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This document profiles a satellite reception hobbyist in Beijing known as "Applesat". He is focused specifically on receiving HDTV channels via satellite, which is uncommon in China where private satellite reception is usually prohibited. Applesat has been engaged in satellite reception as a hobby since he was 15 years old. He has installed multiple satellite dishes on his apartment balcony covertly, including a new 2.4-meter antenna, to receive international programming.

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DXer REPORT HDTV Satellite Reception in Beijing The New DXer: TELE-satellite regularly reports on satellite DXer¡¯s. Up until now, this HDTV category covered all those who play around with satellite reception as a hobby. Now there exists a new category: the HDTV DXer! They are only interested in HDTV channels in DVB-S2, and nothing else. We met up with one of the ?rst of these specialized HDTV DXer¡¯s oddly enough in Beijing ¨C or maybe that¡¯s the reason why. Private satellite reception is not allowed in China except in ?at-land areas and the concentration on HDTV is therefore twice as uncommon. ¡ö Purchased only two days ago: the new 2.4-meter antenna that Applesat plans to set up in the next couple of days. The 1.0-meter dish is ?xed in place and is pointed to ASIASAT. 82 TELE-satellite & Broadband ¡ª 06-07/2009 ¡ª www.TELE-satellite.com
This HDTV DXer adopted the nick- name ¡°Applesat¡±. He explained why: ¡°At 15 I started getting interested in sat- ellite reception. Back then China was still quite isolated and the reception of foreign programming opened up a new world for me. Back then I thought that the Earth was like an apple with satel- lites ?ying around it.¡± His parents didn¡¯t really like his new hobby, but Applesat didn¡¯t worry about it too much and started with a 1.5-meter dish for ASIASAT 1 reception. That was 1992. Three years later he expanded his system with a 2.1-meter dish for APSTAR 1. ¡ö Applesat¡¯s 60cm antenna with three LNBs receives In January 2009 he moved into his own TELSTAR 18 at 138¡ã east, AGILA at 146¡ã east and apartment in a new building in northern APSTAR 6 at 134¡ã east. Beijing. He chose this particular apart- ¡ö Applesat has hidden his antennas very nicely in this modern apartment building: invisible from the ground, they are located on the balcony of his apartment on the ninth ?oor. ¡ö This feedhorn is specially designed for offset antennas and is recognizable by its conical feedhorn. ¡°Normal prime focus antenna (PFA) feeds would have too much signal loss¡±, explains Applesat. TELE-satelliteother languageswww.TELE-satellite.com/... Download this report in World from the Internet: Arabic ????????? www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ara/dxer.pdf Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/bid/dxer.pdf Bulgarian §¢§ì§Ý§Ô§Ñ§â§ã§Ü§Ú www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/bul/dxer.pdf Czech ?esky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ces/dxer.pdf German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/deu/dxer.pdf English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/eng/dxer.pdf Spanish Espa?ol www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/esp/dxer.pdf Farsi ??????? www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/far/dxer.pdf French Fran?ais www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/fra/dxer.pdf Greek ¦¥¦Ë¦Ë¦Ç¦Í¦É¦Ê? www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/hel/dxer.pdf Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/hrv/dxer.pdf Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ita/dxer.pdf Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/mag/dxer.pdf Mandarin ÖÐÎÄ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/man/dxer.pdf Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ned/dxer.pdf Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/pol/dxer.pdf Portuguese Portugu¨ºs www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/por/dxer.pdf Romanian Rom?nesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/rom/dxer.pdf Russian §²§å§ã§ã§Ü§Ú§Û www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/rus/dxer.pdf Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/sve/dxer.pdf Turkish T¨¹rk?e www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/tur/dxer.pdf Available online starting from 29 May 2009 84 TELE-satellite & Broadband ¡ª 06-07/2009 ¡ª www.TELE-satellite.com
