Dish's FCC Filing on E-14 Satellite to 119 W

[DishSubLA]

Regarding how a sloppy application by Spectrum 5 could get approved by the FCC:



Someone on this board claimed that Spectrum 5 had friends in the Bush administration. It appears that since the change in administration, Spectrum 5 isn't always getting its way.

[mike123abc]

Here is the Echostar Response to the Spectrum Five letter regarding interference and coordination.


http://licensing.fcc.gov/ibfsweb/ib....ent_key=727723

A pretty scathing letter calling out Spectrum 5's complete lack of doing anything but trying to cash in on the slot. I would not mind competition to Dish/DIRECTV with a new operator. We of course saw how VOOM went, but perhaps a better idea is waiting out there somewhere. But, of course if S5 does not bother to come up with a working satellite plan why should DIRECTV or Dish have to mess around answering their concerns.

[Bradtothebone]

Our friends down in Wichita are wondering when they will get HD Locals. Does E*14 have a spotbeam that will cover the SW 2/3 of Kansas for the Wichita DMA? I know that neither E*12 nor Ciel-2 can do this.

Brad

[digiblur]

Our friends down in Wichita are wondering when they will get HD Locals. Does E*14 have a spotbeam that will cover the SW 2/3 of Kansas for the Wichita DMA? I know that neither E*12 nor Ciel-2 can do this.

Brad

There is a beam on 129 the covers the City of Wichita well but not the entire DMA. DMA here -
Wichita DMA

Spotbeam 29 even has a transponder open but I doubt they want to create another Denver, CO or Scranton, PA "half DMA" issue at this time. 129 Spot 29 - Coverage and contents

E14 will have coverage for the entire DMA. E14 is rather odd on their spotbeam sizes and shapes. Spotbeam B9 - Click Here This spotbeam will be capable of 4 transponders.

[Bradtothebone]

.....E14 will have coverage for the entire DMA. E14 is rather odd on their spotbeam sizes and shapes. Spotbeam B9 - Click Here This spotbeam will be capable of 4 transponders.

Thanks, Digi, that looks like the winner for Wichita-Hutchinson.

Brad

[Jim S.]

Spotbeam 29 even has a transponder open but I doubt they want to create another Denver, CO or Scranton, PA "half DMA" issue at this time.

That's funny, I didn't know they were showing any signs of being bothered by that sort of thing.

[Jim5506]

Looks like there are no spotbeams on E-14 for the Lubbock area, just like 129.

Maybe we get our HD locals off 110 where our SD locals are - yea right!

Seems like Dish would want to really ace out DirecTV here since DirecTV doesn't even offer SD locals in this area.

Oh well, we get everything easily OTA.

[whatchel1]

I've looked through the entire thread and I now feel really dense. I saw the conus beams maps but I couldn't find the spotbeam maps.

[Jim5506]

Post 55.

[whatchel1]

Thanks are there more that we can look at?