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From: wrs@MCSHH.HANSE.DE ((Wolfgang R. Schulz))
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Subject: Re: Intelsat K in North America <<
Date: 30 Sep 92 23:41:30 GMT
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              "rkobenter@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA" at Sep 29, 92 5:40 pm

rkobenter@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA writes:
>
> follow up on my question if anyone is seeing anything on Intelsat - K
>
> According to info Wolfgang provided me with,
>
> DW-TV is sending test programmes till 1.Nov. at 21.50 degrees west
> at the moment on transponder h7 (11.605 GhZ) from 16:00 GMT+1 till 04:00GMT+1
> in addition three DW-Radio signals are being relayed.
>
> Anyone want to confirm?
>
> Picture is NTSC.
>
> robert kobenter
>
> rwkobent@bcsc02.b
>

I heard rumors that a swap of transponder time has taken place
between WORLD NET and DEUTSCHE WELLE. In fact, here, on Eutelsat,
free transponder time on the DW's own is filled with WN and C-SPAN.
That's a fact. The rumors are, that WN gave DW 2 hours every day
on ALL his international transponders, around the globe. True?

Wolfgang


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From: CGKarras@world.std.com (Christopher G Karras)
Subject: Re: Scrambling s_cks!
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 00:50:22 GMT

	Is there a FAQ or set of documents describing how this works?

"Juan R. Elizondo" <ELIZONDO@VMTECSLP.BITNET> writes:

>I'm posting this because I find it interesting and maybe some of you want to
>share your ideas.......
>>
>>I hope that they keep the VC II Datastream, because then we all
>>know that someone will be able to hack it.  I'm quite interested
>>in how piracy works, I'm taking electrical enginnerring at
>>university right now, and want to eventually try to figure out VC
>>II+, but I imagine they put their smartest guys on hiding the
>>"seed"..
>>
>Do you really think that they are going to crack it ? The crackers are GI!!!
>The rumor is that they WANT the system crackable so they pass the info for it.

>>What codes do you usually get a month?  I get the test code right
>>at the beginning, then usually CVS & VC1 within a few days.  I
>>didn't get the codes for Request 1 & 2 until the middle of the
>>month, when I also got the HBO & Cinemax codes.
>>
>Not many. Just those codes for the BLUE card (do you know what this colors are
>? I have heard of red cards, blue cards and white cards, and I guess there is a
> key for each of them). The general keys, and as you say, about the middle of t
>he month, the keys for CVS, Request and VC1. Surprisingly the HBO & Cinemax wer
>e ready in the first 10 days.

>>The question that arises in my mind, is if these wizard codes
>>defeat VC II+, then why haven't they ever hacked TVN or Encore?
>>
>I think those codes exist, but somehow they are not passed away so easily.
>The same thing for VC2, Request2, etc.

>>Later...  Jim.  (jkung@acs.ucalgary.ca)

>Jim. I find this subject so interesting that I would like to post it to the lis
>t.
>>PS. Do you want to share codes whenever either of us get them?  Maybe we
>>can set up a mailing list or something.  :)

>Sure, why not!.
>Maybe someone else would join.

>JR.
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 22:01:13 CST
From:         ST9530@SIUCVMB.BITNET
Subject:      KU band VCII??

Are there currently any services scrambled with the VCII/VCII+ on KU band?
Or is that a different frequency not compatible with KU freqs?

ST9530@SIUCVMB.EDU
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From: mann@csd.uwo.ca (Robert Mann)
Subject: Interference from adjacent sats
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 06:28:16 GMT

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
From: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: WELL
Date: 4 Oct 92 05:21:00 GMT
Reply-To: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Outland BBS-UUCP

What is happening with S3-22 , Around the World After Dark.  I heard
they are going to be an R rating, different movies than Spice, but just
an R rating.

Since American EXXXTASY when down, are sat. dish customers not allowed
to receive X rated movies?  What is the different between paying for the
service on the dish, or renting them from the local video store?  Non!?

