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From: rkv@acsu.buffalo.edu (Rajeev K. Verma)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Need Information On Used Satellite
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:01:51 GMT
Organization: University Of Buffalo, New York, USA


Hi,

	I don't have Satellite, but I would love to get
one; main reason behind is to be able to watch Cricket Game
and some Indian Movies.
	Is there some body out there who want's to sell the
Satellite or give me some good tips about satellite, which
can be helpful towards buying Satellite.

			Good Day

		       Rajeev Verma



e-mail: rkv@acsu.buffalo.edu
From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: British Election Coverage
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:26:21 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <CMM.0.90.2.702831284.skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart A Kingsley) writes...
>are reintroducing the "swingometer" - a high-tech version!

Time to dig ot my tape of the Monty Python election night coverage.

gary "I'd just like to point out that this the first time I've appeared on TV"
Xref: sparky rec.video.satellite:2090 rec.sport.baseball:10918
From: mbn@fps.com (Mike Northam)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite,rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Baseball Backhauls for Tuesday April 7, 1992
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:56:04 GMT
Reply-To: mbn@fps.com
Followup-To: rec.video.satellite
Distribution: na
Organization: Cray Research Superservers, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
In-reply-to: roberts@triton.unm.edu's message of 8 Apr 92 03:13:47 GMT
cc: roberts@triton.unm.edu

>>>>> "robert" == roberts  <roberts@triton.unm.edu> writes:

robert> Here are the backhauls for tonight's games.  They only are for
robert> satellites at F4R and east (due to trees at my site) and for
robert> C-band only at this point.

robert>  Giants/Dodgers ESPN  Not found
                              G6-8 in the clear


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quacks expounding psychobabble just to hear themselves talk." Adam, the
eccentric chef, explains how to deal with tension on Northern Exposure
From: gnome@olivej.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Gary)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Non-muted IRDs?
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:31:46 GMT
Distribution: na

Is there an IRD out there that can be configured to
pass video through when looking at an unsubscibed
channel?

Gary
gnome@atc.olivetti.com
From: Alan.Crowder@prg.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Screensport
Date: 13 Apr 92 08:38:26 GMT
X-Mailer: mail-news 2.0.3


Hi fellow satellite watchers.

I have an annoying problem that is when i watch skysports or eurosport
all is ok but when i switch to screensport it is crap. I adjust the 
frequency and all that but it is still crap.

Any ideas cause its pissing me off no end.

Alan
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: charles@netcom.netcom.com (Charles R. Hoynowski)
Subject: Re: Which IRD?  Help me decide.
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 92 02:51:21 GMT
Organization: Gizmonic Institute, SOL Division

My quick 2 cents: Don't buy anything for GI, ther're ruining the satellite
indistry and you should look into the Zenith 3000 IRD, said to have
the best picture in the business.  I've got one and I've been very
happy with it.

--
______________________________________________________________________________
Charles R. Hoynowski            |  .... I've broken 4 of my own commandments
charles@netcom.com              |  already!  I would have broken the fifth,
71460.1536@compuserve.com       |  but there wasn't a sheep on board!
                                |                        - Lister, Red Dwarf
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From: cheeks@edsr.eds.com (Mark Costlow)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Where did Northern E go NOW?
Date: 6 Apr 92 04:06:25 GMT
Reply-To: cheeks@edsr.eds.com
Organization: EDS Research

In article <1992Apr4.143316.27122@lopez.UUCP>, flash@lopez.UUCP (Gary Bourgois,Hamshack) writes:
> Well here it is 9:23 saturday morning, and the slate on T1/24 indicates that
> Northern Exposure is NOT going to be on at 10.  SO it has moved again unless
> it is now in reruns for 2 weeks, which I doubt, though I don't have access to
> any kind of TV schedule to deny or confirm.
> 

Sigh ... I hope it hasn't moved again.  There was an episode I missed a
couple months ago though, so if it is a rerun I hope it's that one.

> Getting up this early is hard enough for me to do, but getting up to a slate
> for VIDEO POWER really stinks.

At least it's just the *slate* for Video Power, and not the real thing.
*That* would be a rude awakening :-)  While channel hopping after
determining there was no NE feed, I came across something called "Grudge
Match".  For the most part it was incredibly stupid, but there was a rather
enjoyable fight involving bannanas, nuts, and gallons of chocolate syrup.


