The Following story was obtained from sources within the satellite underground. SWN has not had the opportunity to review this test device as of press time. Credit for this story belongs to the writers, and they know who they are.
THE PASS CARD (Plastic Automatic Subscription Simulator) is the newest offering in a recent slew of
test-cards is due to be released around the first of January. It is similar to the DDT and Combo cards
because of it's "Wedge" design which inserts into your receiver in-between the original blue plastic,
although the PASS appears to be much more compact than either of the other two designs.
The PASS will be initially available with a trade-in of an older L, T, or I-System cards, and it's cost is
expected to be around $175 (US dollars). The card will be offered directly by AXA's group by mail-order
out of Montreal. They have announced that they will NOT be shipping to any US addresses though, so
people in the US will have to contact their local dealer to make sure they obey the laws in their area.
Sometime in mid-January they expect to begin shipping of PASS cards for those without trade-in cards, the cost is expected to be somewhere around $220 (US). Like the DDT and Combo, the PASS will require that you supply a P2 (H) series blue plastic access card which is inserted in the black socket on top. (see picture) This card can then be tested while in the PASS and enables either a subscribed or "virgin" plastic to test all channels in your receiver. The PASS will not hurt the plastic card at all, so it can still be used later if desired.
The PASS contains some neat features that the DDT and Combo should have had, such as an Infrared update capability that will allow anyone to quickly update their card by simply punching in codes. The IR module on the PASS can also receive wireless updates from your PC if it has either an IrDA port (most laptops do) or a simple gadget that can easily be plugged into the serial port. One more distinction is the lack of jumpers or DIP switches on the PASS, the modes are all program-med using your existing remote control. Another neat addition is the "upgrade socket" which is designed to accept a small plug in ASIC that will be available in the future to enable the PASS to run without the Blue plastic card! A "blocker" system has also been incorporated to reduce the possibility of an ECM and protect your valuable Plastic. P.A.S.S Card features
Hey its 1998 and Howdy...
Where to begin? Did we all have fun in 1997? According to some, it was a blast. Others say it was ok, and very few have said that it was no fun at all. Well, from my standpoint, 1997 was a fun year, however, 1997 also offered a great deal of uncertainty for those who of us who work in the satellite industry. I hope that in 1998 the dust will settle a bit and we can all enjoy an industry that we all truly love.
As you can see, we are tring to spruce up the Satellite Watch News a bit. We hope that
you like our new look, as we continually strive to make this the best source of infor-mation
in the industry.
IRC.GRIT.NET Moving
Due to circumstances be-yond the control of many, the IRC's located on Grit.net will be moving.
The new server home will be irc.cmeonline.com. You should be able to find all of your favorite chat rooms such as #satellite and #vcII on this server.
You may also want to check out these other servers and links.
I am still frequently being asked where the Internet Real Audio portion of my radio show is located, so here it is again. You can listen to the DB-1 radio show at: http://www.discountsat.com or http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/discsat/news.htm Well, its time to see what other info I can dig up, so until next month, Stay well.
Hello again. As we finish this year 1997 we enter into what I believe to be a most dangerous time for freedom. As you may know, a micropower station, YACE, has been silent for sometime to avoid being raided by the jackboot wannabees. This was confirmed by me first hand.
Recently in Fla. a raid actually took place even as Rev Strawcutter got assurance that his station in Adrian Michigan was NOT to be taken off the air until, as the Federal judge put it, "We can study the interesting Constitutional and statutory issues in this case" So why the bully boy moves?
Perhaps we are ALREADY under a regional government outlined in the FEMA directives issued many years ago. Each operating in a quasi-independent fashion. Perhaps just to "Let em know who is boss" Gee, according to Black's law dictionary a REPUBLIC (NOT a Democracy) is where the people (we) are sovereign and expect to have laws uniformly applied to us ALL. I have had people say, where do you get this STUFF anyway? OK here it is. A story from the MAIN STREAM, telling of what is equivalent to burning the books. From our warm and fuzzy (until the velvet glove comes off to reveal the usual iron fist of tyranny) United Nations for global communism.
If I sound upset, YOU BET I AM. Answer this eternal question, HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH, PEOPLE? Pray for peace yes! Pray for the Constitution to be Restored, CONTINUALLY.
(Note The magazine Foreign Affairs is the official organ of the Council on Foreign Affairs, a group that Bill Klinton and other (most) of the illuminaries in "leadership" are members and network their poison of global control to the unsuspecting public through the controlled media.)
Information provided by micropower broadcaster YACE, Freedom 91.9fm Canton, Ohio Freedom USED TO ring across America on Low Power FM!
