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Reynaldo E. Andrada
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
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I do not know what FTA is so here are my questions if
this is not the correct forum please let me know where is
the right one :
1)Is this legal in US.
2)if this is legal can I buy a dish and receiver
and point to certain satellite like galaxy 11 and
get free feed. I am mostly interested in EWTN.
3)I am from California, would there be instructions
on how to install satellite from where I live ?
thanks,
Rey |
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Chris
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
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"Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510121333260.2292-100000@cardinal3.Stanford.EDU:
[quote]
1)Is this legal in US.
2)if this is legal can I buy a dish and receiver
and point to certain satellite like galaxy 11 and
get free feed. I am mostly interested in EWTN.
3)I am from California, would there be instructions
on how to install satellite from where I live ?
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It depends.
If you think FTA = 'Free To Air' as in, unscrambled programming that's
available for free viewing, then yes, it's perfectly legal.
If you think FTA = 'Steal Dish Network' then no, it's not legal. :)
Websites with info:
www.dvbresources.com
www.satforums.com
www.coolstf.com/mpeg
www.global-cm.net
Websites with stuff to buy:
www.dvbhardware.com
www.global-cm.net
www.sadoun.com
www.sgassociates.com
Most of those sites have info on how to install small dishes. (for Ku
band). If your also interested in signals on C-Band you'll need a dish
of at least 8.5' in size (screw anyone who says you can do it smaller,
you'll just be aggrivated later when stuff doesn't work right).
For info on how to install/tune large dishs:
http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/tuningp2.html
--Chris
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kryppy
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:37:33 -0700, "Reynaldo E. Andrada"
<randrada@stanford.edu> wrote:
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I do not know what FTA is so here are my questions if
this is not the correct forum please let me know where is
the right one :
1)Is this legal in US.
[/quote]
Yes. FTA = Free To Air. :)
[quote]2)if this is legal can I buy a dish and receiver
and point to certain satellite like galaxy 11 and
get free feed. I am mostly interested in EWTN.
[/quote]
Very legal and quite possible
[quote]3)I am from California, would there be instructions
on how to install satellite from where I live ?
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Yes. We will help you. |
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Reynaldo E. Andrada
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:
Re: FTA satellite advice |
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Chris wrote:
| Quote: | If you think FTA = 'Free To Air' as in, unscrambled programming that's
available for free viewing, then yes, it's perfectly legal.
If you think FTA = 'Steal Dish Network' then no, it's not legal. :)
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Thanks I am mostly interested in getting EWTN from galaxy 11 and
this is not scrambled. Which dish and receiver should I buy. I cannot
have the 8.5' or so dish since my backyard is small.
I am planning on installing this dish myself any cheap equipment
do I need to have to adequately point the dish to galaxy 11 ?
Rey
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Gary Tait
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject:
Re: FTA satellite advice |
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"Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510130933180.5834-100000@cardinal4.Stanford.EDU:
| Quote: | Thanks I am mostly interested in getting EWTN from galaxy 11 and
this is not scrambled. Which dish and receiver should I buy. I cannot
have the 8.5' or so dish since my backyard is small.
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You need a C-band dish for that chanel. |
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Pseud O. Nym
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
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"Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510130933180.5834-100000@cardinal4.Stanford.EDU:
It sounds like you are talking about "The University Network" with Gene
Scott.
If this is what you are trying to reeive with a small dish and an FTA
receiver, it is available on IA6 at 92 degrees west.
Any FTA receiver or PCI card and a 30" dish should do a perfect job of
receiving this signal. If that is your only objective you don't need a dish
motor.
If you want to use usenet try "alt.video.satellite.mpeg-dvb". There is not
much traffic there but it may be more appropriate if you decide to go the
Ku-Mpeg route.
I would also reccomend trying the "http://www.al7bar.tk/forums/index.php?".
You will have to register to post in these forums and to see all of their
forums, but it is FREE to register. Most of these forums are dedicated to
info about receiving scrambled signals, but there are many forums that are
dedicated to unscrambled MPG DVB satellite signals by using FTA receivers
or PCI cards and there is a wealth of information in these forums.
Good Luck in your pursuit.
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Chris wrote:
If you think FTA = 'Free To Air' as in, unscrambled programming that's
available for free viewing, then yes, it's perfectly legal.
