since I can remember there is a channel on television that just shows
a monitor of some sort with a graph.  It is in black and white and
there is a sign that someone wrote on that has been propped up on top
of the monitor that says the following: "ANTT: All Field Services
Techs; Tighten Your Fittings!!!"  On the top of the monitor -- it
looks like there is a label from the maker of the monitor saying
"STAM/Darrien".  What the heck is this channel? And why has it been on
tv for at least the past 26 years? (Right now I live in Greenwich, CT
and it's on channel 121, but when I used to live in Roslyn, NY I think
it was on channel 1.

---

Request for Question Clarification by markj-ga on 02 Jan 2005 07:33 PST

star333 --

Are you a Cablevision subscriber?

markj-ga

---

Clarification of Question by star333-ga on 02 Jan 2005 10:45 PST

yes i do have cablevision.

I have not seen such a channel anywhere I have lived. My guess is
technicians use it for a test pattern and rarely to send criptic
messages to employees and sub-contractors. Tightning the fittings
often improves picture quality. Loosen them 1/4 turn if necessary so
you can tighten cable TV fittings, if your picture is less than
perfect.   Neil

It doesn't seem like it would be a meesage that they send out--
because It's been there since I was a child and I'm 26 years old now. 
The picture has never changed.  It shows some kind of frequency as
well as this hand written note.  And it never changes!  So weird.

Hi Starr,

Ahh yes .. I wonder if it's the same reminder sent to Sony contractors
in the days of contractor installation of televisions. TVs with videos
were tuned in on a particular frequency. Contractors were reminded of
the possibility of inadvertently exposing their reverse cleavage as it
were to the ageing female clients. It was a reminder to keep their
shorts hitched up as they hunched on bended knee in attending the said
television sets.    :)

Phil

This could be true... But why still have it on TV?  Isn't it expensive
to keep that running on the channel?