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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:15:17 MEZ
From:         Johannes Heyer <C0031018@DBSTU1.RZ.TU-BS.DE>
Subject:      MTV-Text
X-To:         HOMESAT%NDSUVM1.BITNET@DBSTU1.RZ.TU-BS.DE

In seven days the teletext service of MTV Europe is about to start.

Johannes
From: Alan.Crowder@prg.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Astra stuff
Date: 24 Jul 92 07:33:48 GMT
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Hi peeps

Has anyone heard of a dutch naughty channel transmitting from this weekend
on astra somwhere


A list of current stations avaliable would be great if anyone has it.

Thanks in advance.

Alan
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite,rec.arts.tv,rec.video,rec.video.production,comp.compression
From: edward@twg.com (Edward C. Bennett)
Subject: Re: NBC Artifacts: it's not compression!
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:13:52 GMT

In article <3718@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>
>	[ much technical stuff deleted ]

As much as I like reading the technical stuff, I'm not a video techie
and I don't speak the language.

Can you give us a plain-English explanation of why we're see a strobing
effect on fast motion?

Thanks!
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From: skipa@milton.u.washington.edu (Skip Albertson)
Subject: HELP!! Info on Satellite Dishes for Novice
Summary: HELP!! Info on SAtellite Dish for Novice
Keywords: HELP, Satellite Dish
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 18:26:43 GMT


My Dad lives in an apartment complex with many senior citizens
and they are interested in replacing their cable TV connections
with a satellite dish.  What models should they consider and
what costs are involved (i.e. cabling etc.)?
Sorry if this is a FAQ.

Would this work for a group of apartments?  What limitations
would there be (i.e. co-usage, number of simultaneous channels)?

The location is on Long Island, mid-way between New York &
Boston.

Thanks in advance for your replies,

skipa@milton.acs.washington.edu


Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels)
Subject: sightings of 16 degr east
Organization: eng
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 11:20:58 GMT

On 16 degree east I made the following observations:

    11.615 V   a card showing:
                 HASTV  Test YAYINI
                 HBBTV  Stereo

     anybody out there who knows more about this station?


The next are Olympic feeds from Barcelona:
    11.080 H ARD/ZDF 
    11.163 H BBC                (slate shows: BBC BARC)
    11.155 H Canal Plus France  (slate shows: CPF BARC OP2)

A logo showing STAR-1 has disappeared but can now be seen on
27.5 degr west. I don't recall the frequency.

Jurgen


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Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:11:01 -0400
From:         Ron Gomes <rrg@PROLOGIC.COM>
Subject:      NBC Olympic coverage

Vidiot (uunet!vidiot!brown) writes about the NBC Olympic coverage:

	Transponder time was purchased on five transponders, using two
	satellites.

Do you know exactly what transponders and on what satellites?  As I
posted a couple of days ago, I've found two of the Triplecast channels
(White and Blue) and one of the regular broadcast backhauls on the
Intelsat at 27.5 West.  I've also seen the CTV backhaul on the same
satellite (though it's far too weak to watch).  But I haven't found
NBC's Red Channel and I haven't found the second regular NBC network
backhaul.

					Ron Gomes
					rrg@prologic.com
From: jlodman@cs.ucsd.edu (Michael Lodman)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: NBC Olympic coverage
Date: 29 Jul 92 05:12:11 GMT
Organization: CSE Department, UC San Diego

The video artifacts and the crappy audio quality aside, I think
NBC's coverage of the Olympics is atrociously bad. More events, less
sappy whiny background bullshit please. And leave the athletes
dignity alone when they don't win the medal they were "supposed to".
And no more goddammed videos!

It's hard to watch and barf at the same time.....

-- 
Michael Lodman	Department of Computer Science Engineering
	University of California, San Diego
jlodman@cs.ucsd.edu		      (619) 455-1500 x2627
	        Ross Perot for Messiah
From: oopdavid@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (D.RODMAN)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: WANTED SATELLITE DECODING INFO
Date: 31 Jul 92 21:06:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I am a complete novice with satellite communications systems.  I have
learned that of the 200+ stations available to us here on the ground
many of those I am most familiar with are scrambled with some sort
of special coding.  I would like to learn more of this, for educational
purposes only.  How can a service program your box to receive signals
on the pay for view channels without physical access, and more importantly,
why can not I do this myself?  How do special satellite decoder boxes 
work to circumvent these extra requirements?  Why is the use of such 
devices illegal?  Why is it a federal offense (as I am told)?  Is it 
really true that some special decoder boxes (or boards) can receive
all "premium" channels or just certain channels depending on the 
encoding/decoding methodology?

