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Subject: Re: BBC-WSTV, you lucky Europeans... 
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In article <92364.131917PLONG@ESOC.BITNET> PLONG@ESOC.BITNET writes:

>The BBC turned off their encryption on Christmas eve and now it seems the
>reports are true... it stays in the clear until the end of February when the
>PAL transmission ceases in favour of the MAC/Eurocrypt/expensive subscription
>method.
>If you would like a taste of the best that Britain has to offer :-) , turn
>your dishes to 27.5W Intelsat 601 for the next 6/7 weeks. After that pay up...
>(10.995GHz-V until mid-Jan then 11.643GHz-H.)

I will have to take a peek:-(  I will mail you on other matters.


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From: adammot@ltrnativ.UUCP (Adam Mottershead)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: 25 Degree LNBs
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 17:47:19 EST
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I am looking to buy a new 25 degee LNB.  It will either be a Gardiner or
Cal Amp.

Anybody know who was the best price?

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From: dleon@seas.smu.edu (David Leon)
Subject: Re: Dish vibrator to remove snow?
Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 08:35:17 GMT

In article <v4trfjf@lynx.unm.edu> roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers) writes:
>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

This seems rrather fish to me as well.  It would seem that the constant  
vibrations would warp or ruin one's dish more than snow would.  I have
heard of snow covers and dish heaters, though I cannot attest to their
reliability (it doesn't snow that often in Dallas).

David

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From: Richard J. Gaylord <gaylord@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: German TV "Deutsche Welle" now in USA
X-Xxdate: Sat, 2 Jan 93 03:07:06 GMT
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Organization: University of Illinois
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 09:06:11 GMT
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Subject: German TV "Deutsche Welle" now in USA
From: axgolinski
Date: 1 Jan 93 22:41:24 GMT
In article <1993Jan1.224124.1@ualr.edu> , axgolinski@ualr.edu writes:
>On the 1st of November the German television "Deutsche Welle TV" started
it's
>transmission to North and South America.
>via the new SATCOM C-4

======================

what audio frequency is being used on the C-4 transmssion? it sounds a
bit off at the usual 6.80 setting on my receiver.

thanks.
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Date:         Mon, 28 Dec 1992 23:45:31 EST
From:         Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject: Re: I Claim the record -(now, where is it cold?)

Bill Jones said:

>> Actually it was the coldest summer on record, this past...  Temps around
>>
>If I moved there it would warm up.  I hate hot summers, and have been looking
>for a place to move that has cool summers, so last may we went property
>hunting in Maine/New Hampshire, and based on Gary's recommendations I went
>up past Marquette in early October.  We ran into high 90's temperatures
>in the northeast, and needed an air conditioner in Marquette for the high
>80's temps in October.  I was starting to think that they use a different
>temperature scale up there, but decided that wherever I go it will be hot.


Hmmmmm.....  You must have been here during a very fluke period of
temperatures.  Our leaves turned color in JULY, which even made an ABC
NEWSFEED as the earliest fall on record here.  I do recall running my air
conditioner about 6 days this past summer, and I can not stand temperatures
above 70 degrees.  Are you sure it was Marquette MICHIGAN you visited?  You
say PAST Marquette, and this may have been your problem.  Marquette itself is
where you want to be, like I am, three blocks from Lake Superior.  The lake
temperature is around 40 degrees on the hottest summer day, so those of us
near the lake (specifically in the Marquette Harbor District) find nice cool
temperatures ALL summer.

Elaine LEFT in October in fact, because she was FREEZING.

(The reference to the ABC NEWSFEED qualifies this message as TVRO RELATED)

Further, I encourage you to tune in to the WEATHER channel, and note how many
times during the year Marquette is the COLDEST or has the most SNOW.  It will
surprise you.

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From: glenn@hpsanaeo.nsr.hp.com (Glenn Jensen)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Programming Packages
Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:45:10 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego
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Keywords: Programming




Hello everyone,

I just purchased a decoder (VCII+ / RED) and would like to find 
which programming packages offer the best selection and/or the
best pricing.

