Certain 148º Local Markets transitioning to the 110º
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Thanks Scott for the info. I know of a few Sioux fans in Western ND that didnt get locals through Dish because of the "gawdy" 2nd dish
This will help
This will help
So what are they going to use the 148 satellