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From: phil@phunt.MV.COM (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Encore
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 09:29:26 EST
Organization: Howtek, Inc.
Reply-To: phil@phunt.MV.COM
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <9211112049.AA03412@aurw6b.aur.alcatel.com> (rec.video.satellite), Mike Gingell <aurs01!aurw6b!gingell@CONCERT.NET> writes:
] ST9530@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU writes:
] >Has anyone noticed that a VCII decoder will not even "latch onto" onto the
] >Encore movie channel?  I am having problems believeing that it is just
] >because it is a VC II+ channel, as we get those, but just no audio.  THe IRD
] >GI 2770 Super R, a (almost outdated) VCII board.
] 
] If you get picture but no audio on VC encoded channels then you have
] just told the world that you probably own and use a descrambler that was
] modified to receive programming without paying for it.  This is also
] known in some circles as a Federal Offence.  Get rid of it (The VCII).
] 
] Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA  (919) 850-6444
] UUCP:       ...!mcnc!aurgate!aurfs1!gingell
] Internet:   gingell%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org
] 


FLAME ON!
MIKE!  CHILL OUT BUDDY!

The person asked a valid question.  We hear enough rightous talk from everyone.
 Please, either answer his question, or press the 'N' key.

FLAME OFF!

Now, the answer. ...Encore is no longer using the Packet 90 VCII signal sent
in the HBI (Horizontal Blanking interval) of the video.  The VCII+ uses the
VBI for the equivalent 'packet 90' stuff.  The VCII doesn't lock on because
it doesn't see the code to turn on.

Try this....Go to any other VCII channel, get locked on, then using the channel
number, type in Encores number...It should stay in VCII mode.  If you press
setup 0, you will see the packet conters NOT incrementing.   This will not
do anything for the audio though.

Phil Hunt
(Who actually subscribes completely using a VCII+)

Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: caadams@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Kenny Adams)
Subject: Re: CBC National & Journal Gone?
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:54:32 GMT

In article <77@ravel.ati.com> duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan) writes:
>In article <1992Nov11.191856.22697@macc.wisc.edu> mgkuklinski@vms.macc.wisc.edu writes:
>>It appears that the CBC has replaced Thhe National & The Journal with a new

the journal is history.  both it and thee national were replaced by the new
cbc prime time news.  the national was moved to newsworld but this feed is
an oak-orion feed so is unavailable to most.



>Also, suddenly the English CBC FM Stereo service that was on E2/24 has
>vanished. 

most of the subcarrier feeds on e2-24 were moved to e2-16 or e2-20


> but I'm beginning to feel that all the rumors I've heard
>about ongoing CBC budget cuts are tending to become real in the form of
>service reductions.    
>
most of the worst cuts to service happened about 18 months ago with the
closure of a number of local tv stations,  just the production facilities
were closed.  the transmitters are fed from the last remaining full service
station in each province.  there was also some calcellation of local and
regional programs.  the radio side did not suffer too much at that time.
if there is going to be a problem we should hear about it during the first
week in december as in the past (nice christmas present???)

if you need more information i can see what i can find


i work for cbc in charlottetown pei 


kenny
-- 
kenny adams                charlottetown prince edward island canada
caadams@atlas.cs.upei.ca
standard disclaimers apply.... 
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels)
Subject: VOX on Koperniku
Organization: eng
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:49:28 GMT

Yesterday I discovered the testcard of VOX, the new German TV channel
that will start at the end of this year. Sorry, I don't remember the frequency.

Jurgen


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From: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: RE: VCII PLUS
Date: 18 Nov 92 02:23:00 GMT
Reply-To: terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Outland BBS  UUPCB  403-475-9588

It is possible to buy a SUN BOARD, the company more or less, shut down,
and moved to Mexico, and is working out of there.  BUt you can still get
a SUN BOARD no problem.  There are places in the states..