Please drop me an email with any information that could assist
me with programming.

Thanks in advance,




Glenn 


-- 
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(1|619) 541-7320

internet: glenn@hpsanaeo.nsr.hp.com
From: flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US (Gary Bourgois)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: KGAY
Date: 21 Dec 92 17:21:33 GMT
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> Has anybody said is KGAY a "real" radio station - do they broadcast
> over the air in Denver?  I'd be curious to know if they actually have
> a broadcast license with that call.

KGAY is a "slogan" not a call sign.  They do have another station that picks
up their signal and retransmits it on the AM band (The other station has
different call letters)

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From: Power@cup.portal.com (Ron A Uitz)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: BBC WSTV
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 15:15:30 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <72154@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec22.175021.536@news.mentorg.com>

>You display a sad lack of understanding of the rest of the world - and the

I'm not going to respond to personal attacks.  I stand corrected as to
what *you* meant by "saleable"; and I continue to disagree with your 
politics.
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Satellite info please
Date: 30 Dec 92 18:46:58 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <cppr36a@lynx.unm.edu> roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers) writes:
<In article <4653@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<>In article <92360.130050AUPCK@ASUACAD.BITNET> AUPCK@ASUACAD.BITNET writes:
<><Hello:
<><or book that will give me a good introduction. I will be moving to New Zealand
<><in the next couple month and interest buying a small satellite with me so I
<><can still watch the US news and programs.
<><Any help would be greatly appreciated.                Philip
<>
<>You will not be able to pick up U.S. satellites in New Zealand...period.
<
<True, but he can watch the US news and programs that are multi-hopped
<onto satellites in the New Zealand area (that is how I took his original
<message).

True, but I took the statement to mean that he wanted to receive the same
stuff as if he were still in the States.  It was a very broad statement, so
I took it to mean the very broad mode.
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From: aa422@Freenet.carleton.ca (Rene Kahle)
Subject: Snow in the dish
Reply-To: aa422@Freenet.carleton.ca (Rene Kahle)
Organization: The National Capital Freenet
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 04:33:33 GMT


In a previous article, "Darwin L. Mecham W-7211 BD9A/752" () says:

>I recently read a posting that indicated that snow weight would make
>tracking unreliable.

I don't know.  One "satellite expert" told me to keep the dish parked
pointed as horizontal as possible (in our case, Satcom C1) when not in use
so the snow doesn't collect in the dish.  Another one told me to keep it
pointed as vertical as possible (Spacenet 2) so the wind doesn't catch it.

Well, I tend to believe the snow argument more, so I leave it pointed at
C4 (on Deutsche Welle) when I know there's snow coming, and if any
collects in it, I simply sweep it off to keep the picture clear and make
sure that no problems develop with the rotor.

I have more problems with wet leaves collecting in the dish in Fall than
snow collecting in the dish in Winter.

Happy New Year!

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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:51:23 -0500
From:         Mike Gingell <aurs01!aurw6b!gingell@CONCERT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Why is EVERYTHING good in the Western sats!

Phil Hunt  phil@phunt.MV.COM writes:
>Why are they putting everything good onto westernmost satellites?
>Isn't that discriminatory against the East coast?
>

>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!!!

You don't just live on the East Coast - you must live in the FAR NORTH
EAST to get an elevation as low as that. I consider myself as
"living on the East Coast" - we are in Raleigh NC and the elevation here
is about 15.5 degrees.  I plugged some approximate numbers in for Boston
and I get 7.6 degrees.

Anyway, where did you get this info about any services moving to C1/F1 -
thats been fairly full for some time. There has been no discussion of this
on the net or any other media that I have seen. Many services ARE moving
to C3 (was F3 also known as F1R) at 131 degrees.

Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA  (919) 850-6444
UUCP:       ...!mcnc!aurgate!aurfs1!gingell
Internet:   gingell%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org
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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: Re: G7 Active
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 05:16:14 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <9212211758@ltrnativ.UUCP> adammot@ltrnativ.UUCP (Adam Mottershead) writes:
>Well, if my senses serve me correctly it looks as if G7 has started
>broadcasting.  Someone mentioned awhile ago they saw a slate on the
>bird.

Yes, there were CB on G7/19 (horizontal polarity) about two weeks or so
ago now.  They were there one day and I haven't seen any CB activity since.

>There is no slate at this time, but Transponders 13 and 17 have some kind
>of activity on them.  On my IRD I get dead black video, and a dead
>subcarrier at 6.2.

I get SCPC on channels 1, 13, and 16 with black screens.  I haven't
checked out the dead carrier at 6.2 yet.

Robert

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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: NFL Week 17 backhauls and a few extra notes...
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 01:36:31 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na


I watched SCOLA after my earlier msg today.  They are moving to ASC1/23.

Broadcasting lost a pioneer today.  Stanley Hubbard died in his sleep
last night.  He started out in radio and was around to play a big
part in television.  He bought the first RCA video camera when it
came out.  He was the founder of Hubbard Broadcasting.  His son is
now CEO of Hubbard Broadcasting.  Hubbard Broadcasting continues to run
radio and TV stations as well as is working on a DBS project.

NFL WEEK 17 BACKHAULS (all ITC unless otherwise noted -- backhauls
on K2-C5 "my sky")--

Saints/Jets CBS  Did not find  VYVX or microwave?
Redskins/Radiers NBC K2/5
Bengals/Colts NBC SBS2/7
Chiefs/Broncos NBC K2/6
Dolphins/Patriots NBC K2/8
Browns/Steelers NBC Did not find
Giants/Eagles CBS did not find
Packers/Vikings CBS G6/13
Falcons/Rams CBS T1/15
Bears/Cowboys CBS G6/7
Chargers/Seakawks NBC K1/15
Bucs/Cards CBS SBS6/16
Bills/Oilers ESPN LEITCH on both G6/10 and G6/24
Lions/49ers ABC G1/14

Robert

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Date:         Thu, 24 Dec 1992 08:59:32 MST
From:         "Darwin L. Mecham W-7211 BD9A/752"
              <mecham@VANDAL.EBR.ANLW.ANL.GOV>
Subject:      Re: this is what was already said and I could still secure

Wolfgang,
        I enjoyed it anyway.
        Mellie Kalikemaka               Darwin Mecham
                                        Somewhere in snowbound Idaho
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From: cazabon@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (Charles Cazabon (186-003-526))
Subject: Babylon 5 feed? (was Re: DS9 Feed...
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 04:51:22 GMT
Organization: University of Regina, SK, Canada

In article <1992Dec28.012657.27862@freenet.carleton.ca> aa422@Freenet.carleton.ca (Rene Kahle) writes:
>
>The information that I have follows:

This matches the information I have if anyone cares.

However, my main question is:  does anyone know when the feed of the
2-hour premiere (well, sort of premiere) of Babylon 5 is, and what 
transponder?  I think it will be on T301/ch5 or transponder 3V, but I
am not sure and do not have times or dates.

I would appreciate any help with this.


--Chuck Cazabon, cazabon@hercules.uregina.ca
* alternate address:  cazabon@meena.cc.uregina.ca
* In the immortal words of JFK..."I am a jelly donut!"
I went to Israel on holiday, and all I got was this lousy gunshot wound.


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Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 1993 13:01:46 MST
From:         "Darwin L. Mecham W-7211 BD9A/752"
              <mecham@VANDAL.EBR.ANLW.ANL.GOV>
Subject:      Re: IRC chat on Sunday Jan 3 at 4 pm ET

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.

Other possible access routes are
>Telnet 128.2.54.2 or 143.248.1.53 or 192.12.12.2 with a login of irc...

I havn't been able to connect to the first two ( I prefer to use quad numerics)
and the login doesn't seem to work on the last...so perhaps you'd like to
try from your site.

