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From: david.hoisve@uuserv.cc.utah.edu
Subject: Strange Ku problem...
Organization: The University of Utah
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:37:29 GMT

I just purchased a used Ku feed (National ADL) and a Ku LNB (1.3, 50+db) to 
try.  I have two dishes -- a 9' mesh dish, and a 6' perf. aluminum.  Both 
were designed for C-band.  

The 6' perf disk performs very well on Ku.  K2 is razor sharp, most other 
sats are pretty good.  If I move the feed to the mesh dish, however, 
all sats (including K2) have a weird "herringbone" interference 
pattern.  This appears on all transponders.  I've tried switching cables and 
receivers.  No difference.  If I switch the feed back to the perf dish, 
the interference dissapears.  C-band performance on the mesh dish is 
flawless.  Almost "broadcast quality" on all strong transponders.

Any ideas?

-- Dave.
From: fractal@fractal.com (Tom Hedges)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Request Satellite Codes
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 15:26:39 PST
Organization: Fractal Design Corp.
Reply-To: fractal@fractal.com (Tom Hedges)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1

The issue that matters most to me is the unfair pricing policies of
the vertical monopolies that control most of the scrambled programming.
The Cable TV Act of 1992 which fortunately was passed in spite of
a veto by soon-to-be-ex-president (but not soon enough for me!) Bush,
is supposed to end this ripoff by requiring fair pricing of scrambled
services to home dish owners.

I, for one, am willing to pay for programming - but I should pay
significantly less than I would pay a cable TV company because
I provide my own hardware, thus all the money the cable company needs
for their dishes, transmission facilities, maintainance, store fronts,
profit, ect., can be passed back to me in the form of lower prices
and yet the originator of the programming will still receive as much
return. This what would have happened naturally in a non-monopoly free
enterprise marketplace, but under Reagan-Bush monopoly business practices
were overlooked by the Commerce Department, if not downright encouraged.
As a result most programming providers have an inappropriate financial
incentive (i.e. they own cable TV franchises) to encourage cable TV sales
by screwing home satellite users with prices several times higher than
they charge cable TV companies.

You can complain about GI all you want, but they are small potatos
compared to the programming providers and their monopolies. The next
legislative step should be forcable divesting of all cable TV franchises
by any corporation that provides programming nationwide. This would
once and for all end the conflict of interest.

Another area where the pricing policies should be improved is for
those well-heeled people who own multiple IRD's and thus want to own
several descramblers. Pricing here should follow cable TV practice:
the first descrambler pays based on what programming is ordered, and
each additional descrambler is a flat, reasonable extra fee, maybe
$3.00 a month. The videopal/MOM phone port could be used to interconnect
the descramblers and assure they indeed were really at the same location
(this of course is where there is a opportunity for fraud).

-------------------------------------
Tom Hedges
fractal@fractal.com --or-- fractal@applelink.apple.com
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: dingram@dims.demon.co.uk ("Darren P. Ingram")
Subject: Business television
X-Mailer: PCElm 3.01 (1.3 gt)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:16:32 +0000

If anyone has any information they can impart on business television 
services in Europe, would they kindly mail me some rough notes to
dingram@dims.demon.co.uk and _not_ in this newsgroup (as it is too large
for me to track on a regular basis).

Many thanks

Darren Ingram
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From: CNTS12@email.mot.com (Mike Stevens)
Subject: Response on Janiel Stereo Processor
Organization: Motorola CSE
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:42:16 GMT

The response has been excellent to my asked questions on the Janiel.

I'll wait another week and then publish comments that were sent back to me 
for everyone's use.

Thanx,


Mike
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From: mbn@skeletor.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Satellite Retailer magazine address?
Date: 10 Nov 92 22:37:23 GMT
	<1992Nov6.221848.6055@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
Reply-To: mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com
Organization: Shorter Software Solutions

>>>>> "juan" == Juan Parra <juparra@gel.ulaval.ca> writes:
[nothing]

I haven't received a copy of Satellite Retailer in several months.  Are
they still publishing or perhaps my post office is screwing up.



