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~ RHF September 10th 09 11:21 AM

(OT) Free To Air Satellite TV
 
On Sep 9, 5:49*am, wrote:
- I don't know for sure, but I think three foot
- satellite dishes have been outlawed here in
- Jackson, Mississippi. About nine years ago,
- with my WebTV box, I could view a taped
- replay/digitally recorded/whatever, of a news
- weather and sports tv program from a tv station
- in Dublin,Ireland.
Of
course it was a sort of a stop action/break action viewing experience,
if you know what I mean? miso, can you actually pick up live Ireland and
Scotland (Wales too) tv with your satellite equipment? in good quality?
cuhulin


Many Mexican Restaurant's here in Northern California
have these 8 Foot Dishes on their Roofs, or in the back
for catching the TV Sports from Mexico.
http://www.satellitetheater.com/c-bandequip.html

-if- You place the Dish in your backyard and it is not
'visible' from the Street {Front of the House}
? Who is to Know ?

Just for the Fun of It : Hang an "IRA" Sign
on the Dish. IRA = Irish Radio Astronomy

Free-To-Air [FTA] Satellite Systems
http://www.aclcomputers.com/fta_satellite_systems.htm

Free-To-Air [FTA] North America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-air#North_America
http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/index.html

Free-To-Air [FTA] Learning Center
http://www.gosatellite.com/FTA-Learning-Center

Free-To-Air [FTA] Satellite Listing
http://www.gosatellite.com/FTA-Learn...ellite-Listing

How To Get Free Satellite TV With Free To Air, FTA
http://www.ehelpfultips.com/how_to_g...ite_tv_wit.htm

FortecFiles - Free-To-Air [FTA] Satellite TV Forum
http://www.fortecfiles.com/
-alt- http://www.abadss.com/

[email protected] September 10th 09 06:29 PM

(OT) Free To Air Satellite TV
 
Don't do like Buck (the Dog) Bundy did,,, don't eat from the dumpster
behind that mexican resturant.
www.bundyology.com

Maybe I should buy a Lyngsat rig and take pot luck?
Does Lyngsat have a toll free phone number? Can I get Cymru Byd radio
station from Cardiff,Wales via Lyngsat?
www.lyngsat.com
cuhulin


Geoffrey S. Mendelson September 10th 09 08:44 PM

(OT) Free To Air Satellite TV
 
wrote:

Maybe I should buy a Lyngsat rig and take pot luck?
Does Lyngsat have a toll free phone number? Can I get Cymru Byd radio
station from Cardiff,Wales via Lyngsat?
www.lyngsat.com


Lyngsat does not sell anything, they are a directory site. If you want an
FTA rig, you have to find an FTA satellite dealer in the area and get them
to install it.

If you are handy with tools, good at climbing on roofs, and have some math
and computer skills you can do it yourself. It's difficult because there is
a hard and an easy way to align the dish, and the easy way requires some
equipment that costs more than you would be willing to spend on the whole
enterprise.

Look at Lyngsat for the package you want to try and receive and then use
the site I posted in a previous link to see if you can receive the
signals you want. In the end once you determine that you can get what you
want from where you are with a dish you are willing to buy and can get
the permits you need (if any), you need to look and see if it will work.

Then you have to look up in the direction of the satellite (azimuth)
and at the angle it will be at (elevation) to make sure you have a clear
view of the sky. If there is a building or trees, etc in the way, you
will have to move the dish.

Geoff.
--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM

dave September 11th 09 02:32 AM

(OT) Free To Air Satellite TV
 
wrote:
Don't do like Buck (the Dog) Bundy did,,, don't eat from the dumpster
behind that mexican resturant.
www.bundyology.com

Maybe I should buy a Lyngsat rig and take pot luck?
Does Lyngsat have a toll free phone number? Can I get Cymru Byd radio
station from Cardiff,Wales via Lyngsat?
www.lyngsat.com
cuhulin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/

dave September 11th 09 02:38 AM

(OT) Free To Air Satellite TV
 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
wrote:

Maybe I should buy a Lyngsat rig and take pot luck?
Does Lyngsat have a toll free phone number? Can I get Cymru Byd radio
station from Cardiff,Wales via Lyngsat?
www.lyngsat.com


Lyngsat does not sell anything, they are a directory site. If you want an
FTA rig, you have to find an FTA satellite dealer in the area and get them
to install it.

If you are handy with tools, good at climbing on roofs, and have some math
and computer skills you can do it yourself. It's difficult because there is
a hard and an easy way to align the dish, and the easy way requires some
equipment that costs more than you would be willing to spend on the whole
enterprise.

Look at Lyngsat for the package you want to try and receive and then use
the site I posted in a previous link to see if you can receive the
signals you want. In the end once you determine that you can get what you
want from where you are with a dish you are willing to buy and can get
the permits you need (if any), you need to look and see if it will work.

Then you have to look up in the direction of the satellite (azimuth)
and at the angle it will be at (elevation) to make sure you have a clear
view of the sky. If there is a building or trees, etc in the way, you
will have to move the dish.

Geoff.


I can find satellites pretty easily with a compass and an inclinometer.
I have my old Boy Scout compass, and the inclinometer came with an
Echostar (Houston Tracker) IRD self-install kit. I use Lyngsat and a
Standard receiver to fine aim, once I've gotten in the ballpark with the
crude tools. You can usually go to the satellite operator's page and
that'll tell you where to look on the compass for your area.

[email protected][_2_] September 14th 09 10:13 AM

(OT) Free To Air Satellite TV
 
On Sep 10, 6:32*pm, dave wrote:
wrote:
Don't do like Buck (the Dog) Bundy did,,, don't eat from the dumpster
behind that mexican resturant.
www.bundyology.com


Maybe I should buy a Lyngsat rig and take pot luck?
Does Lyngsat have a toll free phone number? Can I get Cymru Byd radio
station from Cardiff,Wales via Lyngsat?
www.lyngsat.com
cuhulin


http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/


Radio on these birds are not as well documented as TV. I guess there
is less interest. Given the rules in the non-commercial part of the FM
broadcast band, I bet there are many NPR type feeds on satelite. [If I
have the rules correctly, commercial FM translators have to receive
their station off the airwaves. Non-commercial stations are allowed a
satellite feed.


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