Echostar files to move E6 to 61.5W

[Scott Greczkowski]

Because they are getting things all setup and ready.

With a simple click of the keyboard the signals move from 72.7 to 61.5.



The routing at the uplink center is NEAT its all IP based and to rerout something its just a puch of a keyboard. When I was there it was neat seeing all the internal IP addresses of everything on Dish Network.

[kstuart]

They definitely are hurting. Looks like southern california will be 0 to marginal at best.

Nelson, can you describe specifically the elements that go into that prediction ?

My experience is that when Dish moves a satellite, they then poll dealers in various places in the country for their signal strength, in order to tweak the position and pointing of the satellite.

Since EchoStar 6 was not designed for 61.5 West, then it seems likely that they will do that.

[drdroo]

Looks to me like Northern Maine will be the larger problem. Like Digi said, no one in SoCal has 61.5. But I bet some in Maine do.

Most of our installs here are 110/119 and 61.5 I believe, especially here in Central Maine and north. Some Southern Mainers can use EA with decent results but my experiences with the 1000.4 were bad enough that I switched back to my 2 dish setup.

[MNHTUG]

I've rest most of the thread and see no prediction on "GO LIVE" of E6 at 61.5. Any estimates on when we might expect this to happen? I'm interested in getting the new channels but not excited enough to move my dish if I will see E6 go live with new HD channels within three months. If it's six-12 months away, I'll point to 129 temporarily until E6 goes live.

Again, any estimate on a GO LIVE date for E6 at 61.5?

[TheKrell]

Frankly I don't know why SATS has to petition the FCC to move satellites around, but they do. The FCC hasn't acted as yet.

[cforrest]

Frankly I don't know why SATS has to petition the FCC to move satellites around, but they do. The FCC hasn't acted as yet.

Probably cause the federal gov't has been shutdown for 3 days and will be closed tomorrow for a 4th day! Too much snow for DC.

[jossy122]

Is nim iq 72 able to be acquired in puerto rico? how a dish would i need?

[Tom_P]

Well Jossy in from PR too and a Authorized Retailer. As far as testing I'm planning to do some this weekend. I have 2- 6' Channel Master. One aimed at the 61.5 and the other at the 110 location basically wasting it capabilietied because for that sat a 30" is more than enough t get a very stroong signal.

I just need the correct equipment to get that satellite. I already have a DPP44 switch..

Maybe somebody can help me here, since I'm not familiar with those installation, not needed here in PR. Do I need linear lnbs or my regular DP lnbs will work?

[HDRoberts]

Is nim iq 72 able to be acquired in puerto rico? how a dish would i need?

Doesn't look like it is designed for PR. I'd say you would need a pretty massive dish.


Nimiq 5 72.7W TXL Conus (Satkml)

[digiblur]

Yeah. I doubt even a 6 footer would grab it. I wouldn't waste the time unless you are really bored as PR is outside of the red line(35.5dbw).