Any information will be appreciated.

Dave (KN2M)
From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re:      vanity uplink on Panamsat
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:29:10 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <9207231600.AA25772@relay1.UU.NET>,         Ron Gomes <rrg@PROLOGIC.COM> writes...
>Saw a curious thing this morning on Ku-band on Panamsat (at 45 West).
>A young woman (American, judging from her accent) was speaking on the
>telephone to someone.  That was all.  Close-up shot of her face and the

Are you sure that it wasn't a 'talking head' for a news organization passing
the time of day while waiting for the other end to take her news item? I've
often seen this on CNN backhauls, WSJ Reports feeds etc. You get to hear one
side of a conversation with her/his buddies back in the control room until the
actual story rolls.

gary
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: bengt@fires1.uucp (Bengt A. Palsson)
Subject: ESPN Olympic feed
Organization: Svenska Popfabriken AB, USA div.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:43:19 GMT


Last nite I stumbled upon an ESPN feed from Barcelona on G1-14
(around 5:00 p.m.). It was in the clear and was preceeded by some PAL
program and then a slate with color bars appeared saying:

Barcelona
PANAMSAT 525 TX

Does 525 signify that the transmission is in NTSC ?

The feed was mostly interviews with athletes from press conferences. Some
of which magically :-) appeared in later "regular" ESPN programming. And
it had a lot of tape machines fast forwarding and rewinding like they were
editing "on the air".

So what is the path that this signal travels ? I assume ESPN uplinks to
a satellite over the atlantic from Barcelona, downlink the feed somewhere in 
the US and then uplink it again to G1 ?

Keep those Olympic feed sightings coming !



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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:20:48 PDT
From:         "Vijay Vaidyanathan" <zycad!yoda!vijay@SUN.COM>
Subject:      Jim Bass and the Drake 1524
X-To:         HOMESAT@VM1.NoDak.EDU

Hi ...

I know that Jim Bass has been hard to find, but does anyone know
what his price for the Drake 1524 is/was ??

Thanks a lot.

- Vijay
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zycad!vijay@sun.com

or

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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:27:42 BST
From:         iinqp@VNET.IBM.COM
Subject:      Red Hot Dutch
X-To:         homesat@vm1.nodak.edu

Well that was a bit of an anti-climax.
  I got home on Saturday night and switched to TRT only to find that it was
scrambled using some unknown system. I have managed to find some information.
It is being marketed in the UK by a company called Continental ???? (I think).
Anyway they have a phone number to call UK 061-237-9252 and for the princely
sum of 47.25 pounds sterling you can rent a decoder for 3 months. Initially
they intend to only broadcast on Saturday nights moving to 2 nights and after
3 months 7 nights a week, so 47.25 pounds seems a bit expensive.
  I haven't called the number but I understand it is open 9-9 BST 7 days a
week.
From: phil@phunt.MV.COM (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: NBC Olympic coverage
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 09:52:52 EST
Organization: Howtek, Inc.
Reply-To: phil@phunt.MV.COM
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <9207281311.AA29495@relay1.UU.NET> (rec.video.satellite), Ron Gomes <rrg@PROLOGIC.COM> writes:
] Vidiot (uunet!vidiot!brown) writes about the NBC Olympic coverage:
] 
] 	Transponder time was purchased on five transponders, using two
] 	satellites.
] 
] Do you know exactly what transponders and on what satellites?  As I
] posted a couple of days ago, I've found two of the Triplecast channels
] (White and Blue) and one of the regular broadcast backhauls on the
] Intelsat at 27.5 West.  I've also seen the CTV backhaul on the same
] satellite (though it's far too weak to watch).  But I haven't found
] NBC's Red Channel and I haven't found the second regular NBC network
] backhaul.
] 
] 					Ron Gomes
] 					rrg@prologic.com
] 
The red, white and blue channels are on F3(F1)-6,-4,-23

F3-4 is RQST TV/1, now olympics for this week

They are also on TVN on T3  Tr 8,9,20

Also found an olympics channel on VC/2  G3-16

G6-9 has had alot of wierd scrambled olympics, like off tuned or something.

CVS (Cable video store) seems off the air, although listed in ORBIT, right
now.  Unscrambled, alternating between CNBC and AMC movies.  Guess they don't
want to show PPV movies in the clear!!

