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And the electronics industry might still be American-based allowing more people better incomes, a chance to buy more expensive computers and maybe one day a home of their own. In our race to get cheap stuff we sent jobs off-shore, left many folks believing wages were damaged irreparably and the...

"In some countries, prices for AKs are very low; in Somalia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Congo and Tanzania prices are between $30 and $125 per weapon, and prices have fallen in the last few decades due to mass counterfeiting." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47

Cloners won't clone if buyers don't buy their goods regardless of turnaround time. The Kalashnikov (AK-47) first appeared in 1947 and is still a favorite of counterfeiters around the world due to demand. On the other hand it hasn't done much to destroy the market for military equipment so maybe...

Being something new pretty much ensures it is not a genuine clone. Technical advancement as most advancement is a combination of old and new. Only very expensive lawyers seem able to discern the correct amount of new to qualify as next generation or breakthrough rather than intellectual...

Buying technology by price alone rather than paying for the expertise, talent, effort and knowledge of an original designer is probably the best way to ensure a technology without a future. Without a return on investment designers can't produce and clone resellers (China doesn't sell us anything...

Ken is an old-fashion-stir-the-pot kind of guy good for keeping folks in the fray and in the game...or at least in the cheap seats. I don't think he attracts much of a crowd on Wall Street. Further reading on the situation indicates yet another proud moment in 'he started it' international...

What am I missing? Press TV is coming in loud and clear right now on 12029. It's not my go-to station but I watched Ken Livingstone a few days ago and it seems to be there every time I look for it.

The phone number was on Brian's reply (as well, I eventually noticed, transiently on the top of most pages) so I called and ordered directly. I'll keep RPS in mind, thanks.

OK, that worked. It is not a matter of putting down the keyboard, it is a matter of an agreement to not use the business paid phone (the only phone) in our house for private calls during business hours. When I make a commitment I like to honor it but it was brief and not habitual and as it was...

When I click on the links for satelliteav.com I get a message from zoneedit rather than the SatelliteAV site. The other day I tried to order a microHD on line (from Canada) and had a message to call for quote. Unfortunately I have been unable to call at the appropriate times. I tried emailing...

There is no mention of intellectual property rights in these articles, it's all just money and the licensing requirement for all BDUs to distribute CBC signal: "Distributors are required to distribute CBC signals on a priority basis and Canadians already pay for the distribution of CBC...

With the ever so subtle difference we pay a premium (by way of paying for encryption) to ensure we can't get the tax provided service. Then there is also the matter that the government isn't charging or benefiting from the collected fees; that goes entirely to large corporations. On the other...

The signal seems to be quite available in the U.S. anyway as listed under 'Border audiences' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC_Television It appears to be available both OTA and by cable to millions of Americans. Oh well, that's that for me, no CBC.

I see News Corp sold NDS (VideoGuard) to Cisco for 5 billion dollars earlier this year. Now there is just the matter of paying for encrypting the signal so Canadians have to deal through privately held corporations for access. Why? What is the benefit to the Canadian taxpayer already funding...

CBC uses Videoguard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoGuard), owned in large part by News Corporation, in turn owned by Murdoch. No encryption, no need for Murdoch, no need for third party involvement, Canadians would pay less for the transmission and not have to ask permission to view what...

Terribly nice some Canadians receive the benevolence of Shaw as they avail their product for free just to get people started, an old system used by a few other organizations. That still doesn't address the issue that Canadians cannot access the benefit of their compulsory tax dollars at work...

The act is written and managed by our government and its agencies, it is our choice to agree, disagree or complacently pony up for the substantial delivery charge (really only substantial for low and middle income families, the wealthy are OK on this one) for our tax funded free lunch. Where we...

This is remarkably true and the result of political parties representing corporate entities rather than members representing the constituents who elect them. We get those parties because we complacently elect their members according to the information we gather through the media, which as it...

Canadians are now being forced to pay Murdoch's News Corp (through Videoguard) even more of our tax dollars to ensure we - the folks funding the government's very expensive 'culture protecting' television network - cannot receive what we have already paid handsomely for unless we pay ridiculous...

Oh well, so long CBC. Does this mean no more letters from Mr. Morrison telling Canadians what a great job they do for all those tax dollars we send them?

Has CBC scrambled their signal at 107.3°W?

I want my microHD

One summer my family rented a cottage between a beach with incredible dunes and a family farm. In the mornings I would visit the barns, fields and apple orchard (with the farmer's full approval) and in the afternoons I would explore the beach and swim in the ocean. I met and spoke with many...

nelson61: That's impressive. As the dish size is commited, that seems like I would be trying for a signal of about 30% power of what is being received now or a potential SNR of 24. Good thing it's a hobby and not a life support system. Thanks Jim

Well Brian that is certainly concise, thank you. I packed in the calculator after trying to work out antenna G/T dB/K and decided to use the less precise calculation - if it's a lot less I probably won't get it, if it's a little less I might. Claude Shannon, one of the most under-celebrated...