Re-offer satellite hardware to give away

[Colin McGregor]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:55 PM, solarflow99 <solarflow99-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> can anyone do pirated TV anymore?  it used to run rampant for the
> longest time ever since bell express vu came out.

A few Google searches tell me that pirated TV is still happening. How
common it is I don't know (and to be blunt I don't think I want to
know...).

Colin McGregor

> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> To recap, last December 13th I offered 4 Echostar DP301 satellite
>> receivers and a JVC 7400 satellite receiver for free on this list. The
>> JVC and three of the Echostars went quickly, easily and painlessly.
>> The last Echostar was requested by one of the people on this list, but
>> for two months I've been getting reasons why this person can't come to
>> my place, meet up at GTALug meetings, offers to take the receiver
>> downtown (where this person lives) have been ignored, etc. .... I'm
>> just tired of this. So, I'm re-offering an Echostar DP301 satellite
>> receiver just take it off my hands in a way that is painless to me.
>> Below is the summary I wrote in December about the receivers:
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Several weeks ago I got several Echostar DP301 satellite receivers.
>> Before getting them I had done a very quick search on "Echostar DP301"
>> and "free" thinking these receivers could be used for FTA (Free To
>> Air) use... Turns out folks with the DP301 talk free they are talking
>> pirated stuff. I have no issues with the FTA stuff, where the signal
>> is free with the blessing of the broadcaster, but I do have an issue
>> with "free" as in pirated, just not a space I am interested in
>> operating in...
>>
>> So, anyone on this list want to take one or more (up to four) Echostar
>> DP301 satellite receivers off my hands? Also, I have one JVC 7400
>> satellite receiver with the same issues as the Echostar DP301 to get
>> rid of. I have the boxes, without manuals / remote controls. If you
>> want to play in pirate space, or are looking for parts to be stripped
>> for other electronic projects I don't care, I just want these units
>> gone with as little hassle to myself as possible. I will be at the
>> GTALug meeting on 14th of Dec. and could bring the boxes there, or I
>> would be game for other arrangements...
>>
>> If interested let me know how we could best cross paths.
>>
>>
>> Colin.
>>
>> P.S. If anyone has a dish antenna suitable for FTA use (70+ cm) that
>> they would like to get rid of, let me know as I could be very
>> interested...
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