If you think FTA = 'Steal Dish Network' then no, it's not legal. :)
Thanks I am mostly interested in getting EWTN from galaxy 11 and
this is not scrambled. Which dish and receiver should I buy. I cannot
have the 8.5' or so dish since my backyard is small.
I am planning on installing this dish myself any cheap equipment
do I need to have to adequately point the dish to galaxy 11 ?
Rey
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
Re: FTA satellite advice |
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For EWTN you have 2 options. With an analog receiver and a big dish you
can get EWTN along with 2 Catholic radio stations, 1 in English and 1
in Spanish on satellite G1.
With a big dish and a digital receiver you can get at least 6 feeds of
EWTN for different areas of the world or different time zones in
English, Spanish, and French along with many audio feeds in various
languages on G11. |
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Reynaldo E. Andrada
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
Re: FTA satellite advice |
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Thanks. This is the EWTN that I want but the thing is
how big of a dish do I need ? That means EWTN can only be
had through c-band ? There is no way I can get them through
ku band ?
If I go c band what is the smallest dish do I need ?
thanks,
Rey
On 14 Oct 2005 dmusheff@avantel.net wrote:
| Quote: | For EWTN you have 2 options. With an analog receiver and a big dish you
can get EWTN along with 2 Catholic radio stations, 1 in English and 1
in Spanish on satellite G1.
With a big dish and a digital receiver you can get at least 6 feeds of
EWTN for different areas of the world or different time zones in
English, Spanish, and French along with many audio feeds in various
languages on G11.
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Valdivar
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:45 am Post subject:
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Where in his post did you get the idea he was tlaking about The University
Network?How do you work that into EWTN,which most people btw know what it
means(and what it doesn't) and besides it is on G11 c band.
He will need a C band dish\feedhorn,lnb,or lnbf,cable and an fta receiver
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"Pseud O. Nym" <pon@blurry-vision.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96EE9BC2DE3EAblurryvision@24.93.44.119...
| Quote: | "Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510130933180.5834-100000@cardinal4.Stanford.EDU:
It sounds like you are talking about "The University Network" with Gene
Scott.
If this is what you are trying to reeive with a small dish and an FTA
receiver, it is available on IA6 at 92 degrees west.
Any FTA receiver or PCI card and a 30" dish should do a perfect job of
receiving this signal. If that is your only objective you don't need a
dish
motor.
If you want to use usenet try "alt.video.satellite.mpeg-dvb". There is not
much traffic there but it may be more appropriate if you decide to go the
Ku-Mpeg route.
I would also reccomend trying the
"http://www.al7bar.tk/forums/index.php?".
You will have to register to post in these forums and to see all of their
forums, but it is FREE to register. Most of these forums are dedicated to
info about receiving scrambled signals, but there are many forums that are
dedicated to unscrambled MPG DVB satellite signals by using FTA receivers
or PCI cards and there is a wealth of information in these forums.
Good Luck in your pursuit.
++++++++++++
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Chris wrote:
If you think FTA = 'Free To Air' as in, unscrambled programming that's
available for free viewing, then yes, it's perfectly legal.
If you think FTA = 'Steal Dish Network' then no, it's not legal. :)
Thanks I am mostly interested in getting EWTN from galaxy 11 and
this is not scrambled. Which dish and receiver should I buy. I cannot
have the 8.5' or so dish since my backyard is small.
I am planning on installing this dish myself any cheap equipment
do I need to have to adequately point the dish to galaxy 11 ?
Rey
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Valdivar
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:47 am Post subject:
Re: FTA satellite advice |
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7.5...but you may be able to get away with 6,but don't count on it.
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"Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in message
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Thanks. This is the EWTN that I want but the thing is
how big of a dish do I need ? That means EWTN can only be
had through c-band ? There is no way I can get them through
ku band ?
If I go c band what is the smallest dish do I need ?
thanks,
Rey
On 14 Oct 2005 dmusheff@avantel.net wrote:
For EWTN you have 2 options. With an analog receiver and a big dish you
can get EWTN along with 2 Catholic radio stations, 1 in English and 1
in Spanish on satellite G1.
With a big dish and a digital receiver you can get at least 6 feeds of
EWTN for different areas of the world or different time zones in
English, Spanish, and French along with many audio feeds in various
languages on G11.
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Reynaldo E. Andrada
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
more on EWTN (Re: FTA satellite advice) |
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Ok so I went to EWTN website and found these info :
Digital :
DIGITAL
EWTN Technical Information for Galaxy XI
US Domestic Digital Service
Satellite:
Gal XI
Orbital Location:
91° WL
Transponder:
11C
Transponder Bandwidth:
36 MHz
Downlink Beam:
CONUS
Downlink Frequency:
3920.0 MHz
Downlink Polarization:
Horizontal
Carrier:
SA MCPC CDV
Modulation Type:
QPSK
Information Rate:
36 Mb/s
Symbol Rate:
26 Ms/s
FEC:
R3/4
Allocated Bandwidth:
36MHz
Network ID:
3
And Analog
EWTN TECHNICAL INFORMATION
for Galaxy 1R Analog
Satellite:
Gal 1R
Orbital Location:
133 W
Transponder:
11
Transponder Bandwidth:
36 MHz
Downlink Frequency:
3.920 GHz
Downlink Polarization:
Horizontal
Video Standard (EWTN):
NTSC
Audio
6.2, 6.8Mhz EWTN English
5.76Mhz EWTN Spanish
5.40Mhz WEWN English
5.58Mhz WEWN Spanish
Can anyone tell me if I can get EWTN by buying an FTA ku-band
system ?
thanks,
Rey |
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Pseud O. Nym
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:25 am Post subject:
Re: more on EWTN (Re: FTA satellite advice) |
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"Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510201500390.14879-100000@cardinal3.Stanford.EDU:
| Quote: | Can anyone tell me if I can get EWTN by buying an FTA ku-band
system ?
thanks,
Rey
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I looked at the Lyngsat listings and EWTN does not appear to be available
to a KU band receiver except on Echostar-7 at 119w and it is not in-the-
clear.
There are tons of FREE in-the-clear music channels on that satellite but
there are only a couple of FREE video channels .... "NASA" is one and
"Sky Angel" is the other. You would need a circularly polarized Dish
Network or DirecTV LNB to receive them on an FTA receiver.
The EWTN DVB signals at 3920H-tp11 on Galaxy-11 at 91w should certainly
be receivable with an FTA receiver but this is not KU band. You would
need a C-band LNB and a larger dish .... not a smallish KU band dish.
Good luck,
PON |
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Reynaldo E. Andrada
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject:
Re: more on EWTN (Re: FTA satellite advice) |
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EWTN according to them is free to cable operators and
I am wondering why it is not in the clear. Any idea ?
Rey
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Pseud O. Nym wrote:
| Quote: | "Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510201500390.14879-100000@cardinal3.Stanford.EDU:
Can anyone tell me if I can get EWTN by buying an FTA ku-band
system ?
thanks,
Rey
++++++++++++++++
I looked at the Lyngsat listings and EWTN does not appear to be available
to a KU band receiver except on Echostar-7 at 119w and it is not in-the-
clear.
There are tons of FREE in-the-clear music channels on that satellite but
there are only a couple of FREE video channels .... "NASA" is one and
"Sky Angel" is the other. You would need a circularly polarized Dish
Network or DirecTV LNB to receive them on an FTA receiver.
The EWTN DVB signals at 3920H-tp11 on Galaxy-11 at 91w should certainly
be receivable with an FTA receiver but this is not KU band. You would
need a C-band LNB and a larger dish .... not a smallish KU band dish.
Good luck,
PON
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Gary Tait
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:
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"Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510210934150.13866-100000@cardinal4.Stanford.EDU:
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EWTN according to them is free to cable operators and
I am wondering why it is not in the clear. Any idea ?
Rey
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It is on C-band, where cable operators get their feeds. The one on Dish is
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Reynaldo E. Andrada
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject:
Re: more on EWTN (Re: FTA satellite advice) |
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On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Gary Tait wrote:
| Quote: | "Reynaldo E. Andrada" <randrada@stanford.edu> wrote in
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0510210934150.13866-100000@cardinal4.Stanford.EDU:
EWTN according to them is free to cable operators and
I am wondering why it is not in the clear. Any idea ?
Rey
It is on C-band, where cable operators get their feeds. The one on Dish is
exclusively for home viewers.
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EWTN is on C-band to cable operators meaning unless I go c-band I will
not be able to get this channel. On ku-band even if EWTN is free there is
no way I can get this channel, right ? Any idea why ? Any idea who I can
go to to check this out ?
thanks,
Rey |
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