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Subject: Re: How does DirecTV work on aircraft? Posted on: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:42:17 GMT

John wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:18:59 GMT, "Jeff Hacker"
> wrote:
>
>
>>"pstnly" wrote in message
>>news:1146080217.656633.254660@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>Recently flew JetBlue and was impressed that they had DirecTV showing
>>>20 channels or so. How do they do this? I don't recall seeing a
>>>residential style dish mounted on top of the plane! Does anyone have
>>>any info about how they receive the signal and maintain it while moving?
>>>
>>
>>They actually have 36 stations now. And there IS an antenna on top of the
>>airplane.
>>
>
>
> Yes, I have seen it--very small rabbit ears.
>

No, Rabbit Ears work best on VHF
I think they just trail a cable.

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