ECO)
 8:00	Germany this week
10:00	Taiwan, China Same Day
10:25	SCOLA Schedule
10:30	Armenia this week
11:30	SCOLA Showcase
 1:00p	Japan (Fujisankei This Week)
*2:00	Beijing, China Live*****
 3:00	France - Live (A2/TF1)
*4:00	Italy Same day and this week*****
 5:00	Chile this week
 6:00	Japan - Fujisankei this week
 7:30	Sima Azadi (Iran)
 8:30	Russia this week
10:00	Slovenia magazine
10:30	Beograd, Yugoslavia (same day)
11:30	Poland this week
 
 
SUNDAYS 
 
 1:00a 	Readings from the Koran
 1:15	Arabic countries this week
 4:00	Iran this week
 5:00	India/Pakistan this week
 6:00	Jordan this week
 7:00	Mexico - Live (ECO)
 8:00	Chile this week
 9:00	Brazil this week
10:00	Taiwan, China Same Day
10:25	SCOLA Schedule
11:00	Tai Yuan, China this week
 1:00p	Armenia
*2:00	Beijing, China Live*****
 2:30	Malaysia this week
 3:00	France this week
 4:00	Germany this week
 5:30	Hungary (NBN)
 6:30	Sima Azadi (Iran)
 7:30	Italy this week 
 9:30	Indonesia this week
10:30	Beograd Yugoslavia (Same Day)
11:30	Slovenia this week
12:00a	Kenya this week
 
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From: dleon@seas.smu.edu (David Leon)
Subject: Re: Trucker TV to scramble?
Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 08:31:04 GMT

From what I understand, Checkout Channel is a free service provided by 
CNN/Turner broadcasting.  It is ITC on Ku (though I can't remember where).
Consider it to be public domain TV.  It has a few of the food/fashon/weather
highlight from CNN/HN and LOTS of ads.  I am pretty sure it runs on the 
same concept as Airport Channel (basically a service to the patrons).

David

Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: dleon@seas.smu.edu (David Leon)
Subject: VCRS or Linkabit?
Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:12:50 GMT



From what I understand, the Titan Linkabit decoder is supposed
to be released sometime this month or early next month.  Should
I wait for this new VC compatible decoder?  It is supposed to
be significantly cheaper than the current VCRS modules. Does
anyone know the expected price of the module?  Is it on schedule?
Will the programmers authorize these modules? 

I am quite certain that the VCRS and CSPP modules will be outdated
within the upcoming year or so.  Therefore, I'd like to spend as
little as possible on the decoder.

Also, I seemed to have lost the person's email address who had new
VCRS modules for $225.  If that person finds this message, then please
contact me by email!

Thanks,

David L. Leon
dleon@seas.smu.edu
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From: riyadth@boi.hp.com (Riyadth Al-Kazily)
Subject: Re: Looking for Cheap C-band system
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:53:23 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company / Boise, Idaho

In article <C01KxE.J9x@boi.hp.com> riyadth@boi.hp.com (Riyadth Al-Kazily) writes:
> I am certain that I don't want to spend the money for a descrambler
> system (I have no intention of subscribing to anything).  Receiving ITC
> broadcasts would be nice, can it be done with an old VCII?

Oops.  I meant to ask about Fixed-key broadcasts, not ITC broadcasts.
ie, can fixed-key broadcasts be received on an old VCII, or on a VCII+
that has not been registered/initialized/whatever?  I am particularly
interested in the digital stereo sound.

			-Riyadth Al-Kazily
			 riyadth@hpbs1904.boi.hp.com

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From: "bob lyle" <bob.lyle@canrem.com>
Subject: christmas 1992
Reply-To: "bob lyle" <bob.lyle@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 23 Dec 92 21:46:37 EST

To all my friends and fellow TVRO owners along the network, a Very
Merry Christmas and the all the Best in 1993!

From Toronto Canada,

Bob Lyle


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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
Date: 2 Jan 93 18:55:16 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1i3g4kINN866@mirror.digex.com> bote@access.digex.com (John Boteler) writes:
<brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<>skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart A Kingsley) writes:
<><While I am there, I am going to see if I can get a tour of the Paramount
<><Star Trek sets.
<>
<>Forget it.  You will not be able to get on either the TNG or DS9 sets...period.
<
<You don't be quite so melodramatic.
<
<I walked right onto the set, of course they had just ended
<that season's production for the year so it was no biggie.
<It helped that I had friends at Paramount, but they
<weren't Berman, et al.

The point that I was trying to make was that unless you know someone that has
the power to get you on the lot and onto the set, people walking in off the
street will not be allowed on the set.
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