"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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Peter J. Peters is supposed to be on satellite (Telstar 5 / Star1&2 Right)
24/7. They seem to still be working on the system, updating the equipment,
and see to it that he is on during his regular broadcast hours for shortwave
radio. He is NOT on full time 24/7 yet, though he has been on most of a 24
hour period a couple of times.

Al


So, how's the satellite receiver working?

What else is on beside Brother Stair and Pastor Peters?

Is the installation difficult or are there any gotchas?

Frank Dresser

"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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Try it. You'll find something you like on the radio and TV.

Al


I wish I could, but I'm stuck in an apartment for the time being. Still, I
find the subject interesting. I remember listening to the satellite
hobbyist program that WRNO ran about 10 years ago, and it did seem rather
like SWLing. Seems most of them were using steerable 8 to 10 foot dishes.
The prices were more than I wanted to pay, but within the reach of a
dedicated hobbyist. I think you mentioned the dish can be aimed at other
satellites. How much trouble is that?

Frank Dresser

Frank Dresser wrote:

"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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Try it. You'll find something you like on the radio and TV.

Al




I wish I could, but I'm stuck in an apartment for the time being. Still, I
find the subject interesting. I remember listening to the satellite
hobbyist program that WRNO ran about 10 years ago, and it did seem rather
like SWLing. Seems most of them were using steerable 8 to 10 foot dishes.
The prices were more than I wanted to pay, but within the reach of a
dedicated hobbyist. I think you mentioned the dish can be aimed at other
satellites. How much trouble is that?

Frank Dresser

Basically you'd just have to learn the location of the other satellite
and put it on that one instead of Telstar 5. I'm sure there are
activators available for these 30" dishes, but this came fixed so you
could hear the Overcomer only! :-)

It's a Winegard dish. http://www.winegard.com (1-800-288-8094) and
click on residential. Then go to the bottom of the curve and click on
Multisat. Of course there's plenty of other info for mobiles, etc.

Better still, go directly to http://www.winegard.com/home/multi.htm and
see something interesting. They use a 46cm dish instead of the 76cm
dish. Then they put triple LNB's (? LNBF's) on the same mount. So it
appears they *MAY* just offset the LNB to point toward the second and
third satellite instead of actually moving the dish. The deflection
angle would make the difference!

I would have expected ONE LNB and an actuator, like the older C band
units had. Perhaps two reasons for not using that method, if such is
the case. 1) Cut down on wear and tear of the moving parts. 2)
Incompatible signals coming from the different satellites may require a
different type of LNB / LNBF.

Al

I found one station that everyone will probably like part of. Imagine
NPR on a global basis. This is the case with what I have heard of World
Radio Network http://www.wrn.org It jumps about every 30 minutes to
another country and provides information about that country.

Sweden is raising the auto insurance rates for middle aged women (40 -
50) as being too accident prone. You can get important :-) tidbits of
information like this from all over the globe. The above URL will
supposedly give you the program schedule, though it loaded and would
provide nothing further for me.

Al

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Frank Dresser wrote under the subject of "Pete Peters and Satellite":

So, how's the satellite receiver working?

What else is on beside Brother Stair and Pastor Peters?

Is the installation difficult or are there any gotchas?

Frank Dresser