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There's no simple cheap way to interconnect RG6 and Cat5. They are totally different formats- one RF, one digital. In your case the logical thing is to stick with RG6. It is customary these days to terminate all cable runs at some central point- like a box on the outside. If you can find...

Thanks for the info Gary. I never watched this channel much but it was occasionally useful for seeing something I missed on the local PBS station. I don't think I would want to pay extra for it though.

I use to be able to see PBS-national on ch.249 and this channel is still listed in the "zap2it" TV schedule but whenever I punch in 249 on my remote I get ch 240 instead which is just ads. Is there still a ch.249 and if so why can't I get it? Could the local PBS station be making Dish block it...

I routinely check cables for shorts and bad continuity. Saves a lot of headaches later. Bad shield-connections are common. They often go unnoticed on a TV set because capacitance provides some RF-grounding- but on a satellite installation having a good low-resistant shield-connection is vital...

Also move the dish very slowly, pausing about 5-seconds after each small adjustment. There is a significant lag between the time the receiver begins receiving the signal and locks on and registers the fact. If you move too quickly it's easy to pass right by the correct adjustment.

You can go to a website like http://www.zap2it.com and tailor it to whatever channels (including Dish & local OTA) you want.

As I understand it, 8VSB and QAM are similar enough that it is not difficult to design a demodulator chip that will work with both systems. Rather the manufacturers chooses to employ this capability is another thing. Chips are very expensive to design- but cheap to manufacture in bulk so...

QAM stands for Quadrature Amplitude Modulation. Cable companies use it rather than the 8VSB system OTA ATSC stations use because it can carry more data (more channels). There are several versions- like 64QAM, 128QAM, 256QAM. Each increment can carry more data but requires better system SNR...

According to the FCC database, WTWC is running 9.2 kW at 582.9 meters (1912-ft) HAAT. It should be easy to get if you have a suitable antenna. Just remember- ch-2 is a low VHF channel and UHF antennas or even some hi-band VHF won't work crap at 54-Mhz. But you can make your own simple...

Hi everyone Hi everyone. Guess I should say hello. I'm a retired broadcast engineer who recently discovered this site and find it contains a wealth of useful information. I was an early C-band pioneer- built a 10-ft dish out of a kit back in 1982. That was the golden age before scrambling when...

I don't know why you can't get NBC HD OTA there. According to my sources WTWC should be carrying NBC HD programming on ch-2 in Tallahassee. (ch-40 after Feb)

Actually low band VHF is considered very undesirable for DTV and last I saw there will be only 37 DTV stations in the entire country on low-band- less than one per state- and mostly in the mid-west. Low-band has three significant problems for DTV- 1} Low band frequencies (54-88 Mhz) are...

I don't think DBS is a growth industry for any company anymore. I'm no fan of cable companies, but changing technology and trends gives them a strategic advantage over satellite- cable is a two-way street- they can provide high speed internet, phone service and interactivity that satellites will...

I'm in the FM area too. WBBH-DT has a very strong OTA signal and should be easy to get OTA with a simple loop antenna. In fact I get all the local DT stations fine OTA.

What about Dish 500 people? I've had a Dish 500 system set up on 110 & 119 sats since 2001. It's working fine but I wonder with all these changes I keep reading about- new sats, mpeg4, HD- how much longer will I be able to use this system? Right now I'm content with SD and have no plans to...

I have a couple of pictures of it at Photobucket but when I tried to post the links here I got a message that I have to have made 6 posts before I can posts links. So I will give you the links without the "http" prefix and you can paste them in your browser if you want to see them...

Well I don't think I can make this new stuff work with my system. It uses a 70-Mhz downconverter system which has been considered obsolete for many years. And what would I get that I can't get on digital cable? I suspect the close-circuit feeds I use to enjoy are all digitally encoded now...

Hi everyone. This is my first post here. But while I'm new here I'm quite a old timer when it comes to satellite TV. I built my C-band dish out of a "do it yourself" kit back in 1982 when home satellite dishes were just becoming available. It came in many small pieces and had to be assembled bit...