ment for a reason: it is on the ninth ?oor directly under the roof. For the most part this protected him from any curious glances. ¡°You can only install dishes legally out in open land areas for CHINASTAR reception with channels in ABS-S¡±, explains Applesat, ¡°but private reception in the city is not allowed.¡± There are exceptions though for those apartment buildings in which foreigners are allowed to reside and then only in those apartments in which these for- eigners live. The Beijing-born Apple- sat cannot use this as an excuse, so for this reason he doesn¡¯t want to draw any attention to himself. ¡°I love HDTV¡±, says Applesat, ¡°and that¡¯s why I am willing to ¡ö By the south-facing window in take some risks.¡± His dream is to one the living room Applesat set up a small offset antenna that he is day have his own piece of land near the aligning with a Trimax meter. ¡°I Great Wall of China so that he can erect do this mostly in the evenings¡±, says Applesat, ¡°this is my manual a real satellite antenna farm. ¡°But cur- motorized antenna.¡± rent laws don¡¯t allow city residents like me to own any land outside of the city.¡± Until that day comes, he keeps in touch with like-minded people. He exchanges new HDTV channel information through his own Internet forum www.hdtvstar. cn; he acquires new transponder fre- quencies from www.cnsat.net. How does someone like Applesat get ahold of satellite products in Beijing? While you can ?nd shops with satellite equipment in provincial cities, you won¡¯t ?nd anything in Beijing. ¡°I buy much of my equipment through Internet auc- tion sites¡±, reveals Applesat, ¡°Using the word ¡®satellite¡¯ is really not allowed so you have to use other similar terms to ?nd products like that.¡± Applesat knows how to get around all the obstacles to expand his hobby. His rack already contains ?ve satellite receivers plus he also has a 32¡± HDTV ?at-screen TV. ¡°I¡¯d really like to turn my hobby into my job¡±, explains Apple- sat, ¡°and eventually that will happen.¡± The energy that Applesat puts into his hobby makes that a certainty. ¡ö Applesat in front of his shack with ?ve receivers, one for terrestrial HDTV signals in DMB-TH, a DVB-S2 receiver, two DVB-S receivers with modules and a DVB-S FTA receiver. ¡°My favorite channels are Luxe.TV on ASIASAT 2, Fashion TV, Voom, National Geographic, History Channel, AXN and ASN from MEASAT¡±, explains Applesat, ¡°The new HD channels from Korean provider Skylife recently started on KOREASAT 3 on 11.900L and 11.938L.¡± www.TELE-satellite.com ¡ª 06-07/2009 ¡ª TELE-satellite & Broadband 85

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  • 1. DXer REPORT HDTV Satellite Reception in Beijing The New DXer: TELE-satellite regularly reports on satellite DXer¡¯s. Up until now, this HDTV category covered all those who play around with satellite reception as a hobby. Now there exists a new category: the HDTV DXer! They are only interested in HDTV channels in DVB-S2, and nothing else. We met up with one of the ?rst of these specialized HDTV DXer¡¯s oddly enough in Beijing ¨C or maybe that¡¯s the reason why. Private satellite reception is not allowed in China except in ?at-land areas and the concentration on HDTV is therefore twice as uncommon. ¡ö Purchased only two days ago: the new 2.4-meter antenna that Applesat plans to set up in the next couple of days. The 1.0-meter dish is ?xed in place and is pointed to ASIASAT. 82 TELE-satellite & Broadband ¡ª 06-07/2009 ¡ª www.TELE-satellite.com
  • 2. This HDTV DXer adopted the nick- name ¡°Applesat¡±. He explained why: ¡°At 15 I started getting interested in sat- ellite reception. Back then China was still quite isolated and the reception of foreign programming opened up a new world for me. Back then I thought that the Earth was like an apple with satel- lites ?ying around it.¡± His parents didn¡¯t really like his new hobby, but Applesat didn¡¯t worry about it too much and started with a 1.5-meter dish for ASIASAT 1 reception. That was 1992. Three years later he expanded his system with a 2.1-meter dish for APSTAR 1. ¡ö Applesat¡¯s 60cm antenna with three LNBs receives In January 2009 he moved into his own TELSTAR 18 at 138¡ã east, AGILA at 146¡ã east and apartment in a new building in northern APSTAR 6 at 134¡ã east. Beijing. He chose this particular apart- ¡ö Applesat has hidden his antennas very nicely in this modern apartment building: invisible from the ground, they are located on the balcony of his apartment on the ninth ?oor. ¡ö This feedhorn is specially designed for offset antennas and is recognizable by its conical feedhorn. ¡°Normal