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[email protected] April 16th 12 05:34 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:21:01 +0100
Ian wrote:
In message , d
writes
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:34:21 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to
donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

B2003


A lot of those dishes are for the foreign channels the immigrants like.


Ah yes, the ones who come to britain because they haven't got 2 pennies to
rub together in their own country but mysteriously find enough cash to
pay for satellite TV and a widescreen TV once here. Amazing isn't it?

B2003


This isn't the Daily Mail, so please give us a break.


Correct , its whats known as "reality", which if you're a Guardian reader its
something you'll only be distantly familiar with.

B2003



J G Miller[_4_] April 16th 12 05:40 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
On Monday, April 16th, 2012, at 15:03:24h +0000, Silk retorted:

J G Miller wrote:

They're relays.


QUOTE

a combination of a receiver and transmitter designed to receive
radio signals and retransmit them, in order to extend their range

UNQUOTE


Be told.


"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone,
'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."

Where they take their "feed" from is irrelevant.


From whence they take their feed is entirely relevant to the point
being made.


J G Miller[_4_] April 16th 12 05:42 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
On Monday, April 16th, 2012, at 16:00:57h +0100, David W E Roberts asked:

Oh, and which mobile phone is best for organising criminal activity?


If you need to ask, ask a journalist from News International.


Adrian[_3_] April 16th 12 06:08 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
S Viemeister wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:59 AM, d wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:50:04 -0400
S wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:46 AM,
d wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your
house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to
donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like
Houston space
centre.

Some parts of the country get no more than 20 channels with Freeview,


Only 20 channels? Life must be tough. I hope they get free councilling.

and have no access to cable - so there are many homes with satellite
dishes.


Why, can't they get the 80 odd channels on freeview?

No. Many remote areas don't get the full range of Freeview channels, and
before the changeover to digital, could only receive 5 channels.


Actually, most relays only had 4 channels, now just the 3 PSB muxes.

--
Adrian

Ian Jackson[_2_] April 16th 12 06:12 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
In message , Silk
writes
J G Miller wrote:

But those are not *relays*. They are line fed from Mendip.


They're relays. Be told. Where they take their "feed" from is irrelevant.


I would have thought that at any particular location, the limitation on
the number of 'new' reorganised MUXes is essentially determined by
number of free holes that are left in the spectrum (although I suppose
there could also be constraints due to lack of physical 'real estate' in
the equipment racks and the aerial systems).
--
Ian

Stephen Wolstenholme[_2_] April 16th 12 06:33 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:40:06 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Monday, April 16th, 2012, at 15:03:24h +0000, Silk retorted:

J G Miller wrote:

They're relays.


QUOTE

a combination of a receiver and transmitter designed to receive
radio signals and retransmit them, in order to extend their range

UNQUOTE



Only if it is a repeater relay. Some relays are primarily
transponders. The ones I worked on did both. The identification signal
must have been received from the transponder before switching to
repeater mode. Mind you it's nearly 50 years since I worked on relays
so things may have changed a bit.

Steve

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Bill Wright[_2_] April 16th 12 06:45 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
d wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:34:21 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to

donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

B2003


A lot of those dishes are for the foreign channels the immigrants like.


Ah yes, the ones who come to britain because they haven't got 2 pennies to
rub together in their own country but mysteriously find enough cash to
pay for satellite TV and a widescreen TV once here. Amazing isn't it?


I can't help noticing that many hospital wards in Sheffield are largely
filled by people who don't speak a word of English.

Bill

Bill Wright[_2_] April 16th 12 06:46 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:
A lot of those dishes are for the foreign channels the immigrants like.


Ah. So someone does watch BBC4?

Yes, people with intelligence.

Bill

the dog from that film you saw[_3_] April 16th 12 06:48 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
On 16/04/2012 1:59 PM, d wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:50:04 -0400
S wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:46 AM,
d wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to

donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

Some parts of the country get no more than 20 channels with Freeview,


Only 20 channels? Life must be tough. I hope they get free councilling.

and have no access to cable - so there are many homes with satellite dishes.


Why, can't they get the 80 odd channels on freeview?

B2003




in the last few years, whenever i've stayed in weymouth, the freeview
tuners only receive a dozen or so tv channels - lots missing.
maybe they all have useless aerials or maybe there's something to it.

--
Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

Stephen Wolstenholme[_2_] April 16th 12 07:22 PM

Quick Sky Freesat query
 
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:45:00 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:34:21 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:
And mounting a bloody ugly satellite dish on the side of your house/squat.
Funny how so many people in allegedly "poor" areas have enough money to
donate
to murdochs pension fund. A lot of inner city areas look like Houston space
centre.

B2003


A lot of those dishes are for the foreign channels the immigrants like.


Ah yes, the ones who come to britain because they haven't got 2 pennies to
rub together in their own country but mysteriously find enough cash to
pay for satellite TV and a widescreen TV once here. Amazing isn't it?


I can't help noticing that many hospital wards in Sheffield are largely
filled by people who don't speak a word of English.


It that the patients or the staff?

Steve

--
Neural Network Software. http://www.npsl1.com
EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com
SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com
JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com



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