And will there ever be another X rated channel?

anyways.  The VCII PLUS from what I gather watching the TVN info channel
(t3-24) that they are not pushing the PLUS but the RS.  Is it true that
if the RS module is unplugged from the IRD, that the battery gets
drained fast and your RS module goes down?  TVN is trying to come into
Canada, they seem to be having money problems.

ps.  are there codes available for TVN?  and if so, can they work on the
wizard entry on an VCII?  Anyways.  Lets hope the cable bill does go
through. :)
                                                                                                                       
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From: charles@netcom.netcom.com (Charles R. Hoynowski)
Subject: Re: Shaun Kenny
Organization: Gizmonic Institute, SOL Division
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 02:14:16 GMT

In article <9210012014.AA15889@yoda.zycad.com> "(Vijay Vaidyanathan)" <zycad!yoda!vijay@SUN.COM> writes:


   I just spoke with the Greensheet folks (I felt like making kind of
   condolence call) and they said that they will be on the air with
   some sort of message at 9pm Eastern today on G6/20 (thats not
   their normal spot). They sounded grateful that I had called.

   I wonder if they will be playing the tape that he probably made
   yesterday (they normally tape the Thursday show on Wed). I dont
   know.

   I'm going to miss him!

   - Vijay
   --------

His death will certainly be a great loss to every satellite dish
owner as he was a great proponent for dish owner's rights.  
 
I'll miss him too, although I don't think GI, INC. will.

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Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 1992 16:05:28 -0700
From:         "(Bob Wier)" <rrw@ELDEN.CSE.NAU.EDU>
Subject:      usenet feed

 Len Rose says:

I can see that you don't pay for your newsfeed.. I know people who pay
$300-400
 each month for a partial newsfeed. Our systems are not for people who can get
 easy access to news.. or those who happen to be lucky enough to have an
account on
 a system which is paid for by some other entity.

 We're a company, we have overhead, and we don't send up a few newsgroups at
300
 baud. We send up everything in the world, at 9600 bps. We don't rely on the
 good favors of some one horse TV station somewhere, we have our own
transponders.
 See my earlier message as to why it costs as little as it does.
---------

 Yup, you're right. I don't pay for it (one of the advantages to working
 at a university). But I WILL be paying for it, since I've been laid off.
 That's why I'm very interested in getting it to my home in a remote
 mountain area at a low cost - as defined by an individual's pocketbook
 rather than an institution.  In thinking about getting a newsfeed, as I've
 said a couple of times, I'd be willing to spend maybe $500/year (about
 what I was spending a year on long distance charges to Genie and Compuserve
 before having a job here). Note, these are not connect charges, they are
 long distance charges.

 The other problem is that you're talking to people who have been through
 the SkyPix debacle (sp?). There was a fellow from Canada about a year ago
 who was convinced that it was the wave of the future and heavily promoting
 it on the net. Havn't heard from him for awhile.

 The other thing is, of course, that many of us have been through the
 hardware monopoly problems with General Instrument.  Although it
 seem to be partially worked out, there was a long period where
 it looked like it was going to be "Gee, we are sorry, but your
 hardware is becoming obsolete and it'll cost you $500 for the new
 stuff".  Having had one satellite system obsoleted in 1985 and again
 partially obsoleted in 1991 I'm a LITTLE SENSITIVE to being held
 captive by ANY company, be it gas, electric, cable, telephone, etc etc.

 I'd personally  would be much more open to perhaps a descrambler which
 would fit outboard on my existing tvro system which would cost either
 a small amount (say, $200) or alternately leasing it and paying a sub-
 scription.


 - Bob Wier

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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:11:27 EDT
From:         Bill Jones <wejones@CRDEC7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Re: If you're thinking of getting a dish

>
> One of the biggest mental blocks I had before getting my dish was the
> fact that satellite reception is line-of-sight. I had this mental
> picture that the satellites were located in an arc of the sky that went
> from horizon to horizon. I thought that one had to be able to see the
> sky along this arc right up to where it hit the ground. As it turned
> out, all the satellites are located well up from the horizon. You only
> have to be able to see the middle/upper third of this arc. Trees and
> buildings aren't anywhere near the obstacles that you may think they
> are. Also, this arc is located in the southern part of the sky, but it
> is well up in the sky. Too bad someone couldn't design a paper model
> with this arc on it so prospective owners could get a feel for where
> the arc is. It was a big stumbling block for me. How about a paper model
> that you could take out at night and orient it with a couple of stars?

If you use Traksat and the tvro two line elements, the program has an option
to display the sat positions against a star background (correct for your
position and time).  Sounds like just what you're asking for.
From: ppg@oasis.icl.co.uk (Philippe Goujard)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: ASTRA: What happened to the Comedy channel?
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:16:00 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: ICL, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 4SN, UK

Allright, we have now "Sky movies gold" on transponder 26 of Astra which
shows movies that Sky movies and The Movie Channel showed more than 2years 
ago... but what happened to The comedy channel that was here?

