2/25/2009 2:28pm - Uplink Activity Report - 84 changes

**Laddyboy** · 02-26-2009 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by sprinklerguy

I will figure it out if I have to...

if it turns out that the locals don't get to us....i'm going to rething something..

I have been with dish since 1993 or something...i don't want to leave....however.....

I'm not sure what happened with respect to Colorado, the home of E*. Comments were made when the Denver locals went up that the spot beam for Denver didn't encompass the entire market. I guess that's still the case but I don't know that for a fact.

**rdinkel** · 02-26-2009 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Laddyboy

I'm not sure what happened with respect to Colorado, the home of E*. Comments were made when the Denver locals went up that the spot beam for Denver didn't encompass the entire market. I guess that's still the case but I don't know that for a fact.

It is a fact. The Denver DMA is very large and spills into adjacent states. The Colorado Springs/Pueblo DMA just does not match the spotbeam pattern which is better optimized to northern New Mexico. Yet the large cities in New Mexico are on a different spotbeam. I think the problem is that these Ciel-2 spotbeams are fixed, whereas the previous satellite that was lost after launch had the newer technology steerable spotbeams.

**kennya** · 02-26-2009 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by osu1991

There you go Kenny Fox 23 in Tulsa is available. Time for some Nascar!

Yeah!!! I left work earlier yesterday before the uplink report came out. Our internet is down so I was sitting in front of the tv looking through the guide every so often and saw it come up!

Now I am on the more national bandwagon!!!

**rockymtnhigh** · 02-26-2009 09:44 AM

I don't live there anymore, but woo-hoo for Grand Junction, Colorado! I am glad for my friends!

**varcieri** · 02-26-2009 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by rockymtnhigh

I don't live there anymore, but woo-hoo for Grand Junction, Colorado! I am glad for my friends!

Not up yet - but I'm excited that Big J is entering the 21st century! When did you live here? V. Arcieri in Grand Junction

**rdinkel** · 02-26-2009 10:53 AM

I wish Dish would have used Spotbeam 19 for Colorado Springs DMA, as well as Grand Junction and Denver.

**Laddyboy** · 02-26-2009 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by rdinkel

I wish Dish would have used Spotbeam 19 for Colorado Springs DMA, as well as Grand Junction and Denver.

Then the SE part of the DMA would have been left out, wouldn't it?

**rdinkel** · 02-26-2009 12:56 PM

Yes, but the more heavily populated areas around northern Colorado Springs would be better covered.

**mperdue** · 02-26-2009 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by Laddyboy

Why is being on eastern arc so important? I'm in Central IL and there are people west of me on the eastern arc and I couldn't care less. If I had a choice of arcs, I would want the western arc as its satellites are newer; E11 at 110W and Ciel 2 at 129W are brand new within the last year and have very strong signals.

Gee, if everyone lived in your house there wouldn't be a problem. Fortunately we all have our own homes in different parts of the country and some of us can't receive 129 for various reasons. It doesn't make any difference how new the satellite is if you can get a dish aimed at it.

**cesater** · 02-27-2009 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Roxor

I couldn't get a lock on the old 129, so that is why I had to get 61.5 for HD. So, does that mean no Indianapolis locals in HD for me?

I had the same problem in Nashville, IN. The tech disconnected my 129 from my dish 1000 and added a wing dish at 61.5 --- now HD locals are on new 129? Called Dish Tech and they said they'd fix it when they became available?? Can't wait and we'll see if they "fix it" for free.

Chuck in Nashville

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