--
Mike Northam, Shorter Software Solutions, on contract to Intel Corp.
(h) (503) 324-1831 (intel office) (503) 696-4860 (shorter) (503) 357-1010
mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com
"You ducks are really trying my patience...but you're SOOO cute. --Apu 9F01
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: CNTS12@email.mot.com (Mike Stevens)
Subject: Information for Janiel Stereo Processor
Organization: Motorola CSE
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:02:52 GMT

I recently acquired a Janiel from Shop at Home and have a couple of 
questions:

1.  Does anybody have any information on how to build and interface such
    that I can talk to the box via my pc.

2.  It appears after a time period the unit will drift off frequency and
    only produce white noise to the amp.  The front display still displays
    the correct subcarrier but the audio is no longer there.  Any body
    experience similar problem?

3.  As a new user to internet I have noticed previous mention of the 
    Janiel but no in depth information.  Any information available?


Thanx.


Mike  
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: lesnyd@monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder)
Subject: Re: Information for Janiel Stereo Processor
Organization: DSC
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:17:01 GMT

In article <CNTS12.55.0@email.mot.com>, CNTS12@email.mot.com (Mike Stevens) writes:
> 
> I recently acquired a Janiel from Shop at Home and have a couple of 
> questions:
> 
I have noticed that when you first tune a set of subcarriers with the Janeil
it sounds really good, but fairly soon the sound deteriorates or turns to
static. With my IRD, I can usually eliminate the problem by turning 
baseband filtering off. 

Larry

Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: harry@cs.tu-berlin.de (Harald Brinkmann)
Subject: What you need to know about BBC WS TV's change of encryption system
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 12:00:07 GMT

This is the info I received from TV Extra recently:

We are happy to enclose all the information you need to receive BBC
World Service Television (in Europe via Intelsat VI F1, Ku-Band) after
the ecryption changes.

There are three simple things you need to do:

1)  You need to buy a D2MAC Eurocrypt decoder. Everything you need to
know about htis type of equipment, prices and suppliers is included in
this pack. (Hm, All *I* got was the address of Nokia Germany and 5
shops for all of Germany who sell this stuff. No prices, no other
specs.)

2)  Your new decoder will only work with a smart card. You will receive
this on paying an annual subscription fee for BBC World Service
Television.

3)  You will then be sen your smart card by TV Extra, along with
details of when to install your decoder and how to use the smart card.

SPECIAL OFFER  ( :-) )

We are pleased to be able to offer you some special discounts:

1)  Normally there is a charge of 19 pounds for optaining the smjart
card, in addition to the subscription fee.

You will be issued with the smart card free, if you return the
contract and the annual subscrption payment before 1 December 1992

2) In addition if you pay by 1 December 1992 your first years
subscrption will be extended so it runs until 31 January 1994. (Very
generous, as the subscription only starts on the changeover to D2MAC
on January 25, 1993)

The prices I have been quoted are:

Special BBC offer before 1 Dec 1992: 70 pounds; 700 SEK
After that + smart card fee        : 89 pounds; 890 SEK
Smart card fee (non-refundable)    : 19 pounds; 190 SEK


If you can't wait to get this service ( :-) ) the address is:

TV Extra
Stargatan 9
S-59133 Motala
Sweden

And, no, I'm not connected to them in any way. I'm not really sure if
I should become a (satisfied?) customer of theirs myself.

  Harald
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Attic dish ???
Date: 5 Nov 92 06:34:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: vidiot.4390
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <152780001@hpuerca.atl.hp.com> krb@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Kevin Barnes) writes:
<Are there any dishes that will fit into an attic and work? My local zoning
<prohibits dishes.

Dishes won't work in an attic and local zoning laws banning dishes in general
have been outlawed by the U.S. Government.

