<div dir="ltr">My Dad's old 6ft dish was one of those motorized monsters. It was amazing technology when we got it, but now I can't imagine using it. The non-moving Bell satellite is just too much of a convenience!<div>
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 February 2014 02:25, Colin Mackay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com" target="_blank">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">FTA satellite used to be good. When I first looked into it, you could get most of the major networks, PBS, Fox, a few sports channels and some oddball channels you've never heard of. PBS and NASA TV still broadcast and I *think* you can find a network or two, but it tends to be mostly non-english and religious stations now... If you want the 4 or 5 english stations, you end up having ti point at 3 or 4 different satellites, hence the need for the additional 'horns' or a motorized dish.<div>
<br></div><div>Not really worth it anymore, in my opinion...</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Jason Locklin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">There is no PBS transmitter in Toronto that I am aware of. WNED-TV<br>
identifies it's self as PBS Buffalo/Toronto, but they transmit to<br>
Toronto, not from it.<br>
<br>
Also, "Free to Air" is unencrypted, legal, satellite reception, often<br>
confused with "Over the Air" (OTA), which is terrestrial transmissions,<br>
or the pirate satellite receivers that were so popular a few years ago<br>
(they were marketed as FTA in order to make them legal to sell, but<br>
were designed specifically to receive encrypted satellite signals). It<br>
generally requires a 1 meter dish (larger than Expressvu, etc), and<br>
either a rotor or multiple "horns" to receive from multiple satellites.<br>
Each bird has a handful of unencrypted free channels, but most of them<br>
are not English or are exclusively religious programming. Most are also<br>
not HD. I looked into it before because you could get PBS in HD over<br>
it, but it seemed like a lot of work, and getting a FTA tuner for<br>
MythTV seemed hit or miss.<br>
<br>
-Jason<br>
<div><br>
On Wed 26 Feb 2014 12:55:28 PM EST, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
> Never heard of PBS Toronto before. Googling it just gets PBS Buffalo<br>
> WNED. What is the call sign for it?<br>
><br>
> On Feb 26, 2014 12:47 PM, "unsolicited" <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a><br>
</div><div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> PBS Buffalo matters less these days since their<br>
> creation/cooperation with PBS Toronto. (i.e. You're going to want<br>
> to point at CN Tower anyways ...)<br>
><br>
> The other local place mentioned is Orion (between Wellington and<br>
> Victoria on Lancaster) at <a href="http://www.oo5.com/" target="_blank">http://www.oo5.com/</a> and<br>
> <a href="http://www.kwdish.com/" target="_blank">http://www.kwdish.com/</a> - but their web site has always left a lot<br>
> to be desired.<br>
><br>
> It's worth stopping by at both places - knowledgeable people and<br>
> you can barely move for all the goodies packed in to look at.<br>
><br>
> They're the equivalents to Toys R Us for ...<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 14-02-26 12:19 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
><br>
> Free To Air On Feb 26, 2014 12:00 PM, "CrankyOldBugger"<br>
</div>> <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>>><br>
<div>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hmm.. just went to the Research Electronic website.. what,<br>
> pray<br>
> tell, is FTA?<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 26 February 2014 11:50, unsolicited<br>
</div>> <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Looks like <a href="http://www.researchelectronic." target="_blank">http://www.researchelectronic.</a>__com/<br>
<div>> <<a href="http://www.researchelectronic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.researchelectronic.com/</a>> have some of the<br>
> manu's too. Just off Northfield, beyond King - 100<br>
> Frobisher.<br>
><br>
> On 14-02-26 11:20 AM, Jason Locklin wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:<br>
> Date: Wed, 26<br>
> Feb 2014 11:15:46 -0500 From: Jason Locklin<br>
> <<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a><br>
</div><div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a>>> To: CrankyOldBugger<br>
> <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a><br>
</div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>>><br>
<div>><br>
> ... I would only go Wineguard/Channel<br>
> Master/Antennas Direct.<br>
> ...<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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