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Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Tuesday, 29 Dec 1992 13:19:17 CET
From: P.Long <PLONG@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject:    BBC-WSTV, you lucky Europeans...

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.)

This offer is valid only within the european footprint, sorry.
From: rpfaff@umiacs.umd.edu (Ray Pfaff)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Fixed key?
Date: 3 Jan 93 16:47:13 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

I noticed on Friday that the Iternational Channel was fixed key.  I 
haven't had a chance to check back on it since then. IMHO, it's a shame
that they want so much money to subscribe to it.  I'd pay to watch 
ITN news, but not $40/ year when CNN is about half that price.
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Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:50:09 EST
From:         Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject:      Re: Rocky Horror Picture Show

>This is only peripherally related to sat tv, but what the hey -

>I was over in WalMart today and noticed they had the Rocky Horror
>Picture Show for about $20. (If you don't know what it is, you
>probably don't WANT to know what it is :-).

>I wonder if it will show up on HBO/SHOW/
>CINE/MOVIE sometime within the next few months?

>Do the TIMEWARP!

>- Bob Wier


Wow!  My copy of Rocky was dubbed from UMATIC taped from the Z channel
In Los Angeles in 1979 or so.  It was always a favorite!

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From: will@wa4phy (Will Wilson)
Subject: Which magazine?
Summary: Which magazine is best
Keywords: Satellite Guide
Organization: none
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:47:50 GMT

In my opinion, Orbit has better "magazine-ish" articles.
Satellite TV -Week is more accurate (due to weekly rather
than monthly publication).

But!  I think after having picked up a copy of ONSAT this
week, I will probably subscribe to that one the next time
my subscription rolls around (unless I decide to do so
before that time)...It has 24-hour grid of ALMOST every
channel worth looking at and some that are not.  The grid
format is much more convenient than the rolling log that
Orbit and Sat-Tv week have when you want to "just see what
in the world is on right now."  Both of the others have a 
grid, but only for prime-time.

Hope this helps!

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From: oester@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Bob Oesterlin)
Subject: More G7 testing
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 03:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: oester@vnet.ibm.com
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester Mn

More G7 testing tonight - *Very* strong solid black video (no audio) on 
Tr 13 & 16. Also looks like SCPC back on Tr 1.

Bob 

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From: stevep@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Steve Pearce)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Unknown Transmission
Date: 22 Dec 1992 17:55:18 GMT
Organization: SSG/CSY Pinewood, UK
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpopdlcm.pwd.hp.com

My Astra dish is probably mis-aligned, it works fine on Astra but it can also
pick up some signals from one the the Eutelsats at 16 East. I have been able
to get HTV for some time, however in the last few days a new signal has 
appeared. It is on 11.160 Horizontal, Clear PAL. It appears to Arabic, has 
anyone got any idea what the channel is?

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From: slepla@acorn.co.uk (Stephen Le Pla)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: sat reception in Kenya
Summary: satellites over africa
Date: 22 Dec 92 10:26:21 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Acorn Computers Limited, Cambridge, UK

Some friends of mine are moving to Central Africa - Kenya.

Does anyone know of satellites that can be received in this area?

I know they would be willing to invest in a large steerable
dish if they could pick up a substantial amount of English
language programming.

Steve.
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From: jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jay Novello)
Subject: Observations from North Carolina
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 15:35:15 GMT

Here are a few odds and ends from the last couple of days:

Hispasat-Ch.25 (KU)--TVE is back, this time with program audio on 6.60.
Linearly polarized.  No other ASC's.  This is one killer signal. (31
degrees west)

PAS1-22(C) -- It looks like my SUR feed is testing LEITCH encryption.
It was locked up tight all day 12/23, but is ITC once again 12/24.  I
guess I'll really have to subscribe now.  The relay on Intelsat 506 (the
inclined one at 50 degrees) remains ITC, and is very strong when it's
"in the box", but disappears completely at its extremes of inclination.
It was funny yesterday---that relay (which is on ch. 10) was showing
that religious station from S2-21 instead of SUR from S2-22.  Somebody
must have set the channel wrong.

More SUR stuff:  I have noticed DIFFERENT programming on I506-10/S2-22
(through the encryption) from that on the PAS1-22 feed from Peru.  It
happens when the former are showing Teleonce programming from Puerto
Rico, or RadioTelevision Dominicana programming.  The PAS1 feed happily
keeps showing Colombia, Peru, Argentina or whatever's coming up from
Peru at that time.  Homestead must be getting the DR and PR stuff via
microwave or something.

