lupus Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Whilst I have sympathy with those people who CAN'T have SKY for the reasons mentioned - but those who chose cable over SKY (probably becasue it was slightly cheaper ) really can't complain if they then miss some meetings. We were in this position a couple of years ago, but decided to go with SKY as there package suited the things we wanted better (mostly speedway and American Football). With regards to SKY not helping the local tracks - I can only speak for the people I know but over the last two or three years htere have been so many additions to the people we stand with that if you don't get there early you have to find another 'spot'. Last Monday there were 4 adults and one child of 10 stood by us - work colleagues of my other half mostly - whose sole reason for being there was because they saw the sport on TV. One of these guys used to take the mickey out of my other half saying that he couldn't believe he still went to the speedway as this other guy used to go in the 70's, until he 'outgrew' the sport (turning, like most, to football :roll: ). However, after seeing the speedway on SKY at the beginning of last year, his daughter nagged him to take her to Wolves - and now they're well and truly hooked!!! Just an example of the 'power' of TV - like it or not, the most effective way of getting people back to the sport is for it to have as much exposure as possible. After all, the guy I described above has worked with my hubby for about ten years and resisted every effort my hubby made to persuade him to try it again - until he saw the sport again for himself - ON SKY!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloop Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 I'm a bit peed off as I do not have Sky Sports Extra. Suppose I'll just have to go to the hotel along the road which shows all the GPs and EL matches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight_Lady Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Ohhh what a hardship that will be Sloop. Good company, fine ales and speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Even ksy must be able I used to be dyslexic, but I'm K.O. now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Dyslexics of the world untie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peatbog Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Cable users should be able to watch the GP at 11pm on Sky Sports 2 that means you can drown your sorrows in the pub first, or support your local track if they have a match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Actually, it means I have to studiously avoid finding out the result before I settle down to watch the repeat. Fortunately, that's not much of a problem with Speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Bryce, then just make sure you avoid the forum tomorrow night...you'd have more chance of finding dirt on the Poole track than not finding out the result... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Thanks for that tip Rabbit. Actually, I kinda guessed that I might need to avoid this place tomorrow night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leg Trailer Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 Sky are providing Speedway with more exposure than ever, those of you who are constantly whining about their coverage should cast your minds back 5 years. Speedway has no divine right to TV coverage and the fact Sky choose to put it on Extra is their right, we are a minority sport and it's only rarely that Sky treat it as so. How very true. I remember posting off letter after letter during the late eighties and early nineties asking the TV channels to show more speedway and 9 times outa 10 got a PFO letter back. Anyone who remembers the dark days of ZERO speedway coverage will always think twice before shooting their mouth off that a match is not shown on the proper channel of their liking. If SKY think people don't appreciate them covering the sport then they'll soon bugger off and cover something else like ...... erm.... domino's. Sometimes it best just to grin and bare these things rather than risk looking like ungrateful gits with short memories. LT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 Don't laugh - they did cover dominos at least once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 Don't laugh - they did cover dominos at least once. It knocked spots of the angling progs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 You have no sole. Even Angling has a time and a plaice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 What i don,t understand is why you cannot put a sky dish in your loft as you can have a tv aerial in there and i assume as a bit of a technophobe that they both receive radio waves.Plus if the dish had to be bigger because of the roof obscuring the signal it wouldn't matter because you wouldn't see it.Of course if you have a train set,scalextric or a bedroom in there you would be out of luck. i think u will find that t.v. ariels use ultra high frequencies (uhf) to transmit sky waves that bounce off things and can pass through others or do both. When putting an ariel in your roof you will experience mild attenuation, so a booster may be required. However a sat dish uses micowaves (mmmmm food!) to recive signals which do not bounce, refract or pass through ne thing so must have line of sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted July 16, 2003 Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 Goose, i bow to your superior knowledge,i have asked lots of people the same question and no-one knew the answer.But can you tell me why so many japanese people have bandy legs.Commonsense says something to do with there diet but is it? i have asked loads of people and nobody knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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