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Re: NASA Select location

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From: Mike Smithwick
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1988 01:55
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In article <22684@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> kenner@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Richard Kenner) writes:
>A new cable TV company is starting up in New York City in Queens and I want to
>ask if they plan to carry NASA Select.  I need to know where it is.
>
>A Space World managazine issue near the start of 1984 gives he following
>information:
>
>	RCA Satcom F-1-r at 139 West
Uh uh,             ^^^^^   it's on F-2-R, don't have the position, but
I'm sure that the cable company knows.

>	transponder 13 (half)
                        ^^^^ it's now a full-width signal. Very strong.

>But I recall reading somewhere that I cannot locate that there is a "new"
>transponder also being used for NASA Select.  Is this correct?

The TDRSS video is relayed from New Mexico on varying transponders also
on F-2.

					     *** mike ***
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From: mike@ames.arpa (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: NASA Select location
Keywords: NASA Select,SATCOM,Transponder
Message-ID: <4032@ames.arpa>
Date: 24 Jan 88 01:55:38 GMT
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Reply-To: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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