Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: What's a "Wegener"?

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Posted by Dave Bird (Member # 490) on 10-11-2001, 09:59 PM:

Watching Satellite feeds, it sometimes says:
"Stations Must Use A Wegener". I know we have
some TV guys here.......so what's a Wegener?

Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 10-11-2001, 11:45 PM:

Don't know for a fact, but maybe it's this?:
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/studio/satellite/dr96q.html

Posted by Keith Peticolas (Member # 971) on 10-13-2001, 06:39 PM:

A Wegener is a satellite receiver/decoder. We used them at the last Fox station I worked at. If you saw something on the air saying to "switch your wegener", someone was asleep at the post.

Posted by Dave Bird (Member # 490) on 10-13-2001, 11:16 PM:

Thanks! It was just saying "Stations Must Use A Wegener", and yes, it was FOX!