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TELEVISION'S PIRATES, 928 page hard cover book
TELEVISION'S PIRATES HIDING BEHIND YOUR PICTURE TUBE
928 pages of interesting history of the back yard satellite dish told by one of the pioneers of home satellite TV.
| Suggested Retail: | US$29.95 /pc |
What is a Television Pirate?
By Oxford definition, a pirate is, "a person who infringes another's copyright or other business rights" and/or "someone who broadcasts without official authorization". Television programming carries copyright, television stations travel a years-long pathway seeking "official authorization" before broadcasting. Alas, not every television station has waited for nor even sought authorization and it goes without saying, contacting those who's copyright might be violated by their transmissions. Many figures in recent history (Winston Churchill is but one example) meet our definition.
1955 on the 5,000 acre Starr Ranch, SE Montana. No TV. Solution? Build 3 TV Stations to link the ranch to nearest TV 115 miles distant. No licenses, one of thousands. Charlie Starr - pirate.
2006 New York City. Inventor Kenny Schaffer has created a system allowing his home TV reception to follow him worldwide. Any channel, any-place at any at time. Pirate?
Between Starr and Schaffer, tens of thousands driven by the intense desire to have, for their own, access to television. Cable TV began as 'piracy'. Satellite TV was driven by rampant piracy. And now Internet is spooked by those who would 'broadcast' without authorization. This is their story, filled with emotion and determination, told with great insight by the one person who 'was there' from 1950 onward, as it unfolded and grew 'behind the tube'.
| ISBN | 0-9777980-0-3 |
| Author | Robert B. Cooper |
| Print Year | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Retail | USD29.95 |
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C-BAND REMEMBERED, 197 page paperback book
C-BAND REMEMBERED (A MUST HAVE FOR THE SATELLITE ENTHUSIAST)
| Suggested Retail: | US$19.95 /pc |
Learn about the beginning of the back yard dish told by one of the pioneers of the back yard satellite dish.
Home Satellite TV Pioneer Memories
197 pages dedicated to that small cadre of "real pioneers" who, prior to 1980, created the technology and hand fabricated the hardware which laid a foundation far all that followed.
| ISBN | 0-9777980-0-2 |
| Author | Robert B. Cooper |
| Print Year | 2007 |
| Language | English |
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Di-electric plate used on BSC621, BSC621-2 and BSC622
Converts your C or C/Ku band Linear LNBF to a Circular LNBF
Originally came in the BSC621, BSC621-2 and BSC622 but works for most LNBFs.
This dielectric plate will fit inside most standard size 65mm OD C or C/Ku band LNBF.
Can be filed or sanded down for a perfect fit in other LNBFs.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Manufacture | DMS International |
| Model | Di-electric plate for BSC621 & BSC621-2 |
| Condition | New |
Dielectric plates are used to convert circularly polarised signals to linear polarisation. They work by utilising the difference in dielectric constant between fibreglass and air.
Signals entering a waveguide parallel to the plate will undergo a phase shift different to the signal entering the waveguide at 90 degrees to the plate, allowing Circular polarisation.
Free Satellite / Transponder List (July 1, 2020)
After confirming your order, the download can be found on the "Downloads" page of your account.
This is a reference list (not to be loaded into any meter), download to your PC, laptop, smartphone, etc and carry this reference list with you.
| Sat / TP List Details | |
| Satellites: | 262 |
| Transponders: | 6965 |
| DVB-S2: | 4550 |
| DVB-S: | 2415 |
| Vertical Polarity: | 3033 |
| Horizontal Polarity: | 3009 |
| RH Polarity: | 455 |
| LH Polarity: | 468 |
| PDF Pages: | 133 |
| PDF Size: | 332.3 kB |
| EPUB Size: | 68.0 kB |
- C-band
- Ku-band
- Ka-band - as a reminder, most meters, receivers, and LNBs in use will not do Ka band.
- Active and inactive transponders
Our largest contributors:
- DMSI LLC
- Sathero Meters
- First Strike Meters
- Ivy Stone Place
- Ricks Satellite
- Antenna & Satellite Technology, Inc
- Tim Heinrichs
Thank you to these contributors
- Bill Large
- Pete White
- Shawn White
- John Reding
- Thomas Moore
- Mike Wright
- John Dully
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