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Agreed. Should not be an issue.

This whole issue has been blown out of proportion. If simple filters will help (most) radio stations keep their equipment operating in this age, and the FCC is helping licensees to get these put in either by the satellite owner/operators or by self install, MOST situations will not be severe...

Victoria FTA, Sorry you missed your chance to invest in your dish. Bottom line is, what you WANT is not mainstream for consumers and can be "here today gone tomorrow" as NETWORKS change how they distribute. You sound like an angry consumer who wants what's "free'" to be guaranteed. It...

Oh, good grief. Lawsuit? the most overused word in a world believing in entitlement. This move was part of the federal register, it was discussed here...It's been discussed in tech news shows, and it was aimed at COMMERCIAL users anyway, (broadcasters, cable systems) with home BUD users who...

It was aimed at commercial users, but open to BUD users...It wasn't exactly national news, but...like almost all things satellite it was, indeed discussed here. Our dishes are not being replaced, our commercial dishes were given a choice of service from the satellite company to eliminate...

This was discussed on Satelliteguys in plenty of time for individuals and broadcasters to do research, AND nobody knew what "protection" was going to be comprised-of at the time. All we knew (including broadcasters) was that SOME form of non-interference from new technology would be offered IF...

We hobbyists are used to rescanning for channels...and for places like our radio station, services like Townhall News will reprogram their digital receivers which will then just "follow" any moves. I haven't checked, but it's possible that the "pro" audio feeds may have already moved to the...

With more (small market) stations relying on internet for programming (not my first choice, but it happens) you might check with one or two in your area if you're LUCKY enough to have private ownership of any stations. They may have dishes not being used. I now use a large mesh commercial...

Fortunately that is not what the FCC said to us.. and...after 16 years of owning radio, I can honestly say only a few small things in terrestrial FCC-regulated issues have I had issue-with. (mainly things I can't really have much of a voice-in even with letters of public comment) ...but under...

If you're referring to the FCC and personal info, there was never a worry but, I can respect non-broadcasters being a bit wary. The FCC is GOOD at security of their info. The best proof that the "Cband buyout/protection" program was that attorneys who handle FCC issues for broadcasters were...

And, they gave the option to (at least broadcasters) to take a buyout and make modifications on our own to keep our existing dishes going. Since filtering is all we are expected to need, the buyout (being paid to handle it ourselves) was the better option. Otherwise, they'd send someone from the...

Interesting idea, interesting suggestion! But...in my case, there'd be too many wires to run if each LNB had it's own cable...what some here may not know is there is 5kw of RF about 150 feet away from this dish. My engineer had to custom design a rotary-encoder based pulse positioning system...

No wife, I'm in charge of the shovels, but apparently not the snow plow, it would seem...lol. We're also limited in how deep we can go and what we can do due to the AM grid below this by just a few inches...it can't be broken or penetrated, so we're limited in how deep it can go.

My C and Ku dish farm has been idle all summer, but with the pending colder weather, it was finally time to go out and make some changes. The only feeds in use right now from the picture include ..Birdview on fixed 103, Fixed 103ku, Motorized C/Ku Birdview, Fixed 125 ku, Fixed 97ku, (probably...

Nice to hear it. Enjoy it (AM stereo) anytime on our stream, it's fed by a tuner in my office. There's a link to our station on the WION forum elsewhere on this site.

Ah, but...consider the amount of Cable Head-ends, AM, FM, and TV broadcasters who would be adversely affected. I get the "money" bit, and agree for the most part...however, would you want to be the Commissioner, Chairman, or on the committee that mucks up more public communications than anything...

And, the plot THICKENS...as the NAB (not a member at WION, by the way) along with the FCC exchange ideas. What a huge MESS this has created.

First the off-topic response... then back to our thread.... "Z.".... NO AM jokes or derogatory comments allowed here, please. There's still some good programmers out there besides us here, at WION. Don't lump us all together as having bad programming or sound quality. Perhaps listening to our...

The last time I remember seeing an Alliance Tenna-rotor used for polarity was at a now defunct religious station in Battle Creek, MI. I worked Sundays at the commercial station up the road a way, and got a call that they couldn't get their programming! The part-timer had no knowledge of...

There's no "later this week." Deadline is looming....please do so ASAP, TODAY would be good.

An excellent question to address to a network engineer! My guess is that they'll say they're "maxed out" in users and need new ways to route traffic on new frequencies. Verizon has confirmed "too much congestion" in our area, with no plans to help us after multiple complaints by the public...

That I don't know, although if you take the current neutrality issues, (please don't anyone steer us there, this is an example only) I suppose it could be. You have to consider, EVERY network, radio and TV, every cable company, and even the small dish companies would be badly impacted by this if...

No, the decision is not final. Those of you who are on this thread and commenting need to file your comment with the proper docket, 18-122 on the FCC website. We've had a thread on this for quite some time. Use this link for simple, easy filing, or...at the top of the page, put the objection in...

I worked on a 6 footer that had some panel damage a year or so ago. I echo the sentiment, it can be done in most cases. If the "pie" shape pieces are still good or if you can duplicate it, carefully working a flat piece into the grooves actually goes fairly nicely. TI did what was mentioned...

If not the solution above, know anyone with a bucket truck? That's a good starting point for at least getting AT the parts to disassemble..and YES, rescue that Birdview. they're still maybe, possibly, could-be the BEST for C-band out there. Once you have one installed, you'll want more...and...