There is no entity more terrified or insecure, than a tyrant. He must ALWAYS LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER. He knows his tenure depends on the absolute oppression of his victims. He derives his power from the parasites who feed on intimidation and its devices. But, "the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." Ma 16:18 From the Los Angeles Times: Wednesday, December 3, 1997 INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK U.N. Hate-Radio Jamming Would Send Wrong Signal By JIM MANN
WASHINGTON--In foreign policy, sometimes the noblest of intentions leads to lousy ideas. That's certainly the case with the recent curious proposal for a special United Nations "jam squad", a special U.N. team that could be hurriedly dispatched to crisis points around the world carrying equipment to jam, or block, harmful radio and TV broadcasts. Writing in the current issue of "Foreign Affairs" magazine, Jamie M. Metzl, a former United Nations human rights officer, proposes the creation of what would officially be called an "independent information intervention unit" at the U.N. Its goal, he writes, would be "countering dangerous messages that incite people to violence." A U.N. unit could monitor local news media to see where crises might erupt, air its own messages of peace and, where necessary, prevent other radio or TV broadcasts from being heard. The idea for the U.N. jam squad originated in the genocidal horrors of Rwanda. In 1994, the country's main radio station, the Radio-Television Libre des Milles Collines, then controlled by Hutu extremists, began broadcasting hate messages targeting members of the rival tribe, the Tutsis, and moderate Hutus. The Rwanda station even broadcast lists of enemies to be hunted down. "Take your spears, clubs, guns, swords, stones, everything, sharpen them, jack them, those enemies, those cockroaches," the station urged listeners. The result was one of the world's worst blood baths, in which more than 500,000 unarmed Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered. This was, certainly, as compelling a case for jamming as you can get. And Metzl has one cogent argument on behalf of his proposal: When there's an ethnic conflict in a place like Rwanda, sending in a United Nations jamming team would be considerably easier and less costly than sending in troops.
"I think it's a worthy idea," says Rep. Edward R. Royce (R-Fullerton), chairman of the House International Relations subcommittee on Africa. "I'm sure we would try to go out and jam [in Rwanda] if those circumstances came up again." Indeed, the United States and its allies are conducting a somewhat similar operation in Bosnia. Two months ago, NATO troops seized and effectively shut down a station run by hard-line Bosnian Serb forces after the station broadcast inflammatory attacks on NATO forces trying to keep the peace there. But it's a long step to go from these situations to the creation of a permanent, formal unit run by the United Nations and scouring the world in search of radio broadcasts to jam. Who would determine exactly what kinds of radio programs should be blocked and which programs could be aired? What would ensure that the jamming decisions were not motivated by politics? Wouldn't the creation of such a United Nations operation strengthen the hand of governments that want to jam radio transmissions for much less noble reasons? "This opens up a Pandora's box, really," says Richard Richter, the director of Radio Free Asia, the federally funded station that broadcasts into Asian countries with repressive governments. "You'd have China claiming that we [American broadcasts] should be jammed by the United Nations." Ultimately, a U.N. jamming squad would give official sanction to restrictions on the free flow of information. Metzl's article has a response to this problem, but it's a weak one. "During the Cold War, when the United States faced a Soviet adversary intent on jamming the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, it made sense for the United States to promote an absolute standard for the free flow of information," he wrote. "Now, a more nuanced view should be possible." But that's precisely backward: The free flow of information wasn't merely a temporary means to winning the Cold War, but one of the goals of the endeavor. Although the problem of hate-filled radio broadcasts is a serious one, there are ways of dealing with it that don't involve creating some huge, supranational censorship unit. One alternative is simply to provide other, competing radio broadcasts. In Rwanda, for example, the United Nations set up its own radio stations, both in the capital of Kigali and in radio camps. Royce's subcommittee has been exploring the possibility of creating a Radio Free Africa, similar to Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia and Radio Marti, which broadcasts to Cuba. There are serious questions about whether such a new organization is necessary, when VOA, the official U.S. government station, already broadcasts intensively into Africa. But the underlying idea makes sense: to transmit better, more accurate information to Africa, rather than focusing on jamming or censorship. There are other ways of combating hate radio too. Those who directly incite violence over the airwaves can be brought to justice. At the moment, a war-crimes tribunal, set up under U.N. auspices, is prosecuting those responsible for the massacres in Rwanda. Among the suspects in custody are some of those responsible for the Milles Collines radio broadcasts. But a worldwide, U.N.-run jamming team? As a Hollywood script, maybe the idea has possibilities. As foreign policy, it's a loser. Copyright Los Angeles Times
Note- Gee why when it is a freedom of speech issue the writers think that restrictions are a bad thing. When it is the second amendment they (weapons) are dangerous things.. The second amendment is there to protect the first eh!?
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