AMC  (F3-01) is unscrambled this week
CNBC (F3-??) is unscrambled too

Me thinks the triplecast 'borrowed' the AMC, CNBC and CVS 'tier bits' for
the triplecast..  The night before the olympics, there was alot of 
wierd data on the data stream.  I think they deauthorized all 
AMC/CNBC subscribers and unscrambled those signals to borrow the bits.  Then,
after the olympics are over, they will reauthorize these users and grab the 
bits back for the respective services and rescramble the services.

Phil

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From: ees1mw@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Mike Willis)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: European Card Swaps
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:02:33 GMT
Organization: University of Surrey

In article <1992Jul21.084148.7619@cetia.fr> philip@vogon.cetia.fr (Philip Peake) writes:


>Remember that Filmnet is not available to "Europeans", of which you
>are one. But only to a small number of countries.

I am European, as are all those who are supposed to be able to watch Filmnet
by virtue of living in Europe, excluding the bits of North Africa etc that
can get it. I was not being exclusive. However it is more easy for a German 
to go to say Holland to subscribe than for someone in the UK because of our 
insular situation. It would be nice to be able to drive across a national 
border and take advantage of different pricing, rules etc without having to 
get on a boat or plane. Maybe one day....


>There are also many British people who may prefer Sky ... even some
>non-British who might want the convenience of two channels rather than one ...

Some even read the Sunday sport and enjoy Blind Date.

>Some non-British might just be interested in the football on Sky Sports too.

Even to the point of paying for it ? Maybe.

>As to "legality" remember that the only legal restrictions are ones imposed
>by governments who have sucumbed to pressure to protect their native
>encrypted services - having the decoders/cards available over all of
>europe just means that the film distributors (etc) will want more money,
>since they sold the rights for "limited distribution" - well, that is
>about to dissapear, the EEC having told the distributors that rights
>are european - or not at all, and to sort out their act by the end of the year.

>The same logic must apply to sports channels - Sky will NOT be able to refuse
>to provide its services to ANY EEC member - in fact, the treaty of Rome
>specifically forbids them from doing so.

One can only hope so. Freedom of information is one of the USA's better 
points. We British have an act specifically forbidding it!

And for all those other Europeans reading, please don't identify the British 
with their government. We really are not that bad, just a minority. It is 
getting embarassing admitting you are British when abroard, especially in my 
job.

Mike
M.J.Willis - CSER - University of Surrey
From: hughes@gary.enet.dec.com (Gary Hughes - VMS Development)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re:      Re: British Programming on US sats
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:08:18 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <HOMESAT%92072210440293@VM1.NODAK.EDU>,         Jorge Picazzo <AL282247@VMTECSLP.BITNET> writes...
>Now we're talking about British stuff...
> 
>    Does anyone know of ANY broadcast of the Benny Hill Show on ANY
>US satellite? Thanks in advance.

It turns up from time to time on Comedy Central, although I've only seen the
movie form that is edited together from the best parts of some of the shows.

gary
From: "anthony tekatch" <anthony.tekatch@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: two-line orbital
Date: 29 Jul 92 00:44:00 EST
Reply-To: "anthony tekatch" <anthony.tekatch@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


Please excuse my ignorance but what is a two-line orbital element? I
have a satellite dish that recieves stations like PBS and Home shoppers
network and other video type signals can I make use of these orbital
elements. Did I miss out on the .FAQ file for this group?

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From: Alan.Crowder@prg.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Screensport
Date: 29 Jul 92 09:56:46 GMT
X-Mailer: mail-news 2.0.3


I may be daft and if so i apologise but why cant i get a decent picture
watching Screensport but can with all the rest. Sometimes if i alter
the frequency it is better but still generally crap. Does the satellite
move around up in the air warranting a slight change in frequency sometimes
and before anyone suggests cleaning the LNB and stuff i already have.

Thanks in advance

Alan
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: harry@cs.tu-berlin.de (Harald Brinkmann)
Subject: Re: PAS1
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 11:50:18 GMT

In article <m0mAab8-0000MWC@mcshh.hanse.de> "Wolfgang R. Schulz" <wrs@MCSHH.HANSE.DE> writes:

> I am checking PAS1 45 W every day. I have NEVER seen direct feeds
> from Brazil on any transponder beamed to Europe. If it ever happens,
> it must be so rare that it is not worth to built a system especially
> for that purpose.
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
Just a short technical note on that: DIRECT links from Brazil to
Europe are not possible via PanAmSat as there is no connection
possible from an Uplink through either South American beams to a
downlink on the European beam. If a broadcaster needs such a link they
have to first get the signal to PanAmSat's gateway earth station in
Florida, who in turn feed it in Ku-Band to Europe. This is also how
Galavision gets here, except they don't use PanAmSat to get to that
relay site. 

