[kwlug-disc] Fwd: Re:

[Jason Locklin]

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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