Doug135
join:2008-01-12
Laredo, TX
clubs:
 ·AT&T Southwest
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Re: O/T: Cable tv sites
I have a few pics, these are the ones i have of the local time warner facility. The dishes will be removed soon since they will now be part of a sonet ring and the main dishes will be elsewhere. |
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kb0rpj
join:2004-10-31
Trenton, MO
 ·Cebridge Connections
| reply to cypherstream
Compound with CATV Building and AT&T Building | 
Lower section of tower, the Microwave dish is no longer used, KC Stns are fed frm RX site via fiber now. Ant Aray is for KQTV | 
top half, Ants: lowest is a new antenna, unknown use, Middle aaray is for KQTV, vert just bove that is AT&T GSM, above that KCPT |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| reply to kb0rpj
And here is an antenna site for Service Electric Cablevision. It's at the other end of the system compared to the main headend. The main headend has about 8 or 9 very large dishes. I don't have a picture of the main headend, but I do drive past it every single day.
Not much to see here. I should really go to the headend some Sunday evening and snap some good pictures. If it's nice this weekend I'll think about it, but no guarantees. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| reply to kb0rpj
Here is the picture of the facility that collects and brings in all of the other channels for our system (and many other Comcast systems in our region). Ch 100+, call center, master network operations. There's another site but I don't have pictures that houses the Motorola DAC master controller and other technical in's and outs to the regional system. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| reply to kb0rpj
Simulsat dish | 
Generator | 
Small dishes on roof | 
Traditional roof antenna | 
All the fiber feeders |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000
| reply to Splitpair
I am referring to commercials that ran in the 90s when USSB was still around. That's why I used the word "was" and not "is" in "The only real first generation signal available ot the consumer WAS what you you could get on a BUD.
The last time I used my BUD to watch anything analog I found a very small number of analog transponders. There are still a few trucks out there that use analog signals for their uplink and even that's becoming rare. I only really search the analog stuff during an active hurricane that's headed for the US.
I think you might be able to still subscribe to 4DTV but that wouldn't be a 1st gen signal since who ever owns the rights to that now has to mux the feed and send it back up to the bird. |
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Splitpair
Premium
join:2000-07-29
Cow Towne
 ·T-Mobile US
1 edit | reply to battleop
said by battleop  :The only real first generation signal available to the consumer was what you could get on a BUD. Even the Cable companies compress and process the signal so it is no longer a 1st generation signal. Well since your splitting hairs that is also incorrect as the downlinks are no longer analog, so if one truly wanted a first generation signal they would need to be hard wired or fibered into the content provider pre-uplink. :-P
Wayne
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If you cannot fix it with a buttset and some beanies you ain't a technician |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | reply to Splitpair
The only real first generation signal available to the consumer was what you could get on a BUD. Even the Cable companies compress and process the signal so it is no longer a 1st generation signal.
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Splitpair
Premium
join:2000-07-29
Cow Towne
·T-Mobile US
| reply to battleop
said by battleop :I think you missed that comment. I am referring to the early commercials that some cable companies ran that made fun of the sat providers for using satellite. Some made comments that sat providers were not giving you a 1st generation signal when they them selves were not either. I didn’t miss the point though I do get the feeling you do not understand how DTV and DISH work.
Those commercials are accurate as most cable providers pull down their programming direct from the content providers leased satellite transponders for distribution on their systems whereas high power direct satellite providers such as DTV and DISH pull down the same direct feeds and then retransmit the programming on their own leased satellite transponders for distribution to their subscribers, as such DTV and DISH do provide a second generation service.
For example with my Ku band system I can receive National Geographic in the clear with PowerVu directly from AMC 4 at 101 West transponder 18 subcarrier 4 and I receive the programming about 14 seconds ahead of the same channel on DTV due to DTV’s retransmission time getting that programming back up to DirecTV 9S at 101.1 West and then back down to my DTV system.
Wayne
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If you cannot fix it with a buttset and some beanies you ain't a technician |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000
| reply to Splitpair
I think you missed that comment. I am referring to the early commercials that some cable companies ran that made fun of the sat providers for using satellite. Some made comments that sat providers were not giving you a 1st generation signal when they them selves were not either. |
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Splitpair
Premium
join:2000-07-29
Cow Towne
·T-Mobile US
| reply to battleop
said by battleop :Heh I still wish Dish/Direct would run adds that point out that cable gets their feed from satellite. As does DISH and DIRECTV.
Wayne
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If you cannot fix it with a buttset and some beanies you ain't a technician |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000
| reply to kb0rpj
You need one Dish with the correct LNBs for each bird you want to pull channels off of, unless you are using a tordial (sp?) dish. There is a Charter area north of here that uses such a dish.
Heh I still wish Dish/Direct would run adds that point out that cable gets their feed from satellite. |
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UncleScooter
I once was SatManWorkin
Premium
join:2002-04-15
Tallahassee, FL
·Embarq
| reply to kb0rpj
Depends on your channel mix, if ya want it ya gota have a antenna pointed at it.
BTW, most all the SMATV systems we do now are run off of Dish Network, a few are on Directv.
Thats my antenna farm for the PCB site. 
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I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but what I'm not sure about is that what you heard isn't exactly what I meant. |
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kb0rpj
join:2004-10-31
Trenton, MO | reply to UncleScooter
thanks for the pics everyone.. just currious on the knology pictures, how many dishes do they need? we have 56 analog channels and about 100 digital channels and we have like 4 dishes here. |
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UncleScooter
I once was SatManWorkin
Premium
join:2002-04-15
Tallahassee, FL
·Embarq
| reply to kb0rpj
Knology, PC Beach FL |
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meshif
Premium
join:2007-10-08
Windsor, ON
1 edit | reply to kb0rpj
Here are some pics of the towers at CBC Windsor. May go back for closeups of the bases.
EDIT: Also gonna grab pics of the Cogeco Windsor site |
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kb0rpj
join:2004-10-31
Trenton, MO | does anyone have any photos that they can share of local cable tv sites.. not the headend equipment, but the towers and compounds? |
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