If the ban was part of your deed for the property, those too are now getting
their day in court and in a few cases are being thrown out, meaning that the
deed restriction was illegal.  It varies, check it out locally.
-- 
      harvard\                          spool.cs.wisc.edu!astroatc!vidiot!brown
Vidiot  ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!vidiot!brown
      rutgers/            INTERNET:vidiot!brown%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edu
                                   brown@wi.extrel.com
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:00:08 -0500
From:         Mike Gingell <aurs01!aurw6b!gingell@CONCERT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Where is East Enders?

Recently someone posted a request for info on East Enders. It is broadcast
weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:00PM EST on PBS Schedule D which is on
Spacenet 4 channel 12.

While I am on the subject here are some more tidbits for British TV fans:

Coronation Street,     Mon - Thur 12 midday EST  CBC    E2 19
   "  Omnibus Edition  Sunday 8-10AM EST          "     "  "

Highway                Fri  9:00PM EST           VISN   F3  5

Comedy:
Who's Line is it anyway Mon-Fri 6:00PM EST       COM E  G1  1
Oh Brother             Wed  8:30PM EST           VISN   F3  5
Drop The Dead Donkey   Wed 10:30PM EST           CBC    E2 19
London Underground     Fri  9:00PM EST           COM E  G1  1
A Bit of Fry & Laurie  Fri 10:30PM EST           Bravo  F3 24
Alas Smith & Jones     Sat 11:00AM EST           PBSC   S4 10
Monty Python           Sat 12:00midday EST       COM E  G1  1
Black Adder            Sun  1:00AM EST           COM E  G1  1
Monty Python           Sun  1:30AM EST           COM E  G1  1

--------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA  (919) 850-6444
UUCP:       ...!mcnc!aurgate!aurfs1!gingell
Internet:   gingell%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org
From: rkobenter@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: re:4534, NTSC/HDTV thoughts....
Date: 9 Nov 92 10:40:09 -0800
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

re: NTSC dead vs HDTV

Gary has a point, but IMHO its a Catch-22 scenario, the Commercial TV
stations will not convert unless sufficient home units have HDTV 
receive capability and the consumer won't fork out 2-5k $ unless they
can view something. I mean, just look at the cost of a good 29-33"
(72+ cm) TV these days, in Canada for around $C 800-1000, in Germany
for DM 1600.- (ie: the same price currency fluctuations considered,
and the added features of German TV's)...

I think the first step will have to be a transition, ie: like a D2-MAC
converter that will fit into most 4:3 TV's.

In the interm we will have to live with NTSC till the next century

Another item, how many rotary phones are there? But then look at
the cost of a push button phone ...

robert kobenter

rwkobent@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca

victoria BC Canada
--------------------------------------------------- Hey, DW-TV call ROGERS
                                                    cable-TV, people are
                                                    asking for you!--------
From: lau@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Laurie Vandiford)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Deutsche Welle TV
Date: 7 Nov 92 18:57:30 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service

dans@rehab1.UUCP (Dan Schein) writes:


>  Along with my bi-monthly newsletter was an insert for DW TV. Here are
> the details for those who may wish to watch...

>  Starts NOVEMBER 1st
>  Broadcast from 15:00 to 05:00 hours UTC
>  Bird -> INTELSAT - K 338.5 East
>          Transponder -> H7
>          Frequency -> 11.605 GHz
>          Polarization -> horizontal (North Amer)
>                          vertical (SA)
>          TV sound -> 6.2 MHz
>          Video -> NTSC M

>  German programs -> 00:00 to 24:00 UTC @ 7.02 MHz
>  Foreign languages  00:00 to 24:00 UTC @ 7.20 MHz

I wish somebody would tell Deutsche Welle that most US IRD's and associated
equipment generally do not receive frequencies below 11.700GHz...
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 00:00:07 EST
From:         Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject:      Re: Does VH-1 downlink in Stereo ?

