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From: sa@m2-net.UUCP (Scott A. Almburg)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Television coverage of the Tour de France
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Date: 24 Jul 89 23:32:55 GMT
Reply-To: sa@m-net.UUCP (Scott A. Almburg)
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  well, after watching abc's and espn coverage of the tour de france
bicycle race, I was left slightly disapointed.   I'd  like to be able
to watch the european (french ) t.v. coverage.
 what geosyncronous satelitte do the french use to distribute the video
feed?
It probably wouldn't be too difficult to use a satelitte dish to
receive the french tv feed,  the altitude of the dish would probably
be near the horizontal, and a 80 degree LNA or lower would probably be needed.
Also, I think the french use PAL or maybe SEACAM instead of NTSC, so
I would need another tv and/or video tape recorder.

Has anyone  had experience in receiving european tv broadcasts on
satelitte receivers?
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Scott Almburg
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