Text 23098, 93 rader
Skriven 2009-04-09 09:20:00 av Dave Drum (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av SEAN DENNIS
Ärende: Re: How It's Made?
==========================
-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! As a ham you should know better than to make a
 DD> statement like that. Antennae do not care if a signal is digital or
 DD> analog. They *MAY* care about the frequency of the carrier and some
 DD> other "fine tuning" considerations. But, analog or digital? Give me a
 DD> break! That's marketroid speak aimed at the unsuspecting public.

 SD> Uhm, yes, I know the difference.  If you re-read what I wrote (about
 SD> upgrading your antenna) to the right wavelength...because that's where
 SD> all of the OTA channels are going now (UHF) since the old VHF band is
 SD> now allotted to another service (I forget which now).  That means going
 SD> from an old VHF to a newer UHF antenna.

I only had one channel in the VHF range around here, anyway. Of course it was
my main PBS outlet ... and I had an antenna that was cut specifically for that
frequency. Now they are deep fringe enough (given UHF ranges) that I may have
to get a really fancy UHF yagi to pull them in.

 DD> BTW - the HD-8800 antenna is the old PD-8800 renamed (but not
 DD> otherwise changed) which is the old KU-8800. I sold a ton of those
 DD> (and its little brother the KU-4400) when we ran the satellite shop.

 SD> I've just a little Dish TV Ku/Ka band 1.2m dish in the backyard with a
 SD> triple LNB.  I'm wondering if I could use that spare LNB (I use just
 SD> two out of three) for something. <G>  I'd like to get a good ol' C-band
 SD> antenna, plop it in the backyard on a rotor as I have excellent views
 SD> in all directions for a clear horizon and get a new DVB with Digicipher
 SD> in it so I can get all the weird FTA stuff listed on Lyngsat or
 SD> FTAList.  Sure, I get 200 channels through Dish, but sometimes, there's
 SD> just nothing else interesting on. <G>

There are a lot of freebies on the big dish - but, the owners of this trailer
park just barely tolerate antenna towers. Besides my "look" at the southwest
sky (where most of the interesting satellites hang out) is tree fu ... whipped.

And a lot of former "C-band" stuff is now up on Ku or Ka band - even if it is
in the clear and not encrypted.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Orange-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
 Categories: Potatoes, Citrus, Nuts
      Yield: 6 servings
 
      4 md Sweet potatoes; baked *
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
      1 tb Cornstarch
      1 c  Orange juice
    1/4 c  Raisins
    1/4 c  Butter
    1/4 c  Chopped pecans
      3 tb Dry sherry (not cooking
           - sherry)
 
  Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with
  cooking spray.
  
  As soon as the sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel and
  quarter them and place in the baking dish. Sprinkle with salt.
  
  Combine the brown sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Stir in
  the orange juice and raisins. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to
  medium. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add the butter,
  pecans and sherry, and stir until butter is melted.
  
  Pour glaze over sweet potatoes. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
  Makes 6 servings.
  
  * Note: Sweet potatoes can be boiled, roasted and fried, but for this
  recipe the texture is better when they are baked. Also, they are very
  easy to peel when baked. To bake, wash them well and poke several
  holes in the skin with a fork. Place on a pan in a 375°F oven, and
  cook until fork tender, about 45 minutes. You can save some time by
  baking them in the microwave for 5 or 6 minutes, or until they are
  easily pierced with a fork, but the texture is slightly different
  and, to my mind, not quite as good. The better time-saving option is
  to oven bake them a day or two before, let them cool, then
  refrigerate until a few hours before starting this recipe, so they
  can come up to room temperature.
  
  FROM: Texas Cooking Online's Weekly E-mail
  
  MM Format by Dave Drum; 21 November 2008
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

... The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet - William Gibson
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
 * Origin: FidoTel & QWK on the Web! www.fidotel.com (1:124/311)