Any plan to move it to another transponder or is it lost forever?

I don't say I was a great fan of it but at least I watched it more often than
Sky "stupid games" one.
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From: Power@cup.portal.com (Ron A Uitz)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Spanish audio
Date: Sat,  3 Oct 92 09:45:23 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

It has always puzzled me when HBO, et al, note that there is a Spanish
audio track to a particular movie, where it is transmitted?  I've checked
all the usual subcarrier locations. . .
From: jy@eng.ufl.edu (jim yousse)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Playboy
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:54:34 GMT
Organization: Digital Design

I thought that I would mention that the Playboy channel has been running in 
fixed key mode some the last few night.  Happy viewing. 
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From:         Russ Crisp <CRISP@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Fire by Night?

i think fire by night is on 'cornerstone tv' s2 transpnder 21..
check it out.  if i'm not mistaken, the video show you speak of is called
'light music', or something like that.  it's on g6 transponder 15.
unsure of the times.
good luck!
russ crisp
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 07:47:00 CST
From:         "I'D RATHER BE FISHING THAN ON THE VAX" <REDLCW@FNAL.BITNET>
Subject:      RE: Weather Maps ' Kurt Miller '

Kurt,
  This might be what you are looking for.
FPT VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU
>USER ANONYMOUS
>BINARY
>DIR
>CD WX
>DIR SA*.*
This will give you a directory of hourly weather sat pictures for the United
States.  These are GIF files, use the standard GET commands for the update
that you want.
                                                        Hope This Helps
                                                        The RED

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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:30:19 EDT
From:         "(Gary Bourgois)" <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject:      Re: NEXP Wild Feed FOUND!

>>4 am in which time zone?

>Eastern.

>once again NEXP 4AM EASTERN T1/13


ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you miss THAT one try:

E2/12 (global) 11AM Eastern Time SUNDAY.

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From: fergal@quay.ie
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Teletext on DBS (TDF and TV-SAT) ?
Summary: Wanted info on DBS Teletext services.
Keywords: D2MAC, DBS, Satellite, Teletext
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:09:45 GMT
Organization: Quay Financial Software

Does any one have any details on the Teletext carried on the
DBS/D2MAC satellites in Europe. Is it VBI or in the data stream ?
Does it carry subtitles ?

I'm wondering if it is possible to add some circuit to a BSB (modified)
unit ?  or if there is any point. Has any one done this ?
Which ITT chip was used?

Any other BSB mods ? SECAM/PAL/NTSC/CMAC ?

Gary, I too noticed the switch off of TDF so it is not your unit.
Can't get TV-SAT here in Ireland with the squarial so can't comment.

Peter, I tried to respond to your reply but you address failed.

Thanks to all the net who indicated the Philips patch.

BTW do BSB send update keys constantly during the month or when ?
Fergal (fergal@quay.ie)


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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 10:06:57 CDT
From:         Charles Norris <CNORRIS@UA1VM.BITNET>
Subject:      sat vs cable

Hello, I have been on cable for what seems like forever...
My finances arent that great, SO what is this about a scroungers guide
for Satellite equip?
Where can it be found? Sounds like the Rx nedded for my condition.
Any help would be appreciated..

thanks,
Charles Norris
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From: hstarke@europa.asd.contel.com (Hal Starke)
Subject: Re: KU Birds & pulse counts
Organization: GTE Contel Federal Systems
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:27:40 GMT

Reply-To: hstarke@europa.asd.contel.com (Hal Starke)
Followup-To: 
Distribution: world
Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division
Keywords: 

You can receive all of the US Ku birds, look in a guide like Sat TV Week. 
Your dish is Ku ready. Solid metal works. The counts do not really matter. 
The receiver starts at a number at initialization. You could go to the other 
end of the arc and reset the receiver and it would count up from there. 
Reversing the wires won't help.
From: wejones@CRDEC7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL (Bill Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: If you're thinking of getting a dish
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:53:23 GMT
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>
> >Trees and buildings aren't anywhere near the obstacles that you may think
 they
> > are.
>
> This is true as long as they are not in your line of sight.

