Scott and Bob kick of Season Two with a big bang over the latest news of AMC 14. Continuing on the Eastern Arch conquest, Scott reveals some new HD local Launch dates as well as a huge announcement regarding other slots within Eastern Arch scope. We finally wrap things up with the some talk about Tivo and E*. As always, keep it tuned to satelliteguys.us for the latest breaking news and Vote for us at Podcast Alley!
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Great show guys!!

Looks like Eastern Arc is full steam ahead.

This could be an interesting week for Dish.:)

Nice job gentleman. Still running on multiple gears! Scott's audio sounded a little scratchy at the 1-2min mark. Other than that, it sounded good.

You guys have been WAY ahead of the curve on all the Eastern Arc stuff, nice job.

This is definitely a, "put up or unplug" week for Dish Network.

We'll just wait and see...we half to.

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Great job keep up the good work thanks for the info

I due believe the new dish is called 1k.4

I was wondering scott if u had any info on western arch?

I would love to go to team summit but im workin..

Why the limited on D* talk? Since I switched to D there doesnt seem to be a reason to listen to the podcast.

Why the limited on D* talk? Since I switched to D there doesnt seem to be a reason to listen to the podcast.

Because there really has been no Directv news. When there is we do cover it. Right now everything is pritty stagnent over at D* untill D*11 finishes testing.

Nice podcast. I listened right in my browser.

At the end you said to "make sure you vote for us on...." Do you have a link for that? How do we vote?

Thanks for all the great information. Even though you're not associated with Dish, it is nice to hear about things in the pipeline.

Alright you sly devils! How is it that you described the following activity without a corresponding uplink report? (If it's there, I haven't found it via search.)

Echo 4 (?) at 77 now has all 32 transponders lit! I can't even begin to understand that one since all but 4 (or was it 6?) transponders on Echo4 are dead. I do recall reading that the power problems resolved themselves when a solar panel finished deploying after being stuck for years. But how did all those transponders fix themselves? Is there another satellite at 77 that I don't know about? The podcast mentions NBATV on channel 560 and channels 6809 through 6840 carrying slates (UP 4 - 8).

Transponder 1 at 72.7 is now running channel 6801 UP5. Huh? Since when is there any satellite at 72.7? DirectTV 1R is still sitting at 72.5, while AMC6 is at 72.0.

Awesome podcast guys! I'm pretty new here but I'm learning tons just listening to you. I look forward to future shows!:eureka

Alright you sly devils! How is it that you described the following activity without a corresponding uplink report? (If it's there, I haven't found it via search.)

Echo 4 (?) at 77 now has all 32 transponders lit! I can't even begin to understand that one since all but 4 (or was it 6?) transponders on Echo4 are dead. I do recall reading that the power problems resolved themselves when a solar panel finished deploying after being stuck for years. But how did all those transponders fix themselves? Is there another satellite at 77 that I don't know about? The podcast mentions NBATV on channel 560 and channels 6809 through 6840 carrying slates (UP 4 - 8).

Transponder 1 at 72.7 is now running channel 6801 UP5. Huh? Since when is there any satellite at 72.7? DirectTV 1R is still sitting at 72.5, while AMC6 is at 72.0.

Here is what I have... According to my sources all of these are active. (Of course not available)

I only pass on what I am hearing. :)

Nice podcast. I listened right in my browser.

At the end you said to "make sure you vote for us on...." Do you have a link for that? How do we vote?

Thanks for all the great information. Even though you're not associated with Dish, it is nice to hear about things in the pipeline.


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Is there any way to make your voice and Scott's approximately the same volume? I'm having some difficulty here at work because I have to crank up the volume to hear Scott, and then your voice and the opening/closing music and sound effects really blast out too loudly.

The voices are mixed equally. I know in my headphones they sound equally mixed.

Is there any way to make your voice and Scott's approximately the same volume? I'm having some difficulty here at work because I have to crank up the volume to hear Scott, and then your voice and the opening/closing music and sound effects really blast out too loudly.

Yeah I am having somewhat the same issue but in my case Bob's voice is very low and especially at the beginning. The intro music is quite loud. Everything get equalized a bit better later into the broadcast.

Yeah I am having somewhat the same issue but in my case Bob's voice is very low... Huh. :confused: I think I will try some headphones and see if the problem goes away. If it does, then I think one or more of us has a stereo speaker phasing issue.

you guys really need to post this in an independent RSS feed so that it can be subscribed to in iTunes, etc. I wanted to go back 30 seconds, and couldn't because the flash player sucks.

No West Coast Arc?? does dish hate the West Coast???

you guys really need to post this in an independent RSS feed so that it can be subscribed to in iTunes, etc. I wanted to go back 30 seconds, and couldn't because the flash player sucks.

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Alright you sly devils! How is it that you described the following activity without a corresponding uplink report? (If it's there, I haven't found it via search.)

