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Thank you for the reply, but I abbreviated GoodlifeTV as GTV... sorry for
the misunderstanding!
Dave
"Pseud O. Nym" <pon@blurry-vision.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95CA7213F77F3blurryvision@24.93.43.121...
> "Henry Cabot Henhouse III" <sooper_chicken@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:KN-dnZU2gecCqVDcRVn-hQ@mpowercom.net:
>
> > I misread the Lyngsat chart and thought GTV was dvb... argh... it's
> > DCII.
> >
> > So, based on my assumption, I bought a Sat Tracker fta receiver,
> > Winegard 30" dish, non penetrating mount, rubber pad, lnb.
> >
> > Other than all the locals on G10R, can anyone suggest somewhere to
> > point the thirty incher ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ++++++++++++++++=
>
> I assume that you meant to say GPTV which is Georgia Public Broadcasting.
> If so I assume that you are interested in receiving a PBS feed.
>
> I don't know if the SatTracker FTA receiver is capable of receiving AC3
> audio. If it is capable of AC3 Dolby audio, there are several PBS feeds
> on "AMC 3 at 87.0°W".
>
> Without the AC3 feature, you can receive the video but no audio. However,
> there is one PBS station on that same satellite which transmits audio in
> AC3 and also in standard audio and that is Montana PBS. I don't know of
> any other PBS stations available in FTA mode except on C-band which would
> probably require a large dish.
>
> I have a Fortec Lifetime receiver and because it does have the AC3 Dolby
> audio feature, it does a good job with the PBS feeds on AMC3. There are
> periodic brief audio dropouts which generally only last for a fraction of
> a second. Sometimes these dropouts happen every 5 minutes or so and
> sometimes there are no dropouts at all for hours. I tried asking in this
> and other forums whether this was typical of the Fortec Lifetime
> receivers, but I never received any replies at all. It may be typical or
> it may me a fault with my particular receiver. I have learned to live
> with it, but if I knew that it was indeed a fault with my individual
> receiver, I would replace it .... probably with a DVB PCI card for my
> computer.
>
> Now that I have an HDTV television set, I am able to receive 4 local
> over-the-air PBS stations .... 3 of them are digital and one is analog so
> I don't use my FTA as much as I once did. Other than the network news, I
> only watch PBS. I guess you could call me a PBSaholic.
>
> I am sure that you are aware of the following page ...
>
>
http
/www.lyngsat.com/amc3.html
>
> Good Luck.
>
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