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Drifting satellite threatens US cable programming
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Posted on 05/11/2010 11:49:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono

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To: FlyFisher

That’s another good post. I’m not a good line of sight to the towers unfortunately.


61 posted on 05/11/2010 6:02:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Excusaholic: MeCain lost to Jr., RINO endorsements are flying, & you live at 2012 Denial Blvd.)
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Now that digital has taken over, those coat hangers are useless.

Not so. You just have to bend them differently, and use a 300-75 ohm transformer.

62 posted on 05/11/2010 6:02:59 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: lakeman

Pffft what good are coat haangers and tin foil without pliers to turn the darn thing on and change channels.”

Too funny. Actualy my mom took the dials off so that we could only watch her “approved” channel - one of two that were available when TV first came into our house. We unplugged it to turn off and plugged it in to turn it on. Wonder we all turned out so well.


63 posted on 05/11/2010 8:48:09 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Those new-fangled digital signals get to your house the same way as the old analog ones...over-the-air (OTA). Rabbit ears, foil and coat hangers work the same ‘ol way!


64 posted on 05/11/2010 8:54:23 PM PDT by Drago
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Thanks Drago. Good to know. It should have been obvious... but I’ll admit I never thought of it that way. I thought there was a special tuner involved. Evidently the tuner is much the same, but the decoding is different.


65 posted on 05/12/2010 8:25:56 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Excusaholic: MeCain lost to Jr., RINO endorsements are flying, & you live at 2012 Denial Blvd.)
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