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From: epeas@abds2.aberdeen.chevron.com (John Peach)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: mystery lnb
Date: 16 Oct 92 10:04:39 GMT
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Organization: Chevron (UK) Ltd.
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are mine; _not_ those of        
            the company I work for.

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Amstrad Fidelity kit is designed primarily for use with Astra. They are
not circularly polarized and polarity switching is voltage (I think
12v). I suspect you will find they will not work with receivers other
than those aimed specifically at the Astra market in Europe.




In article <9210150859.aa26658@crdec7.apgea.army.mil>, wejones@CRDEC7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL (Bill Jones) writes:
|> 
|>    I just received 2 combination lnb/feedhorns from a friend who
|> brought them back from England, and would be interested in any info
|> available.  The units are Amstrad Fidelity, and have the following
|> numbers on them:
|>        1/1/1/1/2/10491711
|>         MDS029011
|> 
|> The units were supposed to be part of DBS systems.
|> My main questions are how is the polarity changed (ie the only connection
|> is the rf f connector), or are they circularly polarized, and what is
|> the frequency range of the block?  Also, is there any way to tell how
|> cool they are from the above part numbers?  They are KU btw.
|> Thanks in advance.

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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: NFL week 6 backhaul locations on my avail. satellites
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 04:59:07 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na


It was a poor week for me as far as finding backhauls.  My guess
is that the backhauls were common on G2 (sunout problems --
G2 had sunout very early in the day so when the 1p ET games
rolled around, G2 was out of sunout danger [my personal theory]).

Anyway, here is what I came up with:

Cowboys/Seahawks NBC  Did not find
Steelers/Browns NBC  Did not find
Dolphins/Falcons CBS  Did not find
Cards/Giants CBS Did not find
49ers/Patriots CBS Did not find
Eagles/Chiefs CBS ITC on SBS5/12
Bengals/Oilers NBC ITC on K2/11 (Integrated)
Jets/Colts NBC ITC on K1/15
Bills/Raiders NBC Did not find backhaul -- but tons of aff. feeds
NFL Live backhaul ITC on SBS2/3
Rams/Saints TNT LEITCH on G6/9
Rams/Saints TNT ITC on SBS6/10
Broncos/Redskins ABC ITC on G1/14

BTW, the ABC MNF pre-game was good.  I found some good "clip-music".

Robert
roberts@triton.unm.edu
Albuquerque, New Mexico USA  The Land of Enchantment

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From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels)
Subject: British Comedy on Canal Jimmy
Organization: eng
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 08:59:14 GMT

For all those interested in British Comedy, watch Canal Jimmy (Telecom 5W) 
sundays at 21:00 CET. There's 'How to irritate people' by John Cleese and 
some other memebers of Monthy Python. It's excellent!! 

Does anyone know more about 'How to irritate people' ?
Is it a TV series, if so how many episodes are there?

Canal Jimmy is often quite interesting to watch, they show quite a few
stuff with English sound and French subtitles. Also, music specials are very
good. It's a kind of rarety channel.

Jurgen


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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: October 1992 Dishcetra available
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 23:31:48 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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I have just sent a UUENCODED, ZIPped 1992 October issue  of
Dishcetra magazine to mailing list people.

If you are not on the list, I will add you to it and send
you a copy of the October issue.

BTW, if you received duplicates (mailing list members only)
then I am sorry.  Hopefully I did much better this time
with the duplication percentage.

