Well you could be wrong and he could be right as most small dishes are offset dishes so I guess you could consider them as not line of sight.
Stephen Smith wrote: > > Although I agree with much of what you said, I'm confused by your > statement > that the small dishes are not satellite feeds? A satellite feed is one > which comes from the satellites. This covers dishnet and directv. You > also > stated that small dishes are not line of sight like CBand. This > statement is > also untrue. If you are not line of sight, you wont' get a picture on a > small dish either. They are pointed directly at the satellites and get > their signals directly from the satellites. The difference is that all > small dishes are digital and only some CBand and KU is digital. Small > dishes are the same as anything else from a satellite except it is KU > only. > The only other difference is that dishnet and directv use circular > polarization rather than linear. but that is the only difference. > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bigfox90210" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:cbandman1949%40surewest.net>> > To: <[email protected] <mailto:TVRO%40yahoogroups.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:26 PM > Subject: [TVRO] Re: Prime Star dish > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:TVRO%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Stephen Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> CBand is not dying. Only some analog on CBand is dissappearing and > > being > >> replced with digital. There is many many digital feeds on both KU > > and CBand > >> which can be gotten with an inexpensive FTA receiver. These would > > be mostly > >> all MPeg feeds but they are all over the place. CBand is excellent > > for > >> this. Many of the old "wild feeds" such as syndicated stuff is > > slowly > >> making the shift to MPeg digital. Any cheap FTA receiver will get > > them just > >> fine on both C and Ku bands. There are still quite a lot of > > syndicated and > >> news feeds available in analog yet. Ask any engineer at a local > > television > >> station and they will tell you it is still quite active and will > > probably > >> continue for a while. > >> > >> Just my opinion. > >> > >> Steve > >> AB8YY > >> it's good that there is someone out there that believes C-Band, for > > I also know that there is plenty of wildfeds and some TV stations as > > well. I love the sound and picture quality with c-band and no small > > dish company nor CATV will match the quality with C-band or the Over > > the air quality given the reason with C-band, I have noted the signal > > is more direct "Line OF Site". This isn't the case with CATV nor the > > small dishes. For awhile back I have posted about the quality with C- > > band and The small dish companies, along with CATV use a backhual > > system when it comes to distributing the poor quality of signal to > > one's location. I just don't quite understand how these small little > > dishes could claim they are a satellite system, to which they are > > not.Would someone out there from this group know the kbsp for dish > > and DirecTV? Thanks. > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "johanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected] <mailto:TVRO%40yahoogroups.com>> > >> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:39 PM > >> Subject: Re: [TVRO] Prime Star dish > >> > >> > >> > Thanks for the great post Rod. I've been an inactive member of > > this forum > >> > for way too long. Back in 1981 I installed, yes I installed my > > first C > >> > band dish in Seattle. I was a rank beginner and had one heck of a > > time > >> > getting everything to work. The worst mistake I made was ordering > > a hand > >> > crank to change dish positions. I soon upgraded. Then in the > > early 90s I > >> > added a DirecTV system to my home. (someone else installed it) > > Now just > >> > north-west of Seattle is Vancouver Island in BC, CA where I and > > six other > >> > relatives have a primitive summer cottage and share a Star Choice > > system, > >> > which is in my name. > >> > > >> > Now that I am retired I come to Mexico during the cold weather > > months up > >> > North, where as a snowbird I have experimented with a 922 4DTV, > > DISH > >> > Network and Star Choice. > >> > > >> > My favorite system now that C band is dying is www.starchoice.com > > but > >> > being a C band dish-head I wont admit it. > >> > > >> > Pete KD7ION > >> > > >> > > >> > From: kb8dns > >> > > >> > Hello all! > >> > A little about myself... 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