Thread: Post your 129W Spotbeam Signal Readings

Receiver type: 211
Dish: 24" with low noise LNB
Area: Zipcode: 98229

Update from post 22.



01 = 0
02 = 0
03 = 57 *
04 = 0
05 = 52
06 = 50 *
07 = 0
08 = 50 Spotbeam
09 = 65 *
10 = 61 Spotbeam
11 = 66 Spotbeam
12 = 19 Spotbeam
13 = 29
14 = 0
15 = 30
16 = 0

* Locked - Name Not Acquired!

These numbers are from a local dealer using a six foot dish and a VIP612. His box is on a dealer account so he is able to see all of the HD content. I'm taking one of my receivers there tomorrow to see if I can get them on my account, not expecting a good result. I'm thinking this will be like SCIFI and USA last year(all red). If Dish will let me subscribe to these channels, I'll be dragging the dealer back to my house to point my six footer at 129.

05=91
07=96
08=90
09=75
10=91
12=87
15=36
16=34
17=34
18=35
19=34
20=37
21=47
22=35
23=34
24=34
25=34
26=34
27=36
28=38
29=37
30=37
31=38
32=52

Nice report on the AK beams. I suspect some of those are bleed over as some of those TPs are not shown for the AK beam.

Originally Posted by digiblur

Nice report on the AK beams. I suspect some of those are bleed over as some of those TPs are not shown for the AK beam.

I'm going to go see tomorrow, but he was saying that he was getting a ton of HD and when he checked the transponder it wasn't a spot beam.

Originally Posted by AKGolf

I'm going to go see tomorrow, but he was saying that he was getting a ton of HD and when he checked the transponder it wasn't a spot beam.

Looks like enough to lock the the CONUS TPs (17-32). Spotbeams are 1-16.

Originally Posted by digiblur

Looks like enough to lock the the CONUS TPs (17-32). Spotbeams are 1-16.

Now will Dish allow me to subscribe?

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: Central LA 71463
Date/Time: around 10pm 2/19/09

01: 0
02: 0
03: 49 (Locked-Name Not Acquired)
04: 13 (Locked-Name Not Acquired)
05: 48
06: 14 (spotbeam)
07: 34 (Locked-Name Not Acquired)
08: 3 (Locked-Name Not Acquired)
09: 34 (spotbeam)
10: 0
11: 40 (spotbeam)
12: 0
13: 0
14: 0
15: 49 (Locked-Name Not Acquired)
16: 50 (Locked-Name Not Acquired)
21: 62
22: 52

Originally Posted by AKGolf

Now will Dish allow me to subscribe?

Good question. I would have my 6 footer swung over to 129 if we were allowed to receive the signals. Right now it is used for 110, but far exceeds the need for that now. If dish were smart they would allow that as many of us still have the 6 ft. dish that we had to use for 119 in the old days. More work for the installers in the area too.

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: Kettering, OH 45440
Date/Time: 3pm 2/20/09

01: 52 (spotbeam)
02: 32 (spotbeam)
03: 46 (spotbeam)
04: 37 (spotbeam)
05: 44
06: 49 (spotbeam)
07: 29 (spotbeam)
08: 45 (spotbeam)
09: 7 (spotbeam)
10: 0
11: 22 (spotbeam)
12: 0
13: 0
14: 0
15:
16: 47 (Locked-Name Not Acquired)
21: 70
22: 53