Morelos2-23(C) I notice Nuestrocable has gone BMAC.  No idea when that
happened.

S3-24(C) RTPi is playing some very enjoyable music when their color bars
are up overnight.  I haven't listened long enough to figure out if this
is a domestic radio service, but I bet it is.  There's also a weak ASC
playing classical music at 6.12; anybody ID this yet?


-- 
                   Jay Novello                 jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
University of North Carolina Institute for Transportation Research and Education
                         Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
From: cmylod@nl.oracle.com (Colum Mylod)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: CNN Germany
Date: 21 Dec 92 13:05:02 GMT
Organization: Oracle Europe

In article <m0n2kgr-0000MSC@mcshh.Hanse.DE>, wrs@MCSHH.HANSE.DE (Wolfgang R. Schulz) writes:
|> It's not just a rumor anymore: CNN comes to Germany. They join the
|> lately founded channel 'n-tv' [D and will put it on Astra 1B "within the
|> next few days". Maybe on transponder 32, where we do see color bars
|> for several months already? Maybe Bernard Shaw has to learn German now?

32 is showing a circular colour bar logo (needs to be seen to be believed)
with the name "DOCUMANIA" in the lower part of the screen. On 30 is its
companion station "CINEMANIA" imposed on a test card which recreates itself
every 10 seconds. Both services have a count 1-10 in 4 circles distributed
near the corners. Accompanying sound is a sort of rock muzak. This started
this weekend. These are listed on the Info screen (transp. 29) as run
by a Spanish company, service begins 1 Jan 1993. Isn't n-tv rumoured
for the 1C, launch April 1993.
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Date:         Fri, 25 Dec 1992 17:50:48 MST
From:         Bob Wier <rrw@SUNSET.CSE.NAU.EDU>
Subject:      I claim the record -

   I must put in a claim here that I have watched no more than
 20 consecutive seconds of "It's a Wonderful Life" so far this
 season.  It was tough last night, though.  One of the televangelists
 (Robert Tilton?) ran it over and over and over (with the phone number
 for donations superimposed of course).  Every time I hit him I had to
 press the button at warp speed.

 Actually the reason I've heard that this movie is played 50 billion times
 every Christmas (I guess it was cute, at least the first 100 times...)
 is that someone forgot to renew the copyright and it went into public
 domain.  So, assuming you aren't using a recently colorized version,
 you get to pay no royalities on it.  I'd be curious to know if this
 is true.

 Otherwise, it was pretty boring on this end. I did see kind of an
 interesting PBS program on bats in Southern Arizona, though.  That
 was over the air, but I didn't check to see if it was a real time
 feed :-)

 Gary hasn't said much about how the winter is going at the end of
 the world (at least here on the net).  It's being halecious here
 in Az - temps in the single digits every night, and I've even seen
 it down to -10 already.  I can't IMAGINE what it's going to be like
 in February and March.  Probably would be nice at the bottom of
 the Grand Canyon, though.

 Well - gotta go bruch some snow off the dish... :-)

- Bob Wier

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From: jim@neb (Jim Hood)
Subject: Where are regular ST:DS9 feeds?
Organization: Nebula - Public Access Unix/bbs SLC Ut, USA
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 17:34:38 GMT

Since we have already seen the PREVIEW for the NEXT EPISODE for 
StarTrek Deep Space Nine....

Does anyone know the official feed schedule for ST:DS9??
(Satellite, Day of the week, Time (EST for a standard), and 
auido frequencies so I can correctly tune it in stereo.)

Thanks.  Email would be great.  

direct mail to: 
uplherc.upl.com!neb!jim
          or
neb!jim@uplherc.upl.com

-jim
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Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 01:04:43 MST
From:         Bob Wier <rrw@SUNSET.CSE.NAU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: KGAY

 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.

 The reason I ask is that many many moon ago when I was a freshman in
 college, I participated in a radio station which operated on carrier
 current with feeds to each dorm via phone lines - we were WTUL,
 550 on your AM radio dial!  Interestingly enough, we had so few
 listeners that for 6 weeks we once broadcast a dial tone when the
 phone company made a change - and no one ever mentioned it to us!