Does anyone know where I can get a MOSTEK MK 97400R CHIP..
                                                                                                                         
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: stubaker@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Stuart Baker)
Subject: Help on Class Project
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:31:18 GMT

I am doing a class project setting up a business telecommunications network. 
The hypothetical company has locations in Sydney, Australia and London,
England.  I would like to be able to beam a signal from those sights back to
Chicago via any combination of land lines and Satellite Dish. I am mostly
concerned with sending data signals, although if there is some way to do
video/audio that would be great. Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated
greatly.  Thank in advance

---------------------
Stu Baker				Senior A/V Technician
Mitchell Media Center			Northwestern University Library
stubaker@nwu.edu			Evanston, IL 60208-2323
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: In my backup receiver, there is a IF TEST connector...
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 04:23:35 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na


I am thinking on how to get back into SCPC until my good
receiver comes back from the shop.

I opened my backup receiver and I found this coax connector
sticking up from the PC baord that says "IF TEST" next to it.

I think I could hook up a coax connector to my TV band radio
and get SCPC. Many of my friends who I have Emailed agreed,
but they were not sure.

I am trying to find definite verification that nothing
will not happen to the receiver.  I don't want anything
happening to this receiver and thus leaving me out of luck.

Robert
roberts@triton.unm.edu



Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: harry@cs.tu-berlin.de (Harald Brinkmann)
Subject: Re: Two Questions - One Answer
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:35:36 GMT

In article <HOMESAT%92111907515088@VM1.NODAK.EDU> I'D RATHER BE FISHING THAN ON THE VAX <REDLCW@FNAL.BITNET> writes:

>         I also read this morning from one of the Users of this group
> to rotate the dish to F1 if expecting snow.  Knowing my luck, the
> weather forcaster will be wrong and we would receive a foot of
> snow/sleet, and the dish would be pointed at F2. Is there a heater
> on the market for melting some of the snow on the dish?
> 
Commercial dishes are heated from the back by hot air. Not only will
this not do a lot of good to your electricity bill, these gizmos are
VERY expensive to start with. Other ideas are to install some sort of
a car window heater on your dish, but you must make shure that the
metallic dish doesn't short the heater. For someone less clumsy than
myself this may be a relatively cheap thing to build. Here in Europe
I've seen sort of a coating for dishes, which repells water. This is
hellishly expensive even for rather small dishes, so I'll prefer to
clean the dish out with a broom after a storm and I don't think this
will do much good with the kind of snowfall you are reporting.

Hope some of the ideas are useful...

  Harald

Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite,rec.sport.basketball.pro
From: mbn@hfglobe.intel.com (Mike Northam)
Subject: Re: SportsChannel LA going dark
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:02:17 GMT

In article <clark.722224160@angelo> clark@angelo.amd.com (Brad D. Clark) writes:
>mbn@skeletor.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam) writes:
>
>>>>>>> "brad" == Brad D. Clark <clark@angelo.amd.com> writes:
>
>>brad> mbn@skeletor.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam) writes:
>
><<bunch o'stuff toasted...>>
>>2.  PPV ain't gonna go away.  The future is full of *more* PPV events, not
>>less, and SportsChannel's success or failure has little to do with this
>>trend.  If anything, the loss of SC-LA may mean more PPV in Los Angeles,
>>similar to what some other NBA/NHL teams are doing (for example, the
>>Portland Trailblazers produce and market their own PPV games--there's no
>>cable network involvement at all).
>
>Actually, what was really funny, up until this year, and it may still
>be Fact-age, was that Blazer Cable scrambled the games ON CABLE ONLY.
>The games were ITC on the bird. Heh heh heh heh heh heh. I love it
>when uppity TV middle-mismanagers shoot themselves in the foot. :-)

Blazer Cable is unscrambled (again this year) because it is distributed to
a whole buncha small cable systems throughout Oregon who don't want to buy
an extra descrambler just for Blazer games.  The PPV scrambling of HSE is
a different deal because in those cases the local cable systems merely
have to switch their existing HSE descrambler to a different transponder.
(Note especially in this regard that the HSE San Antonio at Houston game
on Nov. 21 was on G6-13, unscrambled--it was on a different bird than the
normal HSE feed).

