New TV.

[KA5PIU]

Hello.

I would normally get Islamic TV from my FTA receiver.
For AFRTS I have a microwave point to point downconverter.
But I had not been watching much TV, the thing quit.
I went to the Mosque and was asked to watch a given channel.
I explained that my TV did not work, for whatever reason.
So I was handed a new FTA everything in a box.
I drove by Lackland and somebody saw this large cardboard box and asked about it.
Before I left I had another downconverter.
Mind you I had no idea as to what was wrong.
So, I get home, bring in 2 large boxes and take a look at the TV.
Power was coming in but the set would not turn on.
The downconverter was also dead but the satellite would sort of work.
I looked at fuses and connectors, the whole bit.
The satellite would only come on if it was connected to the TV, really off the wall odd.
There is no power connection whatsoever to the TV.
I unplug the TV, no effect whatsoever.
But if I disconnect the antenna the satellite box goes dark, insane!
Finally I take the satellite box into another room and plug it in, it works.
Drag TV into other room, also works.
OK, time to look at power, but I get power.
This is an old house, some of the legacy wiring was left.
The neutral to the outlet was open, a 2 wire circuit.
Spent 2 hours running greenfield 3 wire and replacing outlets.
The satellite dish was not grounded but the outside antennas are.
The downconverter is powered by a walwart and the TV is double insulated.
I now plan on conduit for at least all of the wiring I am going to change.
The other wiring was upgraded sometime in the 80's so it is at least 3 wire.
But trying to find it was crazy!

[NA4BH]

That is insanely crazy (in a conduit kind of way).

[kb2crk]

Hello.

I would normally get Islamic TV from my FTA receiver.
For AFRTS I have a microwave point to point downconverter.
But I had not been watching much TV, the thing quit.
I went to the Mosque and was asked to watch a given channel.
I explained that my TV did not work, for whatever reason.
So I was handed a new FTA everything in a box.
I drove by Lackland and somebody saw this large cardboard box and asked about it.
Before I left I had another downconverter.
Mind you I had no idea as to what was wrong.
So, I get home, bring in 2 large boxes and take a look at the TV.
Power was coming in but the set would not turn on.
The downconverter was also dead but the satellite would sort of work.
I looked at fuses and connectors, the whole bit.
The satellite would only come on if it was connected to the TV, really off the wall odd.
There is no power connection whatsoever to the TV.
I unplug the TV, no effect whatsoever.
But if I disconnect the antenna the satellite box goes dark, insane!
Finally I take the satellite box into another room and plug it in, it works.
Drag TV into other room, also works.
OK, time to look at power, but I get power.
This is an old house, some of the legacy wiring was left.
The neutral to the outlet was open, a 2 wire circuit.
Spent 2 hours running greenfield 3 wire and replacing outlets.
The satellite dish was not grounded but the outside antennas are.
The downconverter is powered by a walwart and the TV is double insulated.
I now plan on conduit for at least all of the wiring I am going to change.
The other wiring was upgraded sometime in the 80's so it is at least 3 wire.
But trying to find it was crazy!

Hello

Did you run the greenfield across the floor or did you tear out the walls to get it inside?

[KG4CGC]

So, what are you watching?

[NA4BH]

It came in boxes. Two of them.

[kb2crk]

alli baba and the forty cow thieves

[W4RLR]

AFRTS on a free to air satellite dish? As a former AFRTS troop, I'm calling BS on that one, Cowthief. On the program bouquet for the AFRTS signal, the only FTA program you could receive would be the Pentagon Channel. Everything else requires a PowerVu decoder, and to get that decoder authorized requires paperwork proving you are overseas. When you rotate stateside, AFRTS in Riverside, CA removes the authorization from the data stream.

I do need to get my FTA receiver setup hooked up, and my 12 foot dish moved from my old residence. My Ku dish is already set up.

[WØTKX]

Channeling Madman Muntz?

[w2amr]

Channeling Madman Muntz?

Ah yes, an American Icon.

[KA5PIU]

Hello.

Reread this.
Islamic TV is FTA.
AFRTS is a microwave point to point feed.
We have these antennas that look like a pole with a bunch of washers spaced along and a white hexagonal box on the end.
Power is provided by a walwart to the coax and to the decoder.
California Amplifier.
One is the device and the other is another.
Couple that with 2 outside TV antennas and you have it, all connected to a Zenith Space Command TV and Zinwell digital converter through the TV decoder loop.
Yes, a 19 inch CRT TV, PiP even!
The TV is a Heath/Zenith SpacePhone unit, really neat in that it has a speakerphone.