>I don't have a ground station (yet)...  but I was noticing that VH-1 on
>our cable system is not distributed with stereo audio.  I'm trying to
>determine if this a local phenomenon (ie, the Cable Co is too cheap to
>modulate it in stereo) or is it not carried in stereo from the source...

>It seems a little strange that a music video broadcaster would not be
>transmitting stereo audio these days.  MTV, CMTV are all stereo on the
>cable here...  just VH-1 that isn't.



ALL scrambled channels are downlinked with two channels, that is the very
nature of the video cypher.  MANY cable companies are too cheap to put all
the stereo channels up in stereo because this costs them more.

--
    /   Gary Bourgois, WB8EOH, The Birdwatcher: Marquette Michigan  USA   \
   ([-o ~ Tune FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!  S3/21 6.2. Fridays from 9-midnight ~ o-])
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: alh@cypress.com (Andy Hawkins)
Subject: C1 Sparkles
Organization: Cypress Semiconductor Southeast Design Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:09:40 GMT


I have experienced sparkles on C1(F1)@137w since my system was
installed.  The low channels are OK but the upper channels
are almost unwatchable.  Channel 20 seems to have something on it
but the VCII will not lock on to it...
I have a relatively clear shot at the satellite but I may be getting
some interference from trees.

I've also noticed that I am beggining to get interference
from C4 on some xpondrs.

What I want to know is your(the nets) guess as to what might be causing
this?  ie(Trees, Cable, Dish Alignment, IRD, C1 xponrs, or other...)
Also, where is C3 stationed at now.

Equipment:  Uniden 9900 IRD, 10' Mesh Dish, 45o HTS LNB,
            ~150' of Cable...
Location:   Starkville, MS. (Halfway between Memphis, TN &
                             Birmingham, AL.)
--
Andrew L. Hawkins, (Andy), alh@cypress.com
Cypress Southeast Design Center, Starkville, Mississippi
Ph:(601)324-4634                       Fax:(601)324-4614
"The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful."
--        J.B.-- "COCOANUT TELEGRAPH"
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 1992 19:27:15 PST
From:         "Vijay Vaidyanathan" <zycad!yoda!vijay@SUN.COM>
Subject:      Brightside update --- and an interesting sighting about DW TV
              7 Nov 1992 21:43:43 GMT <9211072225.AA04247@Sun.COM>

Robert Smathers says:
> Now about Deutsche Welle TV... Here is something I have no
> heard or seen anywhere but I managed to observe it this afternoon.
> In the horizontal blanking interval of the NTSC C4/5 signal, there
> is a service ID clear as can be.  I don't know how common this
> is in Europe or Asia, but it is RARE in North America to have that
> there.  The service ID says "DEUTSCHE WELLE  BERLIN  I" across

Actually, I think I have seen this on several channels ... I cant
recall which, but I clearly remember noticing this on the PPV
channels during the Olympics (Y'know - that Gold-Silver-Bronze
stuff!). I think a fair number of scrambled channels do this ...

Perhaps I notice this more than most people because the Sierra II
I have is not an IRD. When it inserts its own video synch (so It
can display its OnScreen messages), the ID is pretty obvious.

I think a lot of the VCII(+) scrambled channels have it ...
Obviously, I dont see them in the non scrambled channels ...

- Vijay
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vijay@zycad.com
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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: re:Computer Universal Remote!!!!
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:43:53 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


In article <HOMESAT%92111012530827@VM1.NODAK.EDU> Mike=Wixon%Net=Services%Banyan@HIPPO.BANYAN.COM writes:
>
>Check out the MicroMint.  The sell a board level 8031 microprocessor product
>called IR link.  It is capable of sending and receiving 38Khz IR signals.

