[GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.

[Bob Kline]

Satellite frequencies are 12.5 GHz.
UHF is basically line of sight, in the 700
to 900 MHz range if I remember correctly,
with all the rain fade problems that satellite
has.  As you suggest, it's retro, and in
about the same category as the phone
company having to support rotary dials
decades after Touch Tone dialing was
introduced, because a small number of
people stood their ground against "Ma
Bell." Video over the air, except for Satellite,
is a gov't decision, not a business one,
although it might come back in some way
for cell phones and other gadgets.



On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:31 AM, desert frag <desertfrag at yahoo.com> wrote:

> We're talking omni directional UHF/VHF reception.  Getting much less
> common.
>
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>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com>
> *To:* desert frag <desertfrag at yahoo.com>; "Mailing List for LUG in
> greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <grlug at grlug.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:28 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.
>
> Lessee, a satellite dish is an antenna.....
>
> Pretty common.
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:14 AM, desert frag <desertfrag at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> If you haven't used your hdhomerun yet be mindful it splits the signal
> which can lead to image degradation.  In my personal experience I get bunch
> (in fact an amazing) number of OTA channels with a simple indoor leaf
> antenna taped to the wall.  Having the hdhomerun in the signal path however
> degrades most channels to the point they become unrecordable to my htpc.
>  I'll be installing an outdoor antenna shortly (how retro!) to boost signal
> and the funny thing is there's very few companies that even do that any
> more.
>
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>  *From:* Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com>
> *To:* "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <
> grlug at grlug.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:43 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.
>
> I did just get an hdhomerun, so that will help as well since its picking
> content OTA.
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