In addition, the potential home dish market is so small (relative to the
cable PPV audience), that it's probably not worth bothering with--the cost
of authorizing all those descramblers would be prohibitive in the case of
Blazer Cable, which doesn't have the authorization mechanism already in
place.  The Blazers *have* been very aggressive in pursuing local sports
bars who have shown the PPV games in the past (thereby diluting the cable
PPV market).


-- 
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
From: rons@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Ron Stewart)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:08:54 GMT
Subject: Re: help with sierra 3
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite

In rec.video.satellite, gilmore@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Kevin Gilmore) writes:

    I just picked up an older chaparral sierra 3 ird, and it came with
    a uhf remote module which has two f connectors (one labeled receiver
     and one labeled tv) and three wires comming out below them. Does
    anyone know how to wire this up. I am gonna use it as a remote second
    receiver for my new monterey 95. the data link works ok, but i still
    need the second remote...

    	gilmore at casbah.acns.nwu.edu

******************************************************************************
Kevin,
I have one of these and I'll try to explain how I have it hooked up. The 3
DC connections go to back of the receiver. The connection closest to the
F connector labled receiver has a green wire that connects to terminal T1
The connection closest to the F connector labled TV has a red wire that        
connects to terminal T2. The middle connection has a black wire that connects
to any GND connection. The F connector labled Receiver connects to the RF
output on your receiver. The F connector labled TV connects to your TV(I use
only video connections in my system so I don't have anything connected to
the TV F connector. Those red and green wires are +/- 15 volts. The little
box also has an antenna about 8 inches long connected to another terminal.

Hope this does it. Please E-mail me if you need any more help.

Ron Stewart
Santa Rosa, Calif.
From: mbn@skeletor.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: KU sats
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:12:23 GMT
Reply-To: mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com
Organization: Shorter Software Solutions

>>>>> "st9530" == ST9530  <ST9530@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU> writes:

st9530> Can anyone tell me which of the following KU birds are still in operation?

st9530> SBS 4    ** yes  91 W
st9530> SBS 5    ** yes 123 W
st9530> SBS 6    ** yes 99 W
st9530> Gstar 4  ** yes 105 W (new location)
st9530> Gstar 5  ??
st9530> Gstar 2  ** yes 125 W (new location)

st9530> I am in the process of updating the memory in my IRD to reflect correct
st9530> names, locations, etc.  If any of these have been taken out of service,
st9530> and/or a replacement known, please advise me.

st9530> Additionally, if there are any that I have not listed (is this all
st9530> there is available in the midwest (illinois)? Could someone please
st9530> post the ones that are not listed above?

S2       69 W
K2       81 W NBC
K1       85 W
S3       87 W
Gstar 3  93 W (inclined orbit)
SBS-3    95 W (inclined orbit)
SBS-2    97 W (inclined orbit) NBC
S4      101 W
Gstar 1 103 W
Anik E2 107.3 W
Anik E1 111.1 W
S1      120 W
ASC1    128 W

Consult the SouthScan report for services using these.  No reason you
shouldn't see all of them from Illinois, though remember you won't be able
to see the inclined orbit ones all the time.

st9530> Many thanks and much appreciation
st9530> st9530@siucvmb.siu.edu
--
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: edg@ecs.comm.mot.com (Ed Gonzalez)
Subject: Are Cable Co.'s Ignoring 1992 Cab.Bill??
Organization: trunking_terms
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:12:18 GMT


Well, folks, Its already starting... It took longer for the press to
tell us about the cable bill than it took the cable companies to come
out with a loophole to defeat the 1992 Cable Bill.  This weekends fight
was a good example.

It is apparent that the cable companies are changing their scrambling
in an attempt to lock out the dish owners.  Maybe we should begin a
second drive to amend the Cable bill in order to close this loophole.  