>  Plus the VCR I record it on has no timer, so
> I have to sleep with the audio on   EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LEFT EEEEEEEEEEEE RIGHT

I'm not sure I understand why your VCR's lack of a timer requires the audio
to be on . . .  I gather you don't go to bed until after 4am, so maybe you
could just pop in a 6hr tape and fast-forward in the morning?

>>Chx
-- 
cheeks@edsr.eds.com    or     ...uunet!edsr!cheeks
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: hoisve@XANADU.CC.UTAH.EDU (David Hoisve)
Subject: Cable type ...
Organization: University of Utah
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:48:09 GMT

What type of cable should I use between the LNB and my receiver?

The run is roughly 50'.  I've seen other systems that use RG 6, and even RG 
59, but I am concerned about the loss at the high frequencies, and the "
slope" (or the even higher loss at the upper end of the downconverted 
frequency range).

Is it really worth the extra money to install RG 11?  One other 
consideration -- my system has a 6 foot dish, and I'll probably need all the 
gain I can get...  :-)

Thanks...

-- Dave.
From: sdb@ukc.ac.uk (S.D.Burge)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Intelsat VI-F4
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:13:30 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

I have a 'fixed-dish' Astra system - an NEC 3022 with 80cm NEC dish.

The system works fine for Astra. I've also managed to get pictures from
the ECS sats at 21.5, 16, 13 and 10E.

However, I now wish to try and get some sort of programming from 
Intelsat VIF4 (sp?) at 27.5W. What sort of picture would I get on CNN 
and Discovery, ie: would it be watchable? I think the LNB noise figure
is around 1.4dB or so, although that figure is probably a typical 
value.

If the LNB noise figure is too high, is it possible to buy an adapter
for the dish, to allow it hold non NEC type LNBs. I don't really want
to change the dish.

There's also another problem with the receiver in that it doesn't
have tunable audio. It is only capable of receiving 6.50, 7.02, 7.20,
7.38, 7.56MHz subcarriers. As all of Astra's PAL transmissions
transmit sound on at least one of the stereo subcarriers, there is no
need to use the mono 6.5MHz sound. Would it be simple enough to adjust
this mono channel up to 6.6MHz for other satellites? Failing that, are
there any external tunable audio boxes on sale for recievers.

I think Discovery broadcasts on 7.02/7.20 in stereo but CNN only uses
6.60.

Cheers anyway.

Stu.

-----
Stuart Burge
sdb@ukc.ac.uk
Canterbury University, England.
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: harry@cs.tu-berlin.de (Harald Brinkmann)
Subject: Canal + in Fixed Key?
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 11:12:09 GMT

Hi!

With my almost brandnew D2-MAC receiver I noticed something very
strange the last few days (since Friday): Although the picture was
garbled (which could be seen for a fraction of a sepond while tuning
to this channel) my receiver would descramble the picture and sound
continuously over the last few days! I certainly didn't take out a
subscription to Canal +, even if I wanted to I couldn't (here in
Germany) and my receiver doesn't even have a card-reader (which seems
to be the only thing mising for full eurocrypt capability).

Has anyone else noticed this, or did this only happen to me? When I
tried this morning the program remained coded. I for one won't miss
it...

In reference to Jurgen Bartels posting that the channels other than
Antenne 2 on Telecom 1C have Antiope teletext, I would seriously
dispute that. Assuming that even Antiope is some sort of data in some
blanking interval, there is absolutely nothing to be seen on any
channel except on Canal +. This seems to be deocder support though...

  Harald
Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Wednesday, 15 Apr 1992 14:29:48 CET
From: P.Long <PLONG@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Intelsat VI-F4
 <THOMAS.TORNBLOM.92Apr13120109@beck.nexus.comm.se>
 <1992Apr15.081242.14971@mcshh.Hanse.DE>

There is a report on the move of CNN to Astra in yesterday's (Tuesday) update
on page 270 of the Superchannel Teletext.

a) It is reported that the move to Astra is official and definitive.
b) The service will remain non-subscription (presumably not scrambled) for all
   direct individual users, however cable operators and hotels etc are expected
   to pay.
c) The service will be duplicated on C-band in europe and africa within a month
d) The Ku band coverage will continue on 27.5W until the autumn, at which time
   it will be terminated.