Robert
roberts@triton.unm.edu
From: robe@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (robert.g.egan)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Intelsat K
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:47:39 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <HOMESAT%92100709222209@VM1.NODAK.EDU>,         ST9530@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU writes:
> What is needed to receive Intelsat K in Southern Illinois? We have a 8 1/2'
>  dish and a gi 2770R with Corotor II+ with 25deg CALAMP and .7DB Gardiner.
> 
> Is this setup capable of receiving Intelsat K?
> 
> BTW: The dish has a true east/true west horizon mount, and can go almost parall
> el with the ground on either end of the track.
> 
> ST9530@siucvmb.edu

If you can't get it then I'd say it's that your dish is too small because all
the other components are certainly top of the line. How far K's footprint
reaches into the US also matters and has bearing on the dish size you need and
I suspect at *least* a 12 footer.
From: prologic!rrg@UUNET.UU.NET
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: (no subject given)
Date: 15 Oct 92 05:47:06 GMT
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Mark Berryman (Mark.Berryman@mvb.saic.com) writes:

        >UNVERIFIED
        >       .
        >       .
        >Picket Fences           3a      T3/18   W

        Consider this verified as not.  T3/18 is used by FOX.  I doubt
        they would feed a CBS show.  (But I checked it this morning
        just to be sure.)

Actually the fact that this is a CBS show is probably irrelevant.  The
Fox transponders on T3 are used to relay programs produced by 20th
Century Fox, whether aired on the Fox Television network or not.  "LA
Law" (for example) was relayed weekly last season on T3/18 even though
it's an NBC show.

                                Ron Gomes
                                rrg@prologic.com
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Date:         Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:30:33 -0800
From:         Wayne Correia <Wayne_Correia@GATEWAY.QM.APPLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Drake 1524. I ordered i

RE>>Drake 1524. I ordered it
I also ordered a Drake 1524 today from VHF Communications. The price was $799
without the VC descrambler. I already have a VC II RS connected to my Chapparal
Sierra II/Videocypher 2100E that is destined to be retired and sold when I get
the 1524 in place. Then I will take that money and buy a slave receiver like
the commercial Drake that was mentioned earlier (that got a good review in The
Perfect Vision last year).
From: erik@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Erik Kilk)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Playing with a spectrum analyzer
Date: 8 Oct 92 16:28:17 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
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Having access to a spectrum analyzer, I was playing around looking at what
was on both the coax from the dish and on the 140 Mhz IF loop on the back of
my Drake 1524.  If I have time, I may post some specific readings.  Instead
I have some general observations and questions.

On the coax from the dish it was fun being able to see all the active
transponders at once (well, at least at the polarity I was using). By 
placing the analyzer in "maximum" mode, and switching channels, I was able
to get a picture of all transponders simultaneously.  I was amazed how low
the Ku band signal strengths were even when my receiver showed a nice picture.
But the largest bandwidth on my spectrum analyzer is 10 Mhz -- smaller than
the receiver uses.  C band signals were much, much stronger -- especially G5.

On the 140 Mhz loop, I found some channels had gobs of signals stretching from
about 90 Mhz to 210 Mhz.  Whenever there was video present, there was lots
of strong activity right at about 140 Mhz.  I think I also saw the auto-fine
tune working by seeing everything slowly shift up and down in frequency until 
the strongest signal was centered at 140 Mhz.  I confirmed this by adjusting
my fine tune manually and noticing I can shift the signals +/- 10 Mhz.

So, since the FM radio dial goes from 87 - 107 Mhz, I experimented and hooked 
up the 140 Mhz IF to my stereo receiver.  With lots of static, I was
barely able to hear a couple things -- some voices mostly. Nothing came in
well enough to enjoy. 

Is this an FM/AM problem?  I mean, are the signals AM and that is why my
FM receiver didn't work?  Do those TV Band Radios cover the 90 Mz to 210 Mz
range as well as the 70 Mz range everyone talks about?  How about those
police scanners?  

Can someone give me some more explaination of what I was seeing?  