Right now, we are seeing this with the fights.  what is going to stop
the cable providers from doing the same with movies concerts, etc??
We are in effect loosing every single right we got under the 1992 Cable
bill. This situation must be corrected NOW.

As a related note, M2/14 went scrambled (non-VC2/+ format) to transmit
a soccer game (Mexico-Honduras).  Care to guess why?  It was being shown
on a PPV basis by some cable provider here in the USA. 

As I said, Its already starting....
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 12:26:07 -0500
From:         "G. Richard Gainey" <rgainey@AUSTIN.ONU.EDU>
Subject:      Subscription

SUBSCRIBE Richard Gainey
From: hudson@attu.oc.nps.navy.mil (Stefan Hudson)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Sci-Fi Channel
Date: 20 Nov 92 05:51:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

Does anyone know how long we will be able to get the Sci-Fi channel ITC?
I don't have a VCII+, and don't really plan on getting one, so I'd like to
know how long I'll be able to gloat to the dishless ones, since the local
cable company dosn't carry it. (They do, however, carry no less than TWO
PPV college football channels, which are _infinately_ more important. :)

---
- hudson@oc.nps.navy.mil (Stefan Hudson)

One of these days I'll make a fancy sig.
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: GI IRD
From: ST9530@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 10:38:51 CST
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU

I have a problem that I am sure some other kind reader has probably seen
or dealt with:  How to receive a satellite that carries both KU and C band
on the same bird?  I am using a GI 2770R, with Gardiner .07 and a CALAMP 25deg
LNB's  I see birds like ASC 1, which I only find video VCII+ encrypted, but
there is supposed to be KU there also.  Does this require entering another
satellite entry, such as A7 (ASC1 now), would I have to program something
like A8 for the KU portion?  A1 is taken by an ANIK satellite right now.

I think I am on the right track, but the manual says nothing about birds
with dual band capability, only separate KU and C band.


st9530@siucvmb.siu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: mbn@skeletor.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam)
Subject: Satcom C-3 to start Dec 16
Reply-To: mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com
Organization: Shorter Software Solutions
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:40:37 GMT

GE American Communications has an ad in the latest _Multichannel News_
stating that C-3 will start up on December 16.  Satcom C-3 replaces F1R
(listed in many guides as "F3") at 131 degrees West.

I don't know where/when testing will take place--if C-3 is already at its
final location, I suppose they could use some of the unused F1R
transponder slots for testing.  Anyone know how they do this for
co-located satellites (for example, when G6 replaced W4?).

--
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: philip@mentorg.com (Philip Peake)
Subject: Re: Satellite reception in Europe
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:00:37 GMT
Organization: Mentor Graphics
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 

In article <5636@krafla.rhi.hi.is>, jii@rhi.hi.is (Jon Ingi Ingimundarson) writes:
|> Greetings,
|> 
|> I've been thinking about buying a satellite receiver but need some
|> answers before I decide to go ahead.
|> 
|> Can anyone tell me how whether it is possible legally to buy subscription
|> to the closed channels, like the movie channel and the sky stations.
|> Or are they only for uk.
|> 
|> I've also been hearing rumors that it's hard to get cnn.  Isn't the 
|> reception the same for all channels on Astra?
|> 
|> For comparrison the normal size of receivers here in Iceland is 1.2 m.

You just opened a BIG can of worms ...

BSB (Sky) will tell you that you cannot but a subscription outside
the UK - the EEC rules say otherwise - this will be resolved
"any day now" - and probably not in BSB's favour.

Unfortunately for you, Iceland decided to quit the EEC, and so
this doesn't affect you ... you will have to persuade some
kind person in the UK to take out a subscription for you.

I *think* that Iceland is outside the normal "service area" for
Astra, and so different channels will be receivable with differnt
signal strengths - you may well get some pictures with a 1.2m dish,
but if you want to get all the channels, you may have to get a
bigger dish.

