INDEX of the Robert Smathers WWW Satellite Page

ROBERT'S INFO-FILES

- Robert's Comet Hale-Bopp Photo
- Robert's Comet Hyakutake Photo
- South Scanner Satellite Services Chart
- Robert's Baseball WWW page
- Albuquerque Digital Television listings
- Satellite Finder program
- Tips for Europeans using the Satellite Finder program
- Winterizing your dish
- Ku-band FAQ
- Eurosat Horizon SR-2000 review
- Norsat Microsat 150 review
- "What's on Ku-band" response
- Best and Worst of TVRO 2001
- TVRO Year in Review 2001
- Best and Worst of TVRO 2000
- TVRO Year in Review 2000
- Best and Worst of TVRO 1999
- TVRO Year in Review 1999
- TVRO year in review 1998
- Best and Worst of TVRO 1998
- Predictions for 1999 TVRO
- TVRO year in review 1997
- Best and Worst of TVRO 1997
- TVRO year in review 1996
- Best and Worst of TVRO 1996
- Best and Worst of TVRO 1995
- TVRO year in review 1995
- Best and Worst of TVRO 1994
- TVRO year in review 1994
- Best and Worst of TVRO 1993
- TVRO year in review 1993

GARY BOURGOIS' INFO-FILES

- TVRO FAQ
- The Future of C-band
- Internet Wild Feeds Listing
- Scroungers Guide to TVRO
- Birdwatcher Audio Guide
- The Feed Trackers Guide Book
- I Saw it on my Satellite
- Different Strokes list
- The Three types of satellite audio
- Listening to your Dish: An Examination of Satellite Audio
- Single Channel Per Carrier FAQ
- Be Your Own News Director
- DX with your satellite dish
- PSANIX.ZIP commercials eliminator
- Cheap way to do surround sound
- Watching NASA TV with your BUD
- Your In-house cable system
- Gary's Review of the CDM-800 Digital Standards Converter
- Gary's Gizmo Report on the Sangean 909 Portable shortwave radio

OTHER INFO-FILES/FAQs/TVRO ELECTRONIC
MAGAZINES

- Updated TVRO Frequently Asked Questions
- Leland Kesler's S.N.G. satellite look angle calculator
- Science Fiction TV Schedules
- MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 FAQ from UC Berkeley
- Janiel SP 2000 Stereo Processor Bandwidth Lock Modification
- A creative way to inexpensively receive FM Squared (FM2) Transmissions
- TVROCALC.ZIP - software to calculate various things about
  the satellites
- GE-1 Ku Chart and tuning the Drake
- G.I.'s Digicipher Division answers some questions about DCII
- A short discussion on SCPC frequencies
- Satellite Home Viewer's Act (SHVA) text
- FCC's March 11, 1996 IB Docket No 95-59 "Preemption of Local Zoning
  Regulation of Satellite Earth Stations"  REPORT AND ORDER FURTHER NOTICE
  OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
- NEWSReport No. DC 96-18    ACTION IN DOCKET CASE February 29, 1996
  SATELLITE DISH ZONING PREEMPTION CLARIFIED;  NEW PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCEMENT
  ADOPTED; CHANGES IMPLEMENT REQUIREMENTS OF TELECOM ACT (IB DOCKETS  95-59,
  96-34)

- Final document on the FCC ruling "Preemption of Local Zoning Regulation
  of Satellite Earth Stations
- Pay TV In Australia FAQ
- Satellite Broadcasting Guide for Japan
- analog IRD comparison
- International TV Country video standards
- Dish peaking guide
- Description of the 3 TV video standards
- Review of the CDM-600 Digital Standards Converter
- Review of the CDM-800 Digital Standards Converter
- G.I. 450i,550i,650i Ku Layout info
- Drake Ku layout info
- Grade B Contour definition - important for subscribing to network 
  affiliates by BUD/DSS
- Satellite TVRO Equipment "phonebook", 1994
- Tracking a satellite dish
- FM-10 FAQ
- S-Video FAQ
- FNL interview: Jim Shelton
- FNL interview: Peter Knowles of HTS

TVRO MAILING LIST INSTRUCTIONS/NEWSGROUPS

- Satellite Forums
- MPEG2/DVB Delphi Forum
- Subscribe to the BUDHEADS mailing list
- Tele-Satellite mailing lists (web site with available lists)
- Subscribe to the Ku-band mailing list
- Yahoogroups lists:
        backhaul
        sportsfeeds
        BreakingTVNews
        DBS-Sat
        DIGITAL
        Misc-Sat
        NETANDDISHRADIO
        SATELLITETV
        TVRO-Sat
        w0kie-news
- Topica lists:
        medianews
        wildfeeds
        backhaul
- REC.VIDEO.SATELLITE.DBS
- REC.VIDEO.SATELLITE.TVRO
- REC.VIDEO.SATELLITE.MISC
- ALT.SATELLITE.TV.EUROPE
- REC.RADIO.BROADCASTING
- REC.VIDEO.SATELLITE.4dtv
- REC.VIDEO.SATELLITE.EUROPE
- ALT.VIDEO.SATELLITE.MPEG-DVB
- ALT.SATELLITE.TV.EUROPE.DVB2000

SCHEDULES FOR VARIOUS TVRO SERVICES

- TVNow Entertainment - Computer downloadable/searchable TV Listings
- NASA Television schedules
- GIST.com
- EuroTV TV Guide

SATELLITE LINKS / TVRO DEALER LINKS / COMMERCIAL
EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES LINKS

- Antenna Downlink, Inc.
- BITCENTRAL.COM
- Chaparral Communications
- Communications Research Group
- Coolstf.com, home of TSREADER, an MPEG-2 transport stream decoder/recorder
- Dave's Web Shop
- Dish Doctor Home Electronics
- Global Communications
- Globecast World Television
- Gourment Entertaining - Jim Roberts
- Grady's Radio and Satellite TV
- Grove Enterprises
- LEITCH
- Mark Long's MLE Inc.
- Norsat International
- Prodelin Corporation
- R.L. Drake Company
- Radyne Comstream
- Satellite TV Systems, South Carolina
- Satstream Systems Corp.
- Scientific Atlanta, Inc.
- Skyvision
- Swedish Microwave
- Tandberg TV

- A&E Cable Network
- ABC TV Network
- ABS-CBN International
- Airwaves Media Resources
- America One Television Network
- Arianespace
- BBC World
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Broadcast and Cable Magazine, Multichannel News, Cablevision Magazine
- Broadcast Net
- C-SPAN
- Cable Labs
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Capitol Broadcasting Company
- CBS TV Network
- CCTV Chinese TV
- Centrex Communications Corp
- Comcast Sportsnet
- CourtTV
- CRTC - Canada
- CTV Networks - Canada
- CW Network
- Dana Pretzer / C-band Talk Network
- DataSat Communications
- Deutsche Welle International
- HughesNet
- Discovery Canada
- Discovery US
- DMX
- Dr. Gene Scott
- DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
- E! Online
- ESPN
- Eutelsat
- FCC - United States
- Fox Sports Net
- FOX TV Network
- fX Network
- GSN
- Gemstar-TV Guide International
- Globecast Communications
- Hampton Roads Teleport
- Henrik Berle's European Satellite TV WWW Site
- Home Box Office
- iNDEMAND PPV
- Inmarsat
- Intelsat
- International Channel
- International Launch Services
- International Telecommunications Union
- James Bryant's "The Geosynchronous Satellite Cafe"
- Jean-Phillipe Donnio's Satellite Encyclopedia
- Keith Knipschild's web page
- Knowledge Network/Open Learning Agency
- Lockheed Martin
- Loral Skynet
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- Lyngemark Satellite Chart
- Microspace Communications
- Mike Gingell's TVRO page
- Monitoring Times magazine
- Motorola broadband
- MSNBC
- MTV
- Muslim TV Ahmadiyya
- Muzak
- My Network TV
- NASA Television
- NBC TV Network
- Nebraska Public Television and Radio
- New England Sports Network
- New Skies Satellite
 NHK International TV Broadcasting
- Oliver Tse's SoccerTV web page
- Outdoor Channel
- i
- PBS TV Network
- Playboy Channel
- QVC
- R.R. Satellite Communications Ltd.
- Radio Canada French Services
- Radio locator - links to various radio stations/networks that are on web
- Real World Technology
- Rogers Communications Inc
- Russian Satellite Communications Company
- Russian World television network
- Satellite Signals home page
- SATCO DX Satellite Chart
- Satellite Forums
- Satnews.com
- Sci-Fi Channel
- SCOLA web site
- SES Americom
- Showtime Online
- Spacecom Systems
- Spacewarn
- Sundance Channel
- Superstation TBS
- Telesat Canada web page
- Telsat Communications Ltd
- The Erotic Networks (TEN) Adult Channels
- The History Channel
- The Sports Network
- The Weather Channel
- Tom and Darryl's web page
- Travel Channel
- Triple D Publishing
- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- TV Now program schedules
- TV Ontario
- TV5 Web
- TVE / TVE International
- USA Network
- Viacom
- Voice of America
- W0KIE Satellite Radio Network
- WEBtown's Television Home Page
- WGN Superstation
- WABC-TV, New York
- WNBC-TV New York
- World Radio Network

DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE/DIRECT SATELLITE
SERVICE

- Rich Petersen's DBS FAQ, ASCII and Word format
- rec.video.satellite.dbs FAQ
- DirecTV web site
- Echostar D.I.S.H. web page
- Expressvu web page
- Star Choice web page
- Sky Angel web page
- Galaxy Latin America web page
- Sky Mexico web page
- VOOM DBS
- DSS <-> TVRO Cross-Chart

Visual Satellite and Space Links

- Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page (VSOHP)
- Seesat-L home page
- NASA/GSFC Orbital Data web site
- T.S. Kelso's Celestrak web page
- Mike McCants' web page
- Sven's Space Place
- Jeff Hunt's visual Observing Earth Satellites
- Ed Cannon's Satellite Information page
- Dave Ransom Jr's satellite software page, home of STS ORBIT PLUS and
  other great programs
- Conrad Kirksey's satellite tracking web page
- Jonathan McDowell's space home page, home of JONATHAN'S SPACE REPORT
- Brian's Space Hotlinks
- Space.com
- Spaceflight Now.com
- Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Jack horkheimer's STARGAZER web site
- JPL Space Calendar
- NASA Space Shuttle/ISS web page
- Bill Harwood's CBS News Space page
- NASA Watch web page
- Arianespace web page
- International Launch Services web page
- World Spaceflight News
- Sky and Telescope Magazine
- Astronomy Now Magazine

VARIOUS TVRO ODDS AND ENDS and HAM RADIO and RADIO
ITEMS

- Slow scan television web page
- Robert's Baseball WWW page
- NASA Press Releases
- Setting Program Presets on the Drake SA24 Stereo Adaptor
- Comments about Orbitron SX10 vs. Paraclipse Classic 10 antennas
- Comments about Superguide
- a note about WEFAX reception over satellite
- Info for hooking up some common SCPC reception devices
- Ku-band upgrade -- Robert K's thoughts
- Solar Outage prediction program
- Restrictions that apply to network stations on satellite
- VC2+ diagnostics
- How to receive audio subcarriers by bypassing your VC2+
- Wired Magazine's article about satellite pirates
- Characteristics to look for when scrounging up the dish component
- Ron Hitchens creates a graphic to show how to calculate focal point
- Polarotor servo motor hookup diagram
- Tips on paint for a satellite dish
- Modification on turning your VHS tape into a SVHS-recordable tape
- SPECTRUM radio show page
- Radio Guide USA
- ARRL American Radio Relay League Web Page
- Dolby USA home page

New Mexico Links

- New Mexico Internet Access home page
- New Mexico Tourism
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Official Page
- albuquerqueNM.com Online City Guide
- New Mexico State Government
- Bernalillo County Government
- Albuquerque City Government
- University of New Mexico
- New Mexico magazine
- KOB-TV 4 Albuquerque (NBC)
- KRQE-TV 13 Albuquerque (CBS)
- KNME-TV 5 Albuquerque (PBS)
- KASA-TV 2 Albuquerque (FOX)
- KOAT-TV 7 Albuquerque (ABC)
- KASY-TV 50 Albuquerque (My Network TV)
- KWBQ-TV 19 Albuquerque (CW)
- Albuquerque Journal newspaper
- Albuquerque Tribune newspaper
- KZRR-FM 94 Rock  radio
- KOB 770 AM radio
- KNML 610 AM radio - ESPN Radio affiliate "The Sports Animal"
- Albuquerque Digital Television listings

LAST UPDATED:  November 1, 2006