Recent content by zazu

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    old style roof antenna

    Hey Dferg,,i wish i could move it,,i cant get up to the roof,, and i need to get something to hook up to the hanging motor wires to electronically rotate this thing, thats even if the wires are intact and the motor is not seized,, do you think that is the solution? i mean this antenna is BIG...
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    old style roof antenna

    i want to thank all those that helped long ago when i posted this thread.. so i was able to throw a 300ohm/75ohm balun to go from the 2 uhf/vhf wires to the coax,,and my little converters boxes were able to then scan and pick up channels.crazy thing is my one tv that has a built in Atsc tuner(...
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    old style roof antenna

    thanks for replying blindowl,, thing is i cant get up to the roof right now,, and the wires are coming down the side of the house to where i can access them. and they had been cut yrs ago,,,basically 2 sets ,, the old double wire vhf uhf,, and then there is a round bundle,, looks like coax on...
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    old style roof antenna

    hi all,, I have on my roof one of those old big rotating antenna setups from the uhf/vhf ntsc days.. i am curious is there any way to use or convert it to be hooked to my ota hd atsc tuners. i know i once had a adapter from the shack to change one of the wires coming down to coax( probably...
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    SatelliteAV / Fortec System Giveaway

    BIG CONGRATS Beagle
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    SatelliteAV / Fortec System Giveaway

    Westampton, NJ 08060
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    DVB Dream and VLC

    ok is this a DVB VLC streaming thread or a VLC streaming thread using any TSreader ,MyTheatre or any other,, i am in need of help with this activity, iwant to do what MarkCalgary is doing,, streaming over the net?i dont want to highjack
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    Painting A Dish

    i would use a GLOW paint , as long as it was non metalic!!( i know when painting a dish it has to be a flat paint) i wonder if there is any glow paint that is non metalic ?? hmmm , now it has me thinking,, i have a 1m and a 1.2m channel master that have to be painted in the next week or so???but...
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    Any Interest???

    what the difference bewteen 4:2:0 and 4:2:2,,, and is the previous post about 4:2:2 to be raken that here in N.A. 4:2:0 is not used ALSO,, PBSHD on AMC3 broadcast in MPEG2, would they change that to Mpeg4?
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    Will Motorola bring back the crt

    any good info links??
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    mounting a 1.2

    Covack, the home improvement stores sell a pole level for 3$ it has 3 levels in it and uses strapes/rubber bands to go a round the pole/post, that should be the easiest way to trell if the pole/post is plumb,,also i have seen u-bolts that big,, if i were you i would go that route instead of lag...
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    CONUS and other things U R afraid 2 Ask

    ROFL--rolling on the floor laughing
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    using a in line amp....

    if someone was gonna use a inline amp,, which direction would the in and out go,, would the IN come from the LNB??thanks
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    Does anyone know of an HD receiver

    i believe it wont work due to that it was an DirecTv unit, which does not "talk"with DVB Mpeg2 which FTA uses, DTv uses thier own DSS signal, and the HD tuner that is in that STB is for DTv and OTA ATSC, but i could be wrong
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    Is this correct: No blind scan

    thanks TIMMY,, but i dont get how it can share the blindscan