[kwlug-disc] Fwd: Re:

[Colin Mackay]

FTA satellite used to be good.  When I first looked into it, you could get
most of the major networks, PBS, Fox, a few sports channels and some
oddball channels you've never heard of.  PBS and NASA TV still broadcast
and I *think* you can find a network or two, but it tends to be mostly
non-english and religious stations now...  If you want the 4 or 5 english
stations, you end up having ti point at 3 or 4 different satellites, hence
the need for the additional 'horns' or a motorized dish.

Not really worth it anymore, in my opinion...


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Jason Locklin <locklin.jason at gmail.com>wrote:

> There is no PBS transmitter in Toronto that I am aware of. WNED-TV
> identifies it's self as PBS Buffalo/Toronto, but they transmit to
> Toronto, not from it.
>
> Also, "Free to Air" is unencrypted, legal, satellite reception, often
> confused with "Over the Air" (OTA), which is terrestrial transmissions,
> or the pirate satellite receivers that were so popular a few years ago
> (they were marketed as FTA in order to make them legal to sell, but
> were designed specifically to receive encrypted satellite signals). It
> generally requires a 1 meter dish (larger than Expressvu, etc), and
> either a rotor or multiple "horns" to receive from multiple satellites.
> Each bird has a handful of unencrypted free channels, but most of them
> are not English or are exclusively religious programming. Most are also
> not HD. I looked into it before because you could get PBS in HD over
> it, but it seemed like a lot of work, and getting a FTA tuner for
> MythTV seemed hit or miss.
>
> -Jason
>
> On Wed 26 Feb 2014 12:55:28 PM EST, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> > Never heard of PBS Toronto before. Googling it just gets PBS Buffalo
> > WNED. What is the call sign for it?
> >
> > On Feb 26, 2014 12:47 PM, "unsolicited" <unsolicited at swiz.ca
> > <mailto:unsolicited at swiz.ca>> wrote:
> >
> >     PBS Buffalo matters less these days since their
> >     creation/cooperation with PBS Toronto. (i.e. You're going to want
> >     to point at CN Tower anyways ...)
> >
> >     The other local place mentioned is Orion (between Wellington and
> >     Victoria on Lancaster) at http://www.oo5.com/ and
> >     http://www.kwdish.com/ - but their web site has always left a lot
> >     to be desired.
> >
> >     It's worth stopping by at both places - knowledgeable people and
> >     you can barely move for all the goodies packed in to look at.
> >
> >     They're the equivalents to Toys R Us for ...
> >
> >
> >     On 14-02-26 12:19 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> >
> >         Free To Air On Feb 26, 2014 12:00 PM, "CrankyOldBugger"
> >         <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com <mailto:crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>>
> >         wrote:
> >
> >             Hmm.. just went to the Research Electronic website.. what,
> >             pray
> >             tell, is FTA?
> >
> >
> >             On 26 February 2014 11:50, unsolicited
> >             <unsolicited at swiz.ca <mailto:unsolicited at swiz.ca>>
> >             wrote:
> >
> >                 Looks like http://www.researchelectronic.__com/
> >                 <http://www.researchelectronic.com/> have some of the
> >                 manu's too. Just off Northfield, beyond King - 100
> >                 Frobisher.
> >
> >                 On 14-02-26 11:20 AM, Jason Locklin wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                     -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:
> >                     Date: Wed, 26
> >                     Feb 2014 11:15:46 -0500 From: Jason Locklin
> >                     <locklin.jason at gmail.com
> >                     <mailto:locklin.jason at gmail.com>> To:
> CrankyOldBugger
> >                     <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
> >                     <mailto:crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>>
> >
> >                     ... I would only go Wineguard/Channel
> >                     Master/Antennas Direct.
> >                     ...
> >
> >
> >
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