New Cable TV converter protocol
Recent travels to CG that have cable tv service, finding it is necessary to use their converter common to the local cable co in order to get any reception. This requires an interconnection in the coac...
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While I was searhing for a way to get cable in my rig, I notices CG's listed 'cable TV provided'. OK, but what channels were available?
My partial solution was to search for cable providers covering that area, then looking at the cable company's channel listings. The cable service to the CG is probably only a few of the actual total channels the cable company provides.
Also since there may be more than one cable company in the area, I check each one I can find to make channel lists.
For the satellite, I use www.dishpointer.com in conjunction with Google Earth to get the most accurate elevation and azimuth for the satellite.
For OTA, I use http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/ which shows the azimuth and signal levels of local OTA transmitters.
My partial solution was to search for cable providers covering that area, then looking at the cable company's channel listings. The cable service to the CG is probably only a few of the actual total channels the cable company provides.
Also since there may be more than one cable company in the area, I check each one I can find to make channel lists.
For the satellite, I use www.dishpointer.com in conjunction with Google Earth to get the most accurate elevation and azimuth for the satellite.
For OTA, I use http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/ which shows the azimuth and signal levels of local OTA transmitters.