 In any case, we were originally WAVE (the school logo...) but were
 informed even though we wern't really licensed, we couldn't use
 WAVE because there actually WAS a WAVE (I forget where).  I was
 wondering about a similar thing with KGAY...

- Bob Wier

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From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Pay Per View (was Re: SPICE)
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:32:34 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Dec19.014512.21512@gallant.apple.com>, Owen Rubin <rubin@apple.com> writes...
>And while we are on Pay per View, I noticed that Request 1 and 2 are now
>selling to the public, but NOT through VideoPal. You have to call Netlink
>to order the movie. I subscribe from Netlink, and if they take as long to
>answer
>the call to order the movie as they do for normal customer service, your
>going
>to miss half the movie! Anybody have more info on why they are not using
>the
>VideoPal?

They were supposed to have been testing the use of ANI (Automatic Number ID,
available to users of 800 services) which would mean that you don't have to
wait to speak to a human to order the movie. No idea of they are actually doig
this. In theory, they could make your VideoPal do the dialing for you; the
VCII+ has some capability to deal with ANI style ordering. Again, I have no
idea if it is actually in use.

gary
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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:08:22 EST
From:         Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
Subject:      Re: rec.video.cable-tv -- Let's get an FAQ going!!

>I'm curious HOW people figure out how to modify cable TV converters.
>For instance, I was visiting a friend and he had a cable box which was
>actually _modified_ -- it had a three position switch added on the back.
>They were labelled "Run Mode", "Ch.  Map" and the third position was a
>momentary contact.  (I assumed it was for "Reset" or something.)
>Anyway, I want to know how people figure out how to modify cable boxes.
>Do they just take them apart and start looking at various places in the
>circuit with a scope?  Or do they get a hold of schematics/repair info
>somehow and figure it out that way?

[Lots Deleted]


Perhaps someone might have already mentioned this minor point:  Such
activities you are proposing are a felony.  Unless I misread the thrust of
your posting, it sounds as if you want to receive cable programming without
actually paying the fee for it.

If you want to see PAY TV, then PAY for it.

Or do you also go to the news stand and just stuff the magazines you wish to
read in your pocket.

This is *NOT* meant as a personal attack.  It just reflects a very sad fact
of life that people want something for nothing.  It is this type of mentality
that for years caused satellite subscriptions to be sky high.  Thankfully
Satellite Piracy is now on the wane, and what do you know, prices are coming
down, and in some cases DRAMATICALLY.

By the way, this is the SATELLITE newsgroup, not the CABLE one.

If you don't LIKE your cable company...  BUY A DISH.

Don't just go and try and rip them off.  Cable companies have lately taken a
big offensive against the pirate boxes, and there have been some rather
impressive fines.


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From: platinum@montage.UUCP (Doug Swallow)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re:      Re: KGAY
Distribution: world
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 18:12:07 GMT
Organization: Software Environments, Inc.

Bob writes in article <199212210804.AA16272@sunset.cse.nau.edu>:
 
>  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 does not broadcast directly over the air, though they do have a
affiliate station in Colorado Springs that rebroadcasts the KGAY signal
24 hours a day.  I don't know if KGAY is actually licensed, though.  The
station manager did mention that they had extensive conversations with
the FCC to ensure there was a clear understanding of various rules so
they would not create problems for affiliate stations rebroadcasting their
signal.  Otherwise, I doubt the FCC can tell them what to call themselves
since KGAY is simple a private audio service via satellite.

>  The reason I ask is that many many moon ago when I was a freshman in
>  college, I participated in a radio station which operated on carrier
>  current with feeds to each dorm via phone lines - we were WTUL,
>  550 on your AM radio dial!  Interestingly enough, we had so few
>  listeners that for 6 weeks we once broadcast a dial tone when the
>  phone company made a change - and no one ever mentioned it to us!
> 
>  In any case, we were originally WAVE (the school logo...) but were
>  informed even though we wern't really licensed, we couldn't use
>  WAVE because there actually WAS a WAVE (I forget where).  I was
>  wondering about a similar thing with KGAY...

Perhaps the carrier current transmission method is still a licensed radio
broadcast since it uses traditional AM bands and emits a signal over the
air, albeit one that doesn't travel very far. Hence, it was subject to
restrictions on use of call letters.

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From: roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers)
Subject: Satellite services update
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 18:00:49 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na


I just thought I'd get you all up to speed on the S1 services since
S1 is going dark  on Jan 7.