Thanks,

Erik
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Subject: Re: Descriptive Video Broadcasting
From: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 17:43:25 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Robert Smits

"(Mike Gingell)" <aurs01!aurw6b!gingell@CONCERT.NET> writes:

> I have a friend who is blind. He was asking about something called
> Descriptive Video Broadcasting which is a spoken running commentary on
> TV programs for the benefit of blind people. Does anyone know if there
> are any programs available on satellite like this?. I have never seen
> separate audio subcarriers identified for this purpose.  I have found
> SCPC channels where they do a lot of reading neswpapers etc, obviously
> as a service for the blind. They go into great detail describing the
> cartoons.  He seems to think that it is available for Masterpeice Theater
> on PBS.  My friend lives in England and if I could find a source I would
> tape them for him.
> 
> Any pointers gratefully received -
> 
> Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA  (919) 850-6444
> UUCP:       ...!mcnc!aurgate!aurfs1!gingell
> Internet:   gingell%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org


Nostalgia TV (F4,21) has a number of movies shown in what they describe 
as "Narrative" network, where an announcer describes the visual details. 
I understand some PBS material is broadcast using "Descriptive" Video, 
but can't tell you how to receive it. I'll listen to the next MasterPiece 
Theatre though, and post the results.


emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca (Robert Smits Ladysmith BC)
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From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels)
Subject: Re:      Re: Intelsat K in North America
Organization: eng
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 07:46:06 GMT

>
>I think what is funny is to see those little logos all stacked on top of one
>another when people DO yank stuff on NEWS programs.  I have seen at least
>three deep.  Since many of them are semi transparent it is funny.
>
>Now me, I would have my logo in a square solid block that would just blot out
>all the others.  With EVERYONE doing THAT it would be so rediculous and easy
>to continue stealing that eventually they might quit.
>

In Europe the Italian RAI started to use logos, probably because of the
many privat stations there. Occasionly I could watch it in Northern Germany
during Sporadic E openenings in the pre-SAT times. At that time they moved 
the logo around to all four corners of the screen every 20 seconds or so.
So, to blank it out didn't really work.
When German stations started to use logos there was a big out-cry. But now
we are used to it, and with the increasing number of channels started to like
it, because it makes identification a lot easier. However, during commercials
the logo is shut off. You then have to wait until the commercials are over
before you know what you're tuning. I wonder why they do it?

Jurgen


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Date:         Tue, 13 Oct 1992 07:54:00 EST
From:         "Joe Slater x7534" <SASJZS@VMS.SAS.COM>
Subject:      Trivia quiz - What's This Equipment????

Hi folks. My B-in-law, who knows nothing about satellite, had a dish donated
to him. I went out to see what he had and I am somewhat puzzled by what I saw.

The dish is a 12' Comtech dish with a hand-crank mount. The weird part is the
lnb(a?)s. I first thought the dish had c/ku capability since it had two lnbs
but now I'm not sure. Both are Avantek model number AWC-42100 and are listed
as 100k. They are mounted on a SEA model ESA-44 feedhorn. One lnb sticks off
the end of the feed horn. The other sticks out the side. Also, the one that
sticks out the side seems to be rotated 90 degrees from the other.

My questions are:
   1. Is this an old commercial setup that allows reception of both h and v
      transponders at the same time?
   2. Could a KU lnb be substituted for one of the two?
   3. Are feedhorns specific to the focal length of the dish, ie. could
      I take this feedhorn and mount it on my 8' dish with any chance of
      it working?
   4. Generally, is this worth messing with? The dish seems to be in good
      shape, but I don't know if it would be easy to find a motor drive
      for it.

Thanks for any help and advice.        Joe Slater
                                       SASJZS@VMS.SAS.COM
                                       Mine opinion is just that.
                                       Visit the NC State Fair, Oct 16-25
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Star Trek : The Next Generation Feeds
Date: 12 Oct 92 06:42:48 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <92285.132611DCS4@psuvm.psu.edu> DCS4@psuvm.psu.edu (Dave Shaffer) writes:
<In article <21101@plains.NoDak.edu>, tscott@plains.NoDak.edu (Timothy E Scott)
<says:
<
<>When and where do the Star Trek : TNG feeds occurs?  I'm almost
<>positive they're on TelStar 301, but as far as which transponder
<>and when, I'm at a loss.
<
<>Thanks in advance.
<
<I find 'em at 6 pm Saturday and 2 pm Sunday here in PA..
<on Telstar 301 transponder 9. I haven't heard anything
<yet on where/when ST:DSN might appear when it debuts.