This text information service (called TESUG I believe)appears authoritative in
its reporting, or does anyone hold a different view.
From: mbn@fps.com (Mike Northam)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Japan backhaul info requested
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:06:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: hw1.MBN.92Apr16080629
Reply-To: mbn@fps.com
Organization: Cray Research Superservers, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
In-reply-to: E7L8KRA@TOWSONVX.BITNET's message of 15 Apr 92 17:30:00 GMT

>>>>> "michael" == 410) 830-2591 <E7L8KRA@TOWSONVX.BITNET> writes:

michael> Hello again, everyone.  Can anyone tell me where I can find a
michael> Tokyo to New York feed?  The only source of information I have is
michael> from WESTSAT which lists Satcom F2R, Tr 22 as a source but there
michael> has been no signals lately (this is a backhaul circuit).  Any
michael> help would be appreciated (I have an instructor who is looking
michael> for Japanese programming).

michael> Michael Kramer
michael> Towson State University Teleconference/Satellite Coordinator

Well, there's also T1-20, which is a feed from New York to Tokyo for TBS
(Tokyo Broadcast Service).  They have a nightly newsfeed in Japanese (I
think about 21:00 EDT??) in which they summarize the American networks'
newscasts.

TV-Asahi is on S3-21 (Ku), but they seem to be usually Leitch encoded, so
I doubt individuals could watch this one.

There's also the BMAC encoded TV-Japan on K1-5 (Ku band).  I think this is
about $30 per month for a subscription (marketed by PrimeStar).
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quacks expounding psychobabble just to hear themselves talk." Adam, the
eccentric chef, explains how to deal with tension on Northern Exposure
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 13:17:30 EDT
From:         Flash Hoser <lopez!flash@SHARKEY.CC.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Where to get 2 ch audio rcvr?
X-To:         dish <HOMESAT@VM1.NoDak.EDU>

>>
>> Run don't walk to your telephone and call  1-800-366-4010.  Shop at home.
>> They have the Janeil SA-200 stereo processor with digital readout for $39.  I
>> paid $69 for mine and it was worth every penny of that.  Better hurry there
>> are not many left.  This is the best bargain I know of.  The unit has
>> fantastic sound.

>I was watching them demonstrate this unit last week, and from what I
>saw, it did not cover the whole band from 0 - 8 MHz, but only the
>typical 5-8 MHz.  I beleive the original poster specified 0 -8.
>On the other hand, for the price, you can't go wrong, and it could
>possibly be modified.


Doug Denner sells an upconvertor for $100 that will finish the job for you.
He is the guy on the same satellite and same time as shaun kenny.  From
Minnesota.

--
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==  Gary Bourgois flash@lopez (rutgers!sharkey!lopez!flash)  GWN UPLink  ==
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels)
Subject: BBC descrambler
Organization: eng
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:02:46 GMT


A number of people have ask me to send the circuit diagram of my BBC WSTV
descrambler. Well, here it is. I tooked my original file and modified it
just a little bit. I decided to leave the Filmnet decoder in, too. So you
get two! The BBC decoder also works with BRAVO, but note, that both are
vision descramblers only! Also, you need to add some extra circuitry to
adjust to your own receiver. This file only contains the very heart of the
decoder. *Nothing* else!!

The BBC decoder works on its own. But the Filmnet one only works in
conjunction with the uP. The OpAmp TL084 gets the sync signal from one of
the sound receivers and forms a digital pulse train which the uP decodes to
find polarity, frame & line pulse. Then it syncs the ZNA and the 4053
accordingly. This is done once every second.

There're few German words in it, I didn't want to spend too much time on it
to put it in English. I hope you'll understand there meaning. Most words are
in English anyway.

