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11-11-2009, 09:19 PM
| | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Sep 18th, 2009 Location: Northern Mexico
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| | | How do fta tv stations work?
Hi, I´m still a newbie here, and I´ve gotta say I´ve gotten most of my fta knowledge from this site. I´m currently watching 30,79,97,101,125ku plus 99C all on fixed dishes. But I´m still curious.
How do fta tv stations work? I mean I understand they are not intended for us to watch directly, but who are they intended for then?
Let's take Cbs @125w. I´m watching Letterman last night (Shakira wow!!), then a commercial break and I see a nationwide commercial for say Macy´s, and then some weather forecast for St. Lucia in the caribbean, then some commercial for the 5 o´clock local news from Eerie, Pa.
So did this signal originate in NY, St. Lucia, or Pennsylvania?
Who was it intended for? All across USA, Pa, NY, or the caribbean?
Just trying to learn a bit more. Thanks.
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11-11-2009, 10:18 PM
|  | The No Pain Train | | Proud Staff Member Join Date: Nov 17th, 2003 Location: Places men fear to tread
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The channel is WSEE which is based in Erie, PA. For many many years there has a been a "satellite" feed (way back in the days when C-Band folks could get networks from other places). This has recently been added to 125W but we dont know for how long
wiki has the info Quote:
Primetime 24
WSEE-TV has been part of the Primetime 24 lineup since November 1997 when it replaced Raleigh's WRAL-TV due to that station's regular pre-emptions of CBS programming. The Primetime 24 service provides American network television service to C-Band and some cable viewers in Latin America, the Caribbean, and in rural parts of the United States where local signals are not available. This feed of WSEE varies from their local one where local commercials are replaced with ads directed towards the Caribbean (especially direct response ads). Also, the station's local newscasts are replaced with infomercials although there is a taped Caribbean weather forecast by WSEE's weather staff (often in tropical garb) nightly at 11. |
most networks have a mix of national chains (Macy's, Sears, Subway) and local ads
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Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv D15 DVR on 101W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
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11-11-2009, 10:26 PM
| | The No Pain Train | | Proud Staff Member Join Date: Nov 17th, 2003 Location: Places men fear to tread
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Originally Posted by jogon64  Hi, I´m still a newbie here, and I´ve gotta say I´ve gotten most of my fta knowledge from this site. I´m currently watching 30,79,97,101,125ku plus 99C all on fixed dishes. But I´m still curious.
How do fta tv stations work? I mean I understand they are not intended for us to watch directly, but who are they intended for then? | it really depends on the channel. Some like the PBS on 125W are for the affiliates
the sports news feeds are obviously for the station that produces it
some channels (mainly on 97W) are designed for us
__________________ Winegard 76cm dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual KU LNB/DirecTv dual..... Fortec 6 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 99W... Primestar 84e aimed at 91W.... WSIDigital 4 foot dish with Sadoun dual LNB aimed at 105W with 2nd LNB for 101W.... GeoSatPro 36" dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual LNB
Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv D15 DVR on 101W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites
Third 6 foot Sadoun dish with GeoSatPro Prime Focus KU LNB on it for maximum rain fade combatting |
11-11-2009, 10:33 PM
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Thanks Ice I´ve learned a lot from reading your posts.
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11-11-2009, 10:38 PM
| | The No Pain Train | | Proud Staff Member Join Date: Nov 17th, 2003 Location: Places men fear to tread
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The networks on 99 West for example are for the Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico. All are OTA stations owned by a company in (of all places) California. The stations are mainly reuplinks of the new york stations with tweaks on the news and commercials
__________________ Winegard 76cm dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual KU LNB/DirecTv dual..... Fortec 6 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 99W... Primestar 84e aimed at 91W.... WSIDigital 4 foot dish with Sadoun dual LNB aimed at 105W with 2nd LNB for 101W.... GeoSatPro 36" dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual LNB
Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv D15 DVR on 101W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites
Third 6 foot Sadoun dish with GeoSatPro Prime Focus KU LNB on it for maximum rain fade combatting |
11-12-2009, 09:48 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Sep 7th, 2003 Location: Canton, Ohio
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Originally Posted by Iceberg
The networks on 99 West for example are for the Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico. All are OTA stations owned by a company in (of all places) California. The stations are mainly reuplinks of the new york stations with tweaks on the news and commercials | 99 W is considered C-Band only (for networks?)
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11-12-2009, 10:58 AM
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The ones he's referring to are C band. Look at the frequencies in The List or Lyngsat
There is Ku on 99 but it's feeds mostly.
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11-12-2009, 11:28 AM
| | The No Pain Train | | Proud Staff Member Join Date: Nov 17th, 2003 Location: Places men fear to tread
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sorry
yeah I meant 99W C-Band
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Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv D15 DVR on 101W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites
Third 6 foot Sadoun dish with GeoSatPro Prime Focus KU LNB on it for maximum rain fade combatting |
11-12-2009, 03:18 PM
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I had been kind of wonder that same question. Thanks for the answer. Guess my next question would be why don't the ones that are not intended for everyone to view encrypt them? Cost?
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11-12-2009, 05:37 PM
| | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Sep 7th, 2003 Location: Canton, Ohio
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Originally Posted by Iceberg sorry
yeah I meant 99W C-Band | I pretty much thought so..Was kind of hoping there was something I missed..
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