Philip
From: ycao+@pitt.edu (Yousheng Cao)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Mail Order
Date: 23 Nov 92 15:55:00 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Nov20.143057.16678@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> dcobb@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Cobb) writes:
>
>
>Could someone please send me or post any recommedations for decent mail
>order places besides Skyvision
>
>Thanks

   I would recommend you to order from Hannah & Hanson Newtech. They have 
some good qulity and low sale price things such as 
   C-Band 35 K LNB $35, 1.2dB Ku $50, 
   0.9dB Ku LNBF $95, 25K/30K C LNBF,  
   6ft G5 package $499 w/o VCII+;$799 w/ VCII+, 
   3ft Ku$299, 
   2 ft mini (ready for DBS) Ku$279, 
   3ft Ku w/ H-H rotor positioner, LNBF, remoter, $659,
Their phone numbe (412)621-4214. Service is really fast, you can get your 
order within 3days in most area of the States.

YC
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: neal@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jerry Neal)
Subject: Re: BBC 9 O'Clock News
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:39:27 GMT

bdewey@grok116.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Bob Dewey) writes:

>The last 2 night on G2/T23 at 6PM I have been getting the BBC 9 O'Clock
>news. The sound is fine but the picture flips like the vertical hold
>is off.  What am I picking up and is there a method to correct the 
>picture. BTW the piicture is also in black and white.

You are looking at a PAL signal.  Flips because it is at 50 HZ, ours is at
60 HZ.  B & W because their color system is different.  If you have an older
TV, you can adjust for the flipping, but your picture will still be a bit tall.

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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: "bob lyle" <bob.lyle@canrem.com>
Subject: tvro pricing
Reply-To: "bob lyle" <bob.lyle@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 23 Nov 92 00:43:54 EST

In an effort to quote factual information in a letter to our Federal
leaders here in Canada, I'd like to quote progam packages/suppliers
and pricing that U.S. TVRO subscribers are paying.

If you could, please forward supplier's name, phone number and a
brief idea of what package of channels you have and what you're
paying. I'd like the phone number so I could call and compare the
pricing of the channels we can buy throught the U.S. legally versus
what it costs for the same thing here in Canada.

Thanks!

Bob
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From: M.Willis@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Mike Willis)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Differences in satellite industry around Europe..
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:56:08 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. GU2 5XH

In article <HUOPIO.92Nov19191438@kobra.cc.lut.fi>, huopio@lut.fi (Kauto Huopio) writes:
|> I just bought this month's "What Satellite TV", a UK-based magazine
|> with more articles about satellite receivers and reception problems
|> than programme listings and glamour interviews. And I just realised
|> how _huge_ the UK satellite industry is. Well, the reception is made
|> easy. One can get very good results with 90cm dishs and the sheer
|> amount of equipment already in use per 1000 people is _huge_. Here in
|> Scandinavia (at least here in the very eastern part of Finland) one
|> needs at least 1.5m dish and a good Ku LNB to receive even MTV Europe.
|> If one would like to see Sky News, a 1.8m dish is needed. And CNN from
|> Astra comes with sparklies even with a 2.4m unit. 

Well, you are a long way outside the coverage area, very far north and very far
east, what can you expect? The EIRP in Eastern Finland is only about 40 dBW, 14 dB
down on the centre (LX) for the H1 beam, on Astra 1A. The vertical beams are much
worse. 

You should get considerably better signals from Eutelsat II transponders. These
carry channels like Eurosport, super-Channel, RAI, Filmnet etc. 

The reason satellite is so popular in western Europe is that it is relatively easy
to get a good signal from as small dish. To get this high signal level from the
satellite, the coverage area needs to be smaller. As so many people live in this
small area it is worthwhile. As so few people live in Eastern Finland in
comparison, there is no equivalent to ASTRA. This is the penalty you pay for living
in a nice part of the world away from all the crowds.


Mike
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