PCInTech
In another place and time.
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Massena, NY
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Re: What is FTA, is it legal?
I'm an FTA hobbyist. It kind of takes me back to the days of Shortwave radio. You invest in a bunch of equipment, poke around in the sky, and see what you can find. It's a lot of FUN, and there is a lot of good programming up there, totally for free. Beware of buying that Viewsat STB from a non-authorized dealer, though, there are some "clones" of this line of boxes, that are fakes, and do not work correctly. There are many FTA STBs on the market through legitimate FTA equipment dealers. They're fairly sophisticated these days, with PVR and HD models available as well. "True" FTA is 100% legal, as legal as putting up an antenna and picking up FREE over the air TV stations. PM me, and I can give you some educational links if you're interested in looking into this hobby. I'll warn you, that it is not "cheap" to get into. You'll need a 30"+ dish, LNB, motor, cabling, switches, etc, as well as a GOOD quality STB. (Viewsat, Sonicview, Neosat are among the current high quality units.) |
Hayward
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Key West, FL
4 edits | said by PCInTech  :I'm an FTA hobbyist. It kind of takes me back to the days of Shortwave radio. Unencripted backhauls are always fun....
When I worked for a TV station and an ancelatory (consumer for odd in house feeds) dish it was fun to watch ABC NEWS live and the actual remote raw feed from wherever they were... once had Peter Jenning flipping the bird to a noisey helecopter when he was remote in DC about 10 sec or less before he was live nation wide, also saw him royaly chew outa PA in the same time frame, just before on the national net...unfortunately 26" of water in the house during hurricane Wilma destroyed all that.
But bet a lot of even that stuff is encripted now that it is all pretty much aqll digital even C band.
That was a wonderful era.... 80-90's
Yes there is still FTA... but not near what it once was.... and likely only ever more restricted to come.
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