prime focus antenna (PFA) feeds would have too much signal loss¡±, explains Applesat. TELE-satelliteother languageswww.TELE-satellite.com/... Download this report in World from the Internet: Arabic ????????? www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ara/dxer.pdf Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/bid/dxer.pdf Bulgarian §¢§ì§Ý§Ô§Ñ§â§ã§Ü§Ú www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/bul/dxer.pdf Czech ?esky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ces/dxer.pdf German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/deu/dxer.pdf English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/eng/dxer.pdf Spanish Espa?ol www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/esp/dxer.pdf Farsi ??????? www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/far/dxer.pdf French Fran?ais www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/fra/dxer.pdf Greek ¦¥¦Ë¦Ë¦Ç¦Í¦É¦Ê? www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/hel/dxer.pdf Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/hrv/dxer.pdf Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ita/dxer.pdf Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/mag/dxer.pdf Mandarin ÖÐÎÄ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/man/dxer.pdf Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ned/dxer.pdf Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/pol/dxer.pdf Portuguese Portugu¨ºs www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/por/dxer.pdf Romanian Rom?nesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/rom/dxer.pdf Russian §²§å§ã§ã§Ü§Ú§Û www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/rus/dxer.pdf Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/sve/dxer.pdf Turkish T¨¹rk?e www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/tur/dxer.pdf Available online starting from 29 May 2009 84 TELE-satellite & Broadband ¡ª 06-07/2009 ¡ª www.TELE-satellite.com
  • 3. ment for a reason: it is on the ninth ?oor directly under the roof. For the most part this protected him from any curious glances. ¡°You can only install dishes legally out in open land areas for CHINASTAR reception with channels in ABS-S¡±, explains Applesat, ¡°but private reception in the city is not allowed.¡± There are exceptions though for those apartment buildings in which foreigners are allowed to reside and then only in those apartments in which these for- eigners live. The Beijing-born Apple- sat cannot use this as an excuse, so for this reason he doesn¡¯t want to draw any attention to himself. ¡°I love HDTV¡±, says Applesat, ¡°and that¡¯s why I am willing to ¡ö By the south-facing window in take some risks.¡± His dream is to one the living room Applesat set up a small offset antenna that he is day have his own piece of land near the aligning with a Trimax meter. ¡°I Great Wall of China so that he can erect do this mostly in the evenings¡±, says Applesat, ¡°this is my manual a real satellite antenna farm. ¡°But cur- motorized antenna.¡± rent laws don¡¯t allow city residents like me to own any land outside of the city.¡± Until that day comes, he keeps in touch with like-minded people. He exchanges new HDTV channel information through his own Internet forum www.hdtvstar. cn; he acquires new transponder fre- quencies from www.cnsat.net. How does someone like Applesat get ahold of satellite products in Beijing? While you can ?nd shops with satellite equipment in provincial cities, you won¡¯t ?nd anything in Beijing. ¡°I buy much of my equipment through Internet auc- tion sites¡±, reveals Applesat, ¡°Using the word ¡®satellite¡¯ is really not allowed so you have to use other similar terms to ?nd products like that.¡± Applesat knows how to get around all the obstacles to expand his hobby. His rack already contains ?ve satellite receivers plus he also has a 32¡± HDTV ?at-screen TV. ¡°I¡¯d really like to turn my hobby into my job¡±, explains Apple- sat, ¡°and eventually that will happen.¡± The energy that Applesat puts into his hobby makes that a certainty. ¡ö Applesat in front of his shack with ?ve receivers, one for terrestrial HDTV signals in DMB-TH, a DVB-S2 receiver, two DVB-S receivers with modules and a DVB-S FTA receiver. ¡°My favorite channels are Luxe.TV on ASIASAT 2, Fashion TV, Voom, National Geographic, History Channel, AXN and ASN from MEASAT¡±, explains Applesat, ¡°The new HD channels from Korean provider Skylife recently started on KOREASAT 3 on 11.900L and 11.938L.¡± www.TELE-satellite.com ¡ª 06-07/2009 ¡ª TELE-satellite & Broadband 85