Hey Folks - long time "viewer" of Satellite Guys but new poster.
I've done some searching and all I can find are year(s) old posts and not much current information, so I'm seeking some help
I've been more of a lurker than anything else for the last few years, and previously did some Ku Band FTA testing. I moved into an apartment and lost my chance at Sat testing, however now I'm in a better position to start back up.
Long story short, I recently signed up for DirecTV (again after 5 years) and to my surprise, they're still carrying East Coast locals on CONUS, however as expected I cannot receive them since I haven't received waivers or live in an RV. Because of this, I'm kind of giving up on trying to get these channels from DirecTV.
Basically what this long winded post is asking, in 2006 I saw some posts saying some East Coast locals are still being broadcast FTA on C-Band (WPRU-TV(ABC - Aquadilla) on G16 to be exact). Since I can't find anything more recent, I thought I'd ask if this is still the case?
Does anyone know of any (legal, of course) Ku/Ka band FTA birds that are hosting east coast locals? What about C-Band? I'm told almost everything is gone on C-Band, but I hope this isn't true? The goal isn't necessarily just for an East Coast feed, but since I live on the West Coast (State of Washington), I'm trying to find ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC without their time delay. Having lived in the Midwest previously, I know they also don't receive any sort of time delay, so finding locals in any of these states would be valuable to me as well.
I'll be moving here shortly and was considering installing a C-Band dish if there was content available in the sky that I could pick up easily?
I appreciate everyone taking the time to assist me with this search and appreciate any and all help.
- bwg
I've done some searching and all I can find are year(s) old posts and not much current information, so I'm seeking some help
I've been more of a lurker than anything else for the last few years, and previously did some Ku Band FTA testing. I moved into an apartment and lost my chance at Sat testing, however now I'm in a better position to start back up.
Long story short, I recently signed up for DirecTV (again after 5 years) and to my surprise, they're still carrying East Coast locals on CONUS, however as expected I cannot receive them since I haven't received waivers or live in an RV. Because of this, I'm kind of giving up on trying to get these channels from DirecTV.
Basically what this long winded post is asking, in 2006 I saw some posts saying some East Coast locals are still being broadcast FTA on C-Band (WPRU-TV(ABC - Aquadilla) on G16 to be exact). Since I can't find anything more recent, I thought I'd ask if this is still the case?
Does anyone know of any (legal, of course) Ku/Ka band FTA birds that are hosting east coast locals? What about C-Band? I'm told almost everything is gone on C-Band, but I hope this isn't true? The goal isn't necessarily just for an East Coast feed, but since I live on the West Coast (State of Washington), I'm trying to find ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC without their time delay. Having lived in the Midwest previously, I know they also don't receive any sort of time delay, so finding locals in any of these states would be valuable to me as well.
I'll be moving here shortly and was considering installing a C-Band dish if there was content available in the sky that I could pick up easily?
I appreciate everyone taking the time to assist me with this search and appreciate any and all help.
- bwg