SCOLA has not announced a new location that I am aware of (but,
then I haven't been watching SCOLA between newscasts to see if they
have a slate with their new location).

UNIVISION feed (seen on xponder 18) appears to be moving over to G6
in it's regular occasional video basis.  I saw the UNIVISION slate
on G6 many times over the last few days.

Sky High TV is gone this morning.  They probably decided to go dark until
the actual purpose of Sky High TV begins.

The In-store FM2 and regular audio subcarrier services are dual illuminating
on S1/17 and S3/18.  I expect the S1/17 feed to go dark any day now.

Health and Sciences Network (oak) probably have decided to take away
their only C-band feed.  I think they will be exclusively fed on GSTAR1
now.

Keystone Inspirational Network pulled their S1/13 feed today.  They
are now exclusively on G3/1.

occasional video services (such as the BMAC horse racing or sports
backhauls) will find homes on other satellites.  

On KU band... I think the Gannett feeds will end up on GSTAR2 or SBS5.  
I haven't taken the time to check on those, but I'm sure they are
on a nearby Ku satellite.

Not related to S1, but....

Playboy has been running a scroll saying they will dual-illuminate
on F4R/22 and G5/2 from Jan 1 to Jan 11.  On Jan 12, they will
be exclusively on G5/2.  I expect the Disability Channel and the Silent
Network to be on G5/2 also on their regular occasional video basis.

 Robert

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From: cazabon@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (Charles Cazabon (186-003-526))
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: It's damn cold here.(was re: now, where is it cold?)
Date: 28 Dec 92 20:00:05 GMT
Organization: University of Regina, SK, Canada

In article <9212280612.aa22558@cbda7.apgea.army.mil> Bill Jones <wejones@CBDA7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL> writes:
>>
>> >  Gary hasn't said much about how the winter is going at the end of
>> >  the world (at least here on the net).  It's being halecious here
>> >  in Az - temps in the single digits every night, and I've even seen
>> >  it down to -10 already.  I can't IMAGINE what it's going to be like
>> >  in February and March.  Probably would be nice at the bottom of
>> >  the Grand Canyon, though.
>> >
>> Well it has been TREMENDOUSLY cold here...  This has made for WONDERFUL
>> reception.  I am, at this moment listening to PERFECT audio on C1 (Ch 2, for
>>........
>> 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
>...
>
Well, here in Regina, Saskatchewan it has been in the -25 C to -35 C
range every morning for the last week or two...and we've had lows approaching
-40 C (around -30 F if I did the math right)...

But don't move here if you don't like hot summers.  We hit 40 C on a
reasonably regular basis in the height of summer.  Our highs, for the
metrically impaired, are in the 100 F to 110 F range.


To add a little satellite-related topic here, does anyone know the effects
of snow on a mesh dish?  I realize a light crusting won't impair my
reception, but what if a ten foot dish is packed full of the stuff?  The
weight alone could damage the dish, but will it affect my reception?


--Chuck Cazabon, cazabon@hercules.uregina.ca
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From: clark@angelo.amd.com (Brad D. Clark)
Subject: Re: I Claim the record -(now, where is it cold?)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:20:13 GMT

"Ed Bailey, Systems Group, X1-7560" <BAILEY@NIEHS.BITNET> writes:
>>still there.  I just got my multimode data box (pk232) upgraded to
>>do some new thngs which includes TDM, and was wondering if there was
>>anything to monitor on sat in this mode.

>"multimode data box (pk232)"???  Wazzat?  Enquiring minds want to know!

A PK232 is a Multi-mode terminal node converter, mostly used for Amateur
Radio "packet" transmisisons (check out rec.radio.amateur or something
like that for a group to snoop about & find nifty things out by & for)
**BUT** can also copy neat things like RTTY (radio-teletype), WEFAX, AMTOR,
and TDM, and a couple of other spiffy modes. 

The NEAT box I want is the DSP2232 (2 ports, and all modems are SOFTWARE!)
but it runs about a grand :-(. Would be GREAT for FDM and other Funky
Data Modes (pun _heavily_ intended). 

Best marker countdown: Tokyo Broadcast System T3/20 this morning... a
guy with both hands using fingers to count down to cue.    

Happy New Year all

Brad )who is rushing to get back home to tape Deep Space Sucks... eh DS9(