And I wonder IF they want to take up more feeds and CMT (thanks
Wolfgang for the news!), where do they intend to put it on their three
transponders beamed into Europe?

  Harald
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
From: cen@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Charles E. Newman)
Subject: British channels
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 07:43:06 GMT



     Can someone tell what satellites and channels British
programming can be received on? 
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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: NBC Olympic coverage
Date: 29 Jul 92 02:40:37 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <9207281311.AA29495@relay1.UU.NET> rrg@PROLOGIC.COM (Ron Gomes) writes:
<Vidiot (uunet!vidiot!brown) writes about the NBC Olympic coverage:
<
<	Transponder time was purchased on five transponders, using two
<	satellites.
<
<Do you know exactly what transponders and on what satellites?  As I
<posted a couple of days ago, I've found two of the Triplecast channels
<(White and Blue) and one of the regular broadcast backhauls on the
<Intelsat at 27.5 West.  I've also seen the CTV backhaul on the same
<satellite (though it's far too weak to watch).  But I haven't found
<NBC's Red Channel and I haven't found the second regular NBC network
<backhaul.

Sorry, the article did not say.
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From: urban@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Art Urban (PROFS))
Subject: Satellite, what's involved?
Organization: Atmospheric Technology Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:38:06 GMT

I recently started reading this group, as I have become discontent with
the local TCI CableVision. Unfortunately, there was no FAQ poster here, or
I missed it. Could somebody e-mail me a copy?

Just in case the FAQ does not answer my current questions, I will post them
here, but do not feel obligated to answer anything which the FAQ will.

What is the cost of a "good" home satellite system?
I had heard that dish sizes were getting smaller; what are common diameters?
I live in Boulder, Colorado; are there resellers/installers in my area?
What kind of programming is available to satellite dish owners?
What is a "typical" monthly cost to subscribe to some/many broadcasters?
Realistically speaking, how many satellites will I have to choose from?
Are there currently any cable channels I receive that I would not on sat?

That should do for now...

Many Thanx!

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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:13:16 -0400
From:         Mike Gingell <aurs01!aurw6b!gingell@MCNC.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Sat. Mkt. USA

>I seem to have lost the 1-800 number for satellite market USA.
>If someone could post this number for me I would be really happy.

Satellite Market USA: 1-800-872-6581/1-516-484-5631 outside USA

Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA  (919) 850-6444
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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:20:43 CDT
From:         DAN ALBERS <DALBERS@UNMCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      GENERAL INSTRUMENT VCII UPGRADE

I was wondering if anybody could help me with information on updating
a GI VCII Descrambler.  I haven't used my satelite system for about 6
months and now told my decrambler is not useable.
   I'm not sure if I need to replace the whole descrambler?
   Take it to a dealer to get an upgrade?
   Contact GI and if I do does anyone have the telephone number?

I contacted several dealers and they were baffled and have suggested
replaceing my whole system or my descrambler ($$)...

   I don't know if other people have had this problem or frustration any
help would be greatly appreciated.
                            THANKS Dan Albers
From: mgm@clipper.ingr.com (Mike Marfell)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: GI VCRS upgrade question
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:03:32 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Intergraph Advanced Processor Division - Palo Alto, CA

In article <kaufman.711602588@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>, kaufman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes:

> >Has anyone received a new back panel? If so, was it shipped in the same
> >package? Hopefully, I don't have to call a local dealer for installation
> >just to get the back panel.
> 
> If you would take the time to read the installation instructions, they would
> tell you that back panels are sent separately, and you should wait until
> you have both the back panel and the VC module before performing the
> installation.
> -- 
> Marc Kaufman (kaufman@CS.Stanford.EDU)


      When I received my upgrade it came with a back panel and in the 
  same box. 

                                                           -Mike
-- 

        If you dont have anything nice to say, say it anyway!

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Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:06:33 BST
From:         iinqp@VNET.IBM.COM
Subject:      Danish Olympic Feed
X-To:         homesat@vm1.nodak.edu

Hi,
  Noticed that someone in Denmark was inquiring about Olympic feeds and
wondered if he had found the feed on Eutelsat II F3.
  Happy spotting
     Howard (Wilkins)
From: starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta)
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Subject: Re: Olympic channels
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 23:25:27 MST
Reply-To: tosh!starta@enuucp.eas.asu.edu (John Starta)
Distribution: usa

erik@vcd.hp.com (Erik Kilk) writes:

> I found the following during the Olympic opening ceremonies:
> 
> 	W4-09  Raw feed with stadium sounds only. Great Picture!

Where exactly is W4 in the sky? I have no listing of it.

john

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