Darwin
Stuck in the snow in Idaho
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Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 09:33:58 EST
From:         Bill Jones <wejones@CBDA7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Snow in the dish

>
> I have more problems with wet leaves collecting in the dish in Fall than
> snow collecting in the dish in Winter.
>
I experienced a new problem of things collecting in the dish a few weeks
ago when the big storm went up the east coast.  Apparently in the high
winds birds were not able to fly straight, and we found several dead
birds stuck to the dish!  This probably wouldn't have happened with a
solid dish.
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jay Novello)
Subject: Trucker TV to scramble?
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:22:01 GMT

I noticed in Satellite TV week that Trucker TV (SBS5-12) is going to
"remain in the clear for two more months".

Anybody hear anything further?  This was surprising to me since they've
run promos that say "you truckers can see Trucker TV at home if you have
a satellite dish", then going on to give the info.
-- 
                   Jay Novello                 jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
University of North Carolina Institute for Transportation Research and Education
                         Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
From: a74k110@phobos.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Peterson)
Subject: archive for rec.video.satellite/HOMESAT?
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 05:50:56 GMT
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NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


 Is there an archive anywhere for past articles posted to to this news group
or the HOMESAT list?

Thanks,
 Chris
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Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:04:37 -0500
From:         Monty Solomon <monty@PROPONENT.COM>
Subject:      Re: REC.VIDEO.CABLE-TV -- LET

> Well, if you have a satellite dish, then it's unlikely that you would even
> consider having a *cable box*.  Unless you can't receive your local
> stations any other way, I can't see why anyone with a dish would have
> cable.

There are some advantages to having basic cable and a dish.

You can watch/tape more than one thing at a time.

You can watch the cable in bad weather whereas the dish might be covered with
snow or positioned in such a way to prevent accumulation of snow.

Cable provides reception of local stations and has local access channels
 (school,
town government, etc) which are not available on satellite.

If you tape a lot of programming, you can use a VCR+ with your VCR and cable
 box.

---
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# monty%roscom@think.com
From: luciw@apple.com (Bill Luciw)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Opinions on DX200 and Winegard 10ft Pinnacle
Date: 30 Dec 92 23:26:05 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

Any opinions on the DX200 IRD and the Winegard 10ft. Pinnacle would be
appreciated.  For the IRD, how's the sensitivity and picture clarity as
well as overall quality?  For the dish, how easy is it to install?  

Thanks,

-- Bill

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From: dingram@dims.demon.co.uk ("Darren P. Ingram")
Subject: Re: SatNews ... where are they? 
Distribution: world
Organization: Darren Ingram Media Services
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:08:33 +0000

In article <cuw7VB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> ggranger@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca writes:

>What happened to SatNews?  Have they stopped publishing?  The last copy I 
>got over R.V.S was #096.  If anybody has #97 or more, please send me 
>e-mail to arrange getting them again.

You can sign up for direct Internet delivery of Satnews by sending an e-mail
to listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk and in the first line of the message type
subscribe satnews your_name.

A printed version of Satnews is now being devised, so start saving your
pennies (or cents)

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From: jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jay Novello)
Subject: BBC Radio 4 makes its annual Xmas appearance
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 15:21:19 GMT

For anybody reading this on December 24th or 25th, and who can point a
ku-equipped system at PanAmSat 1 at 45.5 degrees west, here is an annual
Christmas treat for you.  (I didn't know it was annual until I saw the
same thing, in the same place, at the same time, this year as last
year.)

(my) Channel 9 is carrying BBC Radio Four, with crazy digital video
translations of the audio.  If you've ever seen ABC do a "Digital Dump",
the video looks similar to that, but the patterns follow the amplitude
and frequency of the music.  I tuned in just in time for the 1500 GMT
news, got a nice Radio Four ID, and I'm now enjoying the "Festival of
Nine Lessons and Carols".

I'd really love to hear an explanation of this one.  However, in terms
of pure enjoyment (as well as something different to listen to), this
one is pretty exciting.

-- 
                   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: dingram@dims.demon.co.uk ("Darren P. Ingram")