I don't know about buildings, but with respect to trees, I'd have to agree
with the first poster.  I am receiving 2 or 3 sats directly through
a big mature black cherry tree that grew taller after I installed my system,
and have observed very little degradation.
  And it's not because I have a cool lnb either, mine is quite
old, ie in the 80-100 deg range.  I keep seeing posts from people worried
about trees, but I really think that if it is only 1 tree, you have a
pretty good chance of getting ok reception.  Many trees, or pine trees
may be another matter.
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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: Re: LTRN Schedule (new)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 00:45:02 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <17629@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> wheaton@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (Harold Wheaton) writes:
>In article <Tk1sRB1w165w@ijpc.UUCP> ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) writes:
>
>>The Lets Talk Radio Network Spacenet III Channel 21 6.2 Wide band Audio
>
>Has there been interest expressed in moving this program to one of the new
>high power Ku birds (like SBS 6 or similar)?  I suspect the charge on those
>new birds is sky high so it may not be affordable.  Just wanted to find out
>since I may get into Ku.  Thanks!


Now why would Let's Talk Radio want to do that?  Two reasons come quickly
to mind:

1)  If LTRN was to be put on a Ku-band satellite, you are taking the 
network away from the people.  The majority of my friends don't
have Ku band -- therefore they wouldn't be able to listen to LTR
because they wouldn't have that Ku band capability.  I bet a large
majority of LTR listeners don't have Ku band.  By going to Ku band,
LTRN would lose all those listeners and future potential listeners.  
A C-band feed lets everyone play.

2)  It would be tougher to have LTRN on a Ku band satellite.  There
is a lack of recurring channels (well, not too bad -- but C-band by
far is much better in recurring channels). LTRN needs a video carrier
to exist.  In the current case, take away PASS and LTRN goes away unless
they find a new service to take an audio channel from.  

Robert
roberts@triton.unm.edu
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: $$$$ for taping Simpsons
Date: 30 Sep 92 05:57:16 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <DOCONNOR.92Sep29084310@potato.sedona.intel.com> doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) writes:
<
<g-martin1@uiuc.edu (Gregory A. Martin) writes:
<] 1) I will offer $$$$ to anyone willing to tape future Simpsons episodes
<]    for me, 
<
<Do we really need to keep telling people that this is a crime in the 
<US and most other countries? Worse, conspiring to do it will get you
<a felony conspiracy conviction in the US.
<
<Don't do it folks. A felony conviction will ruin your life. And
<USENET _is_ known to be read by government employees.

I can guarantee that the FBI is going to come after the person taping the
program and selling it to cover costs to the other person.  No one, and I
mean no one, has ever gone to jail for doing that.

Just like no consumer has been charged for having a modified VCII and there
are THOUSANDS of those units out there.
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From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels)
Subject: Re: Questions about DERRICK and DER FAHNDER
Organization: eng
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:13:04 GMT
Keywords: Derrick, Der Fahnder


I can't tell you the exact dates you're requiring. But normally at the end of
credentials you'll see the date the episodes were made which is very close
to date of transmission. Series like Derrick, Der Fahnder, Der Alte were popular
because they didn't show much violence and still had a lot of suspense.

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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 07:27:00 EST
From:         "Joe Slater x7534" <SASJZS@VMS.SAS.COM>
Subject:      Re: If you're thinking of getting a dish

I asked a local sat dealer who said (basically) 21 degrees above the western
horizon. I then make a 21 degree template from cardboard and a protractor.
I then took a sawhorse (as a stable platform), a level and my trusty template,
and moved the whole shebang around until I found a spot that could see
21 degrees above the western horizon. Cheap, easy and I didn't even have to
leave the house.

Joe Slater
sasjzs@vms.sas.com
Mine opinion is just that.
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From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite,biz.comp.services
Subject: Re: Usenet News via Satellite
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:06:32 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: nigel.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

my guess is that there are times when the cost of satellite broadcast of
news looks like a better deal than transmission by modems, and even times
when the costs of sending xx megabytes per day really is less via
satellite than it is by land line.  

the question is whether when news transmissions  grow by their next factor
of two and as alternative strucutres for shipping news across town and
across the country start getting looked at hard - metro centrexes,
wireless lans, isdn (ha!), whatever else comes along - whether the
satellite stuff still looks like the best deal.  and if it is a good
enough deal whehter it can be brought to a good enough critical mass of
business before some rival technology eats it up.

  Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
        Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI  48103 +1 313 998 4562
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