It (DSN) will more than likely appear the hour before.  The Untouchables will
probably appear during the same block....three hours of Paramount feed.
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From: ssbal@napier.uwaterloo.ca ()
Subject: SCPC locations
 
Keywords: 49ers, Nebraska
 
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 02:57:43 GMT

 Can anyone help me with the locations of the San Francisco 49ers Football Net. and The Nebraska Cornhuskers football Net. on SCPC.  

Also, are there any San Francisco area (particularly Sports related, ie KNBR,
KSFO, 49er Flagship Station) up there fulltime on SCPC, if so where??

ANy help with these questions would be greatly appreciated, thanks...
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From: robe@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (robert.g.egan)
Subject: Re: baseball
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:28:45 GMT

In article <9210141025.aa06199@crdec7.apgea.army.mil>,         Bill Jones <wejones@CRDEC7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL> writes:
> >
> I've noticed the same thing about the W4 and SBS6 feeds, but the SBS5
                                        ^^
Hey Bill it time to update the receiver memory, W4's been gone awhile :)

> feed seemed to be pure CBS.  I have PIP on my TV, and can watch local
                         ^^^
Don't you mean pure BS :)
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From: gws@n8emr.cmhnet.org (Gary Sanders)
Subject: Re: C-band on a 5' dish!?
Organization: HAM BBS, 614-895-2553 (1200/2400/v.32/pep)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 21:02:08 GMT

In article <7684@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> ycao+@pitt.edu (Yousheng Cao) writes:
>In article <1992Oct13.154834.2658@neb> jim@neb (Jim Hood) writes:
>>> In <1992Oct09.141833.14649@rchland.ibm.com> oester@rchland.vnet.ibm.com  
>>(Bob Oesterlin) writes:
>>> 
>>>I wouldn't think that you'd get a decent picture on a 5' dish. 
>>
>
>  When I visited a local dealer in Pittsburgh, I saw a 5' G5 receiver, too.
>The picture is very clear. Here is their retail list:
> Complete G5 System :
>   1) Uniden UST 7700 Receiver VCII+ Equipped w/o AT,
>   2) Gardiner 30 K LNB, Feed Horn,
>   3) 55" Spun-aluminum or KTI 5 ft. wire mesh dish,
>   4) Cable and accessories,
>   5) One year warrenty.
>  The price is incredible low, $999.00!

	A new VC2+ is going for $400 to $600, I wonder if they will
sell me the rest for difference??


-- 
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From: rwb@alexander.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert Berger)
Subject: Re: C-band on a 5' dish!?
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 04:02:32 GMT

In article <jhansen.718647084@convex.convex.com> jhansen@convex.com (James  
Hansen) writes:
> In <1992Oct09.141833.14649@rchland.ibm.com> oester@rchland.vnet.ibm.com  
(Bob Oesterlin) writes:
> 
> >I wouldn't think that you'd get a decent picture on a 5' dish. 
> 
> The transponders on G5 are 24 watt transponders.
> 

What really matters is the EIRP for your location. Since C band
transponders are limited to 40 dBW by law, there is a limit to how
much improvements in the birds can help. What more transponder power
can do is produce a beam that's close to the legal limit over a
larger area; older birds fall off a few dB at both coasts.

Unfortunately, my brand new third edition of the "World Satellite Almanac"
does not give a footprint map for G5. Can someone with such a map
describe the EIRP levels for G5 in various parts of CONUS?

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Date:         Wed, 14 Oct 1992 21:09:30 MEZ
From:         "Wolfgang R. Schulz" <wrs@MCSHH.HANSE.DE>
Subject:      Re: ARD on ECS only, CNNI, SOLAR, Olympus
              12, 92 8:04 am

Jurgen:

If somebody would present ARD a bill for additional copyright costs,
because Eutelsat carries the program to non-target areas, they would
earn a big laugh, but no money! The bill would probably be forwarded
to Telekom to be paid. Their point is, Telecommunication satellites
are not for the public. In a hard case it would probably wind up at
court.