I will send the file in HPGL and POSTCRIPT. I hope, you who are not
interested don't mind. 
Jurgen



Jurgen Bartels   Taunusstein near Wiesbaden  Germany


juergenb@tau_mail.comm.mot.com                <---- try this address, first

Jurgen_Bartels@p11.f29.n249.z2.fidonet.org    <---- if above doen't work, use this
From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Intelsat K (was Re: Deutsche Welle TV)
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:53:11 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <9204040035.AA18140@lopez.UUCP>, lopez!flash@SHARKEY.CC.UMICH.EDU (Gary Bourgois) writes...
>>DW will put its TV program on an Intelsat Atlantic bird to beam to
>>America in "fall". Opposit to the BBC Worldservice, Deutsche Welle
>>is not encoding its program.
> 
> 
>This is wonderful news, and if it ends up on a domestic relay, I will
>certainly be watching.  If it is anythint like the shortwave DW, it will be a
>good friendly station.
> 

It may not need a domestic relay. Intelsat K is scheduled for launch in May and
it's North American beam is supposed to deliver >48dBW over the eastern half of
the US. There are a couple of European braodcasters considering using it to
carry direct-to-home services for the US (RAI have announced plans).

Intelsat K is built out of the spare parts that would have become Satcom K-4 if 
'Crimson Satellite' ever happened. K-3 was sold to SES to become one of the
Astra birds. I don't know if Intelsat K will use linear or circular
polarization (I'd guess linear). It will have 16 54MHz transponders, each
running 60W TWTAs.

Intelsat K is the first off the shelf design that Intelsat have bought. I
suspect part of the reason is to compete with PanAmSat. Intelsat K has South
American and European beams as well the US beam, and can be uplinked from any
of those regions. We can expect to see Brightstar making use of it, and
possibly CNN.

gary
From: drd@bnr.co.uk (Dan Donovan)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Canal + in Fixed Key?
Date: 9 Apr 92 12:36:09 GMT
Reply-To: drd@bnr.co.uk (Dan Donovan)
Organization: BNR Europe Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, GB


Yes, I've noticed that Canal+ on TDF1 hasn't been transmitting in "full"
eurocrypt over the weekend just gone.

I've got a modified BSB D-Mac receiver (pointed at the Olympus, TDF1 and TVSat2
cluster) that is capable of decoding D2-Mac signals and also has a "soft"
eurocrypt decoder built-in.  The signal is certainly encrypted because on
switching to D-Mac the picture is scrambled, plus I have to the "free access"
encrypted audio channel on my receiver to get the sound.  But come Tuesday
(7th April) it had gone back to full eurocrypt.

I assumed that Canal+ were broadcasting on "soft" eurocrypt while they were
issuing new cards.  However, they do sometimes transmit un-encrypted on the
terrestrial channels and maybe this was the satellite equivalent(?).

On a different track:

While I'm here, is there anyone out there, probably in France, who is willing
to supply me with weekly TV programme scheduling for Antenne 2 and La Sept
in exchange for British TV schedules?

Thanks in advance.

Dan
.. Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer,
my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental.  Any
resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic.
The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold
them is left as an exercise for the reader.  The question of the
existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god
coefficient.  (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism
is beyond the scope of this article.)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: eam@gato.mis.semi.harris.com (Ed A. Mills)
Subject: Re: The Janeil Stereo Processor
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:26:14 GMT
Organization: Melbourne FL

Audio below 5.00?  Huh?  My Sierra ][ only goes down to 5.00 as far as I know,
so how can I get these lower frequencies?  I have noted that on some occasions
I can get a video signal, but an audio sweep from 5.00 to the top of the Sierra
band produces nothing.  Maybe these are similar situations to the one you
discussed.  Are there also channels with audio ABOVE the top of the bandwidth?

Thanx,
Ed
From: philip@cetia.fr (Philip Peake)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: French digital radio decoder info needed
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:26:58 GMT
Organization: CETIA, France

In article <1992Apr3.110018.10263@lmpsbbs.mot.com> juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels) writes:
>In article <1992Apr2.144925.7232@cetia.fr> philip@cetia.fr (Philip Peake) writes:
>>>
>>>A number of French radio stations are transmitted digitally 
>>>in the Alcatel standard. I'm very interested in receiving those
>>>and would like to build my own decoder to be included
>>>in my Audio-Video-Controller. The best bet would be to have
>>>a circuit diagram. But a hint to what IC's are available
>>>would be very helpful, also.
>>
>>Tray calling Alcatel ?
>
>A year ago, I got their adr and wrote them a letter. Unfortunately,
>I never got an answer. Maybe it was because I wrote it in English?

