New Echostar Earthstation

[Hightech]

My company owns some licensed frequencies and so I get alot of info about other potential interference in and around the areas these licenses are in and I just had some papers come in my email regarding a new fcc license E is requesting in Monee, IL for a new frequency for a transmitter, anyone know what this might be for? More HD maybe?

TIA

 

[8bitbytes]

Maybe they are getting ready to uplink some Chicago channels?

 

[harshness]

I just had some papers come in my email regarding a new fcc license E is requesting in Monee, IL for a new frequency for a transmitter, anyone know what this might be for? More HD maybe?

Without knowing what the frequency is, it is impossible to tell. They already have a small uplink site in Monee.

Here's the DISH Tech site description:

The newly constructed Monee regional mini-broadcast employing about 18 people. This facility will help increase DISH Network’s capacity to supply local-to-local, standard, and high definition (HD) broadcast coverage throughout the nation.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Its probably just permission to make another earth station so they can transmit spot beams to another satellite.

That would be my guess.

 

[pdxsam]

or permission to have a backup uplink center. Since they got bit by Cheyenne so many times this year, they might be thinking about a full uplink center in the midwest.

It would make sense.

 

[KE4EST]

Could be a small number of things, let us know if you learn more.

 

[Hightech]

Without knowing what the frequency is, it is impossible to tell. They already have a small uplink site in Monee.

Here's the DISH Tech site description:

The Frequencies reported were in the 12 Ghz and 17 Ghz range, I have the exact info at work.

 

[Smith P.]

Sounds like normal freqs for uplink facility - 17 GHz for uplink and 12GHz for TT&C downlink.

 

[DishSubLA]

or permission to have a backup uplink center. Since they got bit by Cheyenne so many times this year, they might be thinking about a full uplink center in the midwest.

It would make sense.

Common sense, yes; financial sense, no. I think they'll let AT&T pay for any future full service uplinks. Don't forget, Dish already has a "backup" full service uplink at Gilbert, Arizona that currently shares duties with Chyanne. And that is about all the full uplinks Charlie's gonna pay for.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Yea, but to support spot beams you also need to spot beam the uplink frequencies!

 

[John Kotches]

Yea, but to support spot beams you also need to spot beam the uplink frequencies!

Does the sat send/receive off of the same antenna? If so; then they are short a few uplink stations