April 16, 2006
My favourite subject at the moment.
There's so much to know and so little time. Too little time. So little time in fact, that there's actually no rush at all.
You know, some things are just pivotal. Some things you'll look back on and think 'ah yeah, that was cool, and I lived through that moment'. Some things you'll feel ...
Sad about the World Cup in High Definition
by BGonaSTICK
My favourite subject at the moment.
There's so much to know and so little time. Too little time. So little time in fact, that there's actually no rush at all.
You know, some things are just pivotal. Some things you'll look back on and think 'ah yeah, that was cool, and I lived through that moment'. Some things you'll feel ...Flying on a budget airline this summer?
by AnaloguesatIf so - check your baggage allowance weights carefully! We have just been to Majorca with Globespan. At Palma airport coming back we were told our bags were 44kg (including the hand luggage) This was 4kgs over the 40kg allowed (20kg per person) As such we were stung with a 28Euros fine. (7Euro per kg - about a fiver) We werent alone - many of the other folks on the flight ...
March 30, 2006
Hot on the heels of the news that Arabsat 4A has been deorbited after its botched Proton launch comes the news that Express AM11 operating at 96.5E has been heavily damaged by an impact from either space debris or a micro-meteorite. The damage is severe enough for the Russians to be planning to deorbit it next week:
A bad couple of weeks for satellite operators
by AnaloguesatHot on the heels of the news that Arabsat 4A has been deorbited after its botched Proton launch comes the news that Express AM11 operating at 96.5E has been heavily damaged by an impact from either space debris or a micro-meteorite. The damage is severe enough for the Russians to be planning to deorbit it next week:
Yet more satellite problems
by AnaloguesatFollowing hot on the heels of the Arabsat 4A and Express AM11 problems, now Optus B1 has suffered a failure! This satellite serves Australia and New Zealand and is slotted at 160E. Press release from Sky New Zealand: OUTAGE ON SKY SATELLITE SERVICE SKY apologises for loss of SKY satellite services resulting from an outage on the Optus B1 Satellite that provides SKY’s signal. The satellite signal was lost after a routine positioning ...
March 29, 2006
If you have a fta receiver and a dish pointing at 28E, you might want to have a look at 11426H 22000 5/6. AXN Satellite is currently transmitting in English instead of Italian. Please note, you CANNOT see this with a digibox as its flagged as encrypted....
AXN Satellite on 28E
by AnaloguesatIf you have a fta receiver and a dish pointing at 28E, you might want to have a look at 11426H 22000 5/6. AXN Satellite is currently transmitting in English instead of Italian. Please note, you CANNOT see this with a digibox as its flagged as encrypted....
Radio Caroline sinking anniversary
by AnaloguesatJust passed without much comment or rememberance was the 26th anniversary of the sinking of the Radio Caroline ship Mi Amigo. On the 20th March 1980 the poor old girl got into difficulties in a storm, and in huge waves started taking on water. Almost unbelievebly the crew managed to stay on air for most of the evening. In the huge seas the elderly hull took a hell of a beating ...
March 26, 2006
My previous post reminded me to point out to you that classic album hippy rock service Radio Caroline is still going. If you have a Sky box you can find them operating off the epg on 11390V 27500 2/3. If you have a sky digibox you will have to Add Channels (Services 4, 4) then use the parameters 11390, vertical, 27.5, 2/3. Follow the on screen instructionsto add the channel named ...
Radio Caroline on satellite
by AnaloguesatMy previous post reminded me to point out to you that classic album hippy rock service Radio Caroline is still going. If you have a Sky box you can find them operating off the epg on 11390V 27500 2/3. If you have a sky digibox you will have to Add Channels (Services 4, 4) then use the parameters 11390, vertical, 27.5, 2/3. Follow the on screen instructionsto add the channel named ...
March 25, 2006
Ow, now you're all thinking I've got a downer on HDTV, which is actually a long way from the truth. I have been trawling through the recent HD announcements here in the UK, including this meagre offering from the BBC. I found myself being rather disappointed with the fact that HDTV had been referred to as merely "a step change in television technology" which in my book undersold the ...
HDTV a step-change to catastrophe?
by BGonaSTICKOw, now you're all thinking I've got a downer on HDTV, which is actually a long way from the truth. I have been trawling through the recent HD announcements here in the UK, including this meagre offering from the BBC. I found myself being rather disappointed with the fact that HDTV had been referred to as merely "a step change in television technology" which in my book undersold the ...
March 24, 2006
Have you done your HDTV research yet?
Maybe you're just tired at the thought of another new high-street technology to wade through. You just know that you've got to do loads of homework; buy loads of "What Geek-pit" type magazines and spend hours pouring over meaningless tech-specs and acronym gibberish.
Well, maybe. I guess you could go that way. Some people even like doing the ...
HDTV - It’s good, but is it going to be hard work?
by BGonaSTICK
Have you done your HDTV research yet?
Maybe you're just tired at the thought of another new high-street technology to wade through. You just know that you've got to do loads of homework; buy loads of "What Geek-pit" type magazines and spend hours pouring over meaningless tech-specs and acronym gibberish.
Well, maybe. I guess you could go that way. Some people even like doing the ...Lefties of the world unite!
by BGonaSTICK...and we're not talking politics here, oh no. Being a left hander has never really caused me any serious problems. How could it? But the fact remains that there is an horrendously discriminatory world out there, just waiting to be exploited by some mercenary cack-handed opportunist with a creative lawyer. In a world where Political Correctness is God, I wonder why we haven't seen a high-profile case? Maybe it's my age, but I find ...
January 9, 2006
Hooray! We have our first new FAQ online... and If you're a Dreamer but not yet a streamer (groan!), you'll want to read this :)Check it out here: Dreambox Streaming for Beginners Also, please leave us some feedback via the poll on that thread.
Dreambox Streaming For Beginners
by AnaloguesatHooray! We have our first new FAQ online... and If you're a Dreamer but not yet a streamer (groan!), you'll want to read this :)Check it out here: Dreambox Streaming for Beginners Also, please leave us some feedback via the poll on that thread.