Echo 4 (?) at 77 now has all 32 transponders lit! I can't even begin to understand that one since all but 4 (or was it 6?) transponders on Echo4 are dead. I do recall reading that the power problems resolved themselves when a solar panel finished deploying after being stuck for years. But how did all those transponders fix themselves? Is there another satellite at 77 that I don't know about? The podcast mentions NBATV on channel 560 and channels 6809 through 6840 carrying slates (UP 4 - 8).

Transponder 1 at 72.7 is now running channel 6801 UP5. Huh? Since when is there any satellite at 72.7? DirectTV 1R is still sitting at 72.5, while AMC6 is at 72.0.

There are still only 4 TPs active at 77w, and only the DSS transponders at 72.5 from Dtv 1R. I don't believe we've even seen FCC approval for them to move Echo6 anywhere yet. Those "channels" (UP1, UP2, etc) are just placeholders in the system tables. There are channels on 77w, but they have been there since December.

In fact, Echostar submitted an application to keep Echo6 at 110w as a spare for another 180 days. This was filed April 18.
http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/servlet/ib.page.FetchAttachment?attachment_key=-146319

Yeah I am having somewhat the same issue but in my case Bob's voice is very low and especially at the beginning. The intro music is quite loud. Same here ... and I use headphones.

One thing mentioned by Scott was offering customers the option to pay for TiVo software on Dish DVRs. Seems to me that this might only appeal to former TiVo users... I think the vast majority of Dish DVR users are pretty happy with the software. It's not perfect and people want add'l features, but these features aren't generally anything that TiVo has that Dish doesn't have.

No West Coast Arc?? does dish hate the West Coast???

I think they need Ciel-2 (and perhaps a ciel-4 at 138 down the road) before any plans move forward here... Imagine 129-138-148. D1k.2 would probably work even. How nice would that be!

Dish had slots at 148 & 157. All 32 TPs if I recall correctly. But what they likely will do is move all of the Eastern customers over to E.Arc and then change 110 & 119 (ie Dish 500) over to being the Western Arc.

New member here,

Normally DBS satellites are spaced at a minimum of 9 degrees. How will 72.5 and 77 work without using a larger dish that has a narrower pattern? Also, I read Direct TV is already using 72.5, so 77 will cause a problem unless Direct TV is already using a larger dish on 72.5.

What am I missing? Is 72.5 only going to use LHCP and 77 use only RHCP?

Thanks!

Maybe it was just me, but when I listen to the podcast on Tuesday night it sounded like Scott and Bob had joined the Chipmunks. It hasn't been like that the previous weeks. I dunno, it could be on my end.

Maybe it was just me, but when I listen to the podcast on Tuesday night it sounded like Scott and Bob had joined the Chipmunks. It hasn't been like that the previous weeks. I dunno, it could be on my end.

I had the same problem yesterday afternoon. I thought it was just me.

New member here,

Normally DBS satellites are spaced at a minimum of 9 degrees. How will 72.5 and 77 work without using a larger dish that has a narrower pattern? Also, I read Direct TV is already using 72.5, so 77 will cause a problem unless Direct TV is already using a larger dish on 72.5.

What am I missing? Is 72.5 only going to use LHCP and 77 use only RHCP?

Thanks!


Thats one of the very issues that the FCC is looking for and the reason why they are wanting to test at that slot to see how much interferance there is. Lyngsat.com has D* 1r as ku and Echo 4 over at 77 as ka. I dont know if that is accurate or not.

Thats one of the very issues that the FCC is looking for and the reason why they are wanting to test at that slot to see how much interferance there is. Lyngsat.com has D* 1r as ku and Echo 4 over at 77 as ka. I dont know if that is accurate or not.

Yes, I see Lyngsat.com has 77 as white color, but when you open the link, the frequencies listed are standard KU DBS (12.311, 12.399, 12.428 and 12.530 GHz) not Ka. I don't see how 4.5 degress separation (77-72.5) is going to work on an 18" dish.

Anyone have an idea?

77 is Ku DBS. There really should not be a problem with 72.5 reception. In fact TPs are in use at 77 already, but the satellite is pointed towards Mexico, so only the lower half of the US can really see 77 ATM.

The issue is multisatellite dishes. If a DBS company wanted to use 72.5, 82 and 91 for example, a satellite at 77 could cause interference in some locations. In the original 77 filing Dish would have had E6 pointed down, so it would not have much signal bleed into Canada, the slot owners in question.

The problem now is E6 is being kept at 110 for a spare since launches look delayed again. E5 at 129 may cause a problem since Ciel-2 is already pushed into next year. Hopefully E11 makes it up on time. E8 should be freed up when E11 goes up. But, Echostar has to decide to give up an important spare now to move one of E6 or E8 to 129 and the other to 77.

They also leased capacity at 72.5, perhaps they will move a satellite there since it is not an issue like 77 would be.

chipmunks here. no problem understanding things, so it let me get the podcast done in less time!

They should give that option for all podcasts!

:-)

Who's submitting the podcast? ;)

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I found you on iTunes, but there are no shows listed. Also tried the RSS feed with no luck.

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Thanks, I will submit this to the Operations forum so we can get this fixed :)