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Ed Mc
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
PING: Patrick Martin/Seattle stations |
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If I understand a reply by Mr.Martin, the local
Seattle stations can be had on the BUD?? How is it done please. I live
in Olympia and am using a cable service to get my locals. Would sure
like to dump this service. TIA. |
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Patrick Martin
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:
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Seattle stations can be received on a BUD via Star Choice (F1), but you
only get 5 channels (ABC,NBC,CBS,FOX, and PBS). You can sub to them via
Dish or Direct and get most of them.
Patrick |
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Gary Tait
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject:
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mwdxer@webtv.net (Patrick Martin) wrote in news:7206-43043CB8-216
@storefull-3357.bay.webtv.net:
| Quote: | Seattle stations can be received on a BUD via Star Choice (F1), but you
only get 5 channels (ABC,NBC,CBS,FOX, and PBS). You can sub to them via
Dish or Direct and get most of them.
Patrick
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Technically Starchoice isn't BUD, although it can be received with a BUD
and a Starchoice receiver (whch you really ought to get its own dish for). |
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Patrick Martin
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:48 am Post subject:
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Gary,
I have had Star Choice for a year and I am still using my 8.5 foot BUD
as it does capture more signal. The dish sits on F1 most of the time. I
have taken Favorites A and B and set one on V and the other on H, and
have divided the channels so I don't have to switch polarity all of the
time. It works out better. I do have the Star Choice Dish, but I like
getting 80s and 90s on most channels in signal. There are only a couple
French channels on F2, so I don't care about those. I don't have HD on
SC, so it works out pretty well.
When I got the SC receiver, I had the splitters all in place as I was
using them for DVB and 4DTV, so it took 2 minutes to have the SC
receiver on and running. Very easy.
Patrick |
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Micro Henry
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject:
Re: PING: Patrick Martin/Seattle stations |
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mwdxer@webtv.net (Patrick Martin) wrote in news:7206-43043CB8-216@storefull-
3357.bay.webtv.net:
| Quote: | Seattle stations can be received on a BUD via Star Choice (F1), but you
only get 5 channels (ABC,NBC,CBS,FOX, and PBS). You can sub to them via
Dish or Direct and get most of them.
Patrick
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How do you get around the "Local to Local Only" rules for out of staters like
me?
uH |
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Patrick Martin
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Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:
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You can't, unless you live within the footprint as I do. Both Portland &
Seattle on Dish are in the same beam. If there is no signal, you can't
get it. With Dish, you can what they call "move" and give them a
different physical address in another area, but it would only work, if
you are in the beam of the signal. Some people have second homes. I have
one in So Cal. I used to get the LA locals here in NW Oregon as I have
an address in the LA market, but they moved most LA stations to
spotbeams, so that is out now. I do get distant locals (the main nets)
from LA & NY though, as they are on conus beams (ABC,NBC,CBS, & FOX).
Patrick |
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