Almost certainly.
This doesn't mean that they can't read and write English ...

>I wonder, are all the TELECOM-sat radio stations transmitted terestically?
>I saw a frequency list of the Paris region, and a number of the TELECOM-sat
>stations weren't there. So, are there direct sat-receivers for radio used by 
>the general public. Also, are all TELECOM-sat TV stations transmitted terestically?

This is a question that I am certain that some people will wish
that you hadn't asked ...

There are 6 terestrial stations (well, maybe 5 now that La 5 seems to
have died), all but one (FR3) are on the sattelite. FR3 isn't there,
because it is SUPPOSED to be a regional channel, which in rality
means about half an hour per day of local news. The rest of the time it
is networked.
Now, you may ask why terrestrial channels broadcasting films
and other copyrighted material is transmitted unencoded ?

Well, there are two answers given : the band is NOT the ECS or DBS
band, so you are not supposed to watch it, and secondly, it is only an
experimental service (this experiment has now been running
for several years ....)

Most of the radio stations ARE terrestrial in origin, but some are
intended for specific audiences, such as supermarkets etc.

Canal J is supposedly only available via cable ... When the new
sattelite is working (8degrees W, the same one that was used at
3 degrees E for the winter Olympics) it will have more channels,
all of which will be encoded SECAM, and all run by the same
private company (CANAL +). The encryption is NAGRAVISION.

The French government would really like cable to work, and don't seem too
enthusiastic about satellite TV. There is a new law, which requires
satellite SYSYEMS to have a green sticker (same as telephones), so you will
find it difficult to buy seperate elements (dish, tuner etc) I suspect
that the next step will be to only certify systems using D2MAC ... they
have to force it to sell somehow ... and also stop French citizens
from being poluted by watching all that foreigen TV, especially when
it says unpleasant things about the French govt.

Philip
From: mbn@fps.com (Mike Northam)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Recurring Feeds
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:22:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: hw1.MBN.92Apr7112208
Reply-To: mbn@fps.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cray Research Superservers, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
In-reply-to: jimb@loowit.wr.tek.com's message of 6 Apr 92 08:27:35 GMT

>>>>> "jim" == Jim Boland <jimb@loowit.wr.tek.com> writes:

[how to find feeds of things like Oprah]

jim> The program supplier usually does not uplink it.  Other services
jim> uplink the programs.  They do not publish a list.  You, the public,
jim> have no right to know where or when the private feeds appear.  Just
jim> be lucky that you can see them at that time on your dish.  You're
jim> supposed to watch them on your local channels.

Actually, this is no longer true, since the passage of the satellite
viewing act in 1988 (sorry, I can't remember the exact title).  Anything
that is not encrypted is fair game for home viewers (*not* commercial
use).  Services and uplinkers are free to encrypt, of course, and don't
have to provide signals to home viewers (this is what Major League
Baseball has done).

I don't know why you're "supposed" to watch these programs on my local
channels.  The picture and sound quality from satellite is far superior to
what I can get over the air; there are no voiceovers intruding on the
tail-end of programs breathlessly telling me what is coming up next; some
of the programs aren't even broadcast on any local stations; etc.
Watching unencrypted satellite transmissions is not "pirating", despite
what local stations would have you believe.
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(503) 641-3151 (work) (503) 324-1831 (home) {cray|sun|ucsd}!fpssun!mbn
We are now Cray Research Superservers, Inc. (RIP FPS Computing)
"Yeah, or they relieve their anxiety by tearing out the throats of two-bit
quacks expounding psychobabble just to hear themselves talk." Adam, the
eccentric chef, explains how to deal with tension on Northern Exposure
From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Intelsat K
Date: 7 Apr 92 20:59:29 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <9204071715.AA01700@aurw90.aur.alcatel.com>, aurs01!aurw90!gingell@MCNC.ORG (Mike Gingell) writes...
>What longitude will Intelsat K be located at.

It will be located at 21.5 degrees west (338.5 east). It is midway between the
two Intelsat C band birds that carry network video traffic.

The US beam appears to cover the eastern half of CONUS and is expected to
deliver 47dBW at beam edge, nearly 50dBW closer to the center.

gary
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