As to how long Dresden will get the feed this way, it has been said
until the end of this year, until fiber optics cables are brought
down through the DDR. We'll see.

Just as you cannot "see" PanAmSat, I cant see anything east of 20
degress east, not even Kopernikus. Pity, but I wont cut trees for
that.

Regards,
Wolfgang

PS: Funny, we could try CHINESE the next time...

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From: wrs@MCSHH.HANSE.DE (Wolfgang R. Schulz)
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Subject: European Satellite List
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:59:48 GMT
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An updated version of the European Satellite List is available
for anon ftp.

Site: MCSHH.HANSE.DE  -  192.76.134.1
folder  pub/satelliten
file ALLES.EXE (contains list and satellite news, mostly in German)
file SBC.EXE (list alone)
both are selfextracting ASCII files for MS-DOS.

Regards,
Wolfgang

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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 09:01:30 -0400
From:         "(Mike Gingell)" <aurs01!aurw6b!gingell@CONCERT.NET>
Subject:      Descriptive Video Broadcasting

I have a friend who is blind. He was asking about something called
Descriptive Video Broadcasting which is a spoken running commentary on
TV programs for the benefit of blind people. Does anyone know if there
are any programs available on satellite like this?. I have never seen
separate audio subcarriers identified for this purpose.  I have found
SCPC channels where they do a lot of reading neswpapers etc, obviously
as a service for the blind. They go into great detail describing the
cartoons.  He seems to think that it is available for Masterpeice Theater
on PBS.  My friend lives in England and if I could find a source I would
tape them for him.

Any pointers gratefully received -

Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA  (919) 850-6444
UUCP:       ...!mcnc!aurgate!aurfs1!gingell
Internet:   gingell%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org
From: phil@phunt.MV.COM (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Interference from adjacent sats
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 09:20:16 EST
Organization: Howtek, Inc.
Reply-To: phil@phunt.MV.COM
Distribution: na
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1992Oct6.062816.2918@julian.uwo.ca> (rec.video.satellite), mann@csd.uwo.ca (Robert Mann) writes:
] I have noticed on my system that sometimes channels from adjacent satellites
] interfere with each other.  For example G5 t20 interferes with T3 t21.  My
] guess is that the feedhorn isn't at the correct focal depth.  Before I dig
] out the scaffold, is this the probable cause?  Someone mentioned in a previous
] post that their feedhorn wasn't properly alligned and Ku and C band sats at
] the same orbital location weren't at the same location on their receiver.  I
] also have this occurance.  Is this another symptom of a misaligned feedhorn?
] Thanks.
] 
] Rob
] 
] 
What you might be seeing, if your dish is smaller than 10 foot, is the beam
distortion you  from satellites being 2 degrees apart now.  A dish smaller
than 10 foot CANNOT 'lock on' satellites with the new 2 degree spacing.

This is going to be a BIG problem in now and in the near future!!!

Phil
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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: Satcom C4 is actually doing visible testing -- I think.
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 05:03:05 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na


I think that Satcom C4 is actually being tested in a fashion
visible to dish owners.  I checked it out this evening and I found
a black screen on several transponders.  A check of polarity with
Galaxy 1 makes me feel this is a legit observation and not something
strange with my satellite system setup.

Posting note:  I will post some info on the G7 launch tomorrow.  Too
late for me to think tonight...

Robert
roberts@triton.unm.edu
From: wejones@CRDEC7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL (Bill Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: mystery lnb
Date: 15 Oct 92 12:59:09 GMT
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   I just received 2 combination lnb/feedhorns from a friend who
brought them back from England, and would be interested in any info
available.  The units are Amstrad Fidelity, and have the following
numbers on them:
       1/1/1/1/2/10491711
        MDS029011

The units were supposed to be part of DBS systems.
My main questions are how is the polarity changed (ie the only connection
is the rf f connector), or are they circularly polarized, and what is
the frequency range of the block?  Also, is there any way to tell how
cool they are from the above part numbers?  They are KU btw.
Thanks in advance.
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