Unfortunately, most TV, VCR, and other A/V equipment remotes use 40kHz
carrier frequencies, not 38kHz.
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: singh@r-node.gts.org (Rajendra Singh)
Subject: Prices for VC II+
Reply-To: 88singhr@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 18:16:11 GMT

What is the lowest price you have seen for a VideoCipher II+ descrambler
module?  The dealers here in Canada want $600+ (Canadian dollars).  I think
I saw it for $429 (US) on one of those satellite equipment channels.
-- 
Raj (singh@r-node.gts.org)  If you wish to reply by E-Mail and your response
is greater than 100 lines (or 15K), then please send your response to:
                    88singhr@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca

Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: CNTS12@email.mot.com (Mike Stevens)
Subject: Operation of Uniden 4800
Organization: Motorola CSE
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:38:15 GMT

I recently purchased a Uniden 4800 form Satellite Market USA and found there 
service to excellent, took approximately 10 days to receive it via standard 
UPS.  Not bad from the previous horror stories on the net.

To the real questions:

1.  I observed there is a DB-9 connector in the back which indicates in
    the manual is a port for the factory to use for diagnostics.

    Does anybody have any information if the port can be adapted to work
    with a PC to control the unit or any pin out information?

2.  The 4800 does not appear to output anything on CHs 3 and 4, only works
    if a monitor is connected.  Is this a setup parameter in the dealer
    installation section?

3.  When the satellite number along with position displays on SCI-FI and
    ME/U G5 transponder the information jitters as compared to the other 
    channels it is perfect.  ME/U and SCI-FI comes in with gang
    busters, I don't feel it is a satellite problem.  Any experience?


Thanx,



Mike   
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: Jim Hahn <jhahn@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: FAQ request
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A728398F7F01A4B0@thebit.sph.unc.edu>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 12 Nov 92 16:40:47 GMT
Organization: Health Policy & Admin, UNC-Chapel Hill
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:29:18 GMT

Where might I obtain the FAQ for this group? I've checked the FAQ archives
at pit-manager.mit.edu but couldn't find it. Is there another archive
site 
which has the FAQ? Please advise. Thanks.
Xref: sparky rec.video.satellite:6248 rec.arts.tv:21587
From: phil@phunt.MV.COM (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Computer Universal Remote!!!!
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:34:36 GMT
Reply-To: phil@phunt.MV.COM
Organization: Howtek, Inc.
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1

Hey!

How hard would it be to buy parts and build a UNIVERSAL remote to your computer!!

I mean, it would learn signals, STORE them in the computer (you have to write
an interface program, of course) and then use the computer to send them out
an IR transmitter.

Think of it.  A (virtually) unlimited learning remote.  The program can KNOW
as many prerecorded remote commands.  The program can then do really complicated
scripts/timers only limited by the computer program written!!!

I am a programmer.   Any electronic whiz out there want to get with me an
develop this money-maker?   I think, in this society, it would be verry useful!

Phil Hunt
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: larry@ducktales.med.ge.com (Larry Landwehr)
Subject: Losing authorization
Followup-To: rec.video.satellite
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 14:23:52 GMT

My system lost authorization last night. I was loudly informed of that
by my wife when she went to turn on the TV ("The dish doesn't work any
more!"). So I told her to call up the service provider and tell them to
re-authorize us which they did. Later on it occurred to me that the
date was Nov 11th - the last day of service by our old service provider.
What must have happened was that the old provider hit the receiver with
a disabling signal *after* the new provider hit us with an enabling
signal. Nothing very mysterious, just non-obvious.

On a related note, the dealer who installed our system told me that in
his experience husbands have to talk their wives into getting a satellite
dish (because it's useful - not just a high tech toy ;-). But once the
dish is working, it's the wives who spend most of the time watching it.
This is certainly true for us as my wife really enjoys watching old
detective and mystery shows and there's lots of them on satellite.

Hint: If you want a dish and your wife doesn't, show her a copy of a
TV guide for satellite dish owners.
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