I agree with Mr. Miata. TVRO is much different now. You will be able to watch your favorite networks with a 4DTV receiver and a subscription to a service like NPS just like before. But in my opinion, the excitement is in the Free-To-Air viewing. There are literally hundreds of radio and music channels absolutely free, not to mention sports, Nascar backhauls and hi definition concerts. For me, half the fun is hunting for the backhauls with my DVB receiver that scans for new signals. I recommend a visit to this site:
http://www.gofastmotorsports.com/rickssatellitehome.htm There is also a forum on this site where Feed Hunters post all kinds of new discoveries. Good Luck! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: Felix Miata To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [TVRO] Current status of subcarriers on satellite On 2007/12/04 02:30 (GMT) drsivert apparently typed: > I put up my first big dish in 1981. Moved so I had to take it down > and store it. Finally moved to a location where I can now buy/install > a new C-band system. One of the joys with the old system was > searching the various sats/transponders for SCPC. As I have been out > of that area for so long, here are the questions: > 1. What subcarrier modes are in use today and are they able to be > received by us common folk? > 2. Does a good source exist as to listings for what subcarrier > services are on what sats/transponders? > 3. Equipment recommendations? http://forums.satforums.com/SatForumMaster/start/login.php?webtag=mpg is probably the place to start for recommendations. > I DID do a search for 'scpc' in the group but could only find messages > from years ago. There is a tiny bit of subcarrier audio remaining on 3-4 sats, but virtually everything analog, both audio and video, is already converted to digital. IIRC, SCPC has been gone several years already. I quit looking for it long ago. There's a lot of free audio up there, but all digital, mostly on standard MPEG/DVB, some on 4DTV. http://www.lyngsat.com/ is the place to start looking for what to look for once you have the equipment. -- " Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1169 - Release Date: 12/3/2007 10:56 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
