[opendtv] Re: 20050524 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)

gee, are these things predictable?  Can one get a clue by -- ahem -- looking
to the South?

John Willkie
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From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:32 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20050524 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)


> Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>
> >>- Perhaps it's, therefore, worth noting that satellite-TV
> >>reception seems to be easy, even in moving vehicles with
> >>phased-array antennas:
> >>http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosconsumer/0505/23/A01-190193.htm
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I would expect an automatically steered phased array antenna,
> >along with line of sight to the TV tower, would work wonders
> >for even the most delicate of RF links.
> >
> >On the other hand, since DBS does not have the land-based
> >repeaters that Sirius and XM Radio rely on, I would expect
> >the DBS TV signal to be lost when the vehicle is used in
> >urban canyons, underpasses, tree-lined streets, etc.
> >
> >Bert
> >
> >
> As the article says...
>  "However, reception can cut out when tall buildings, bridges or other
> obstacles block a view of the southern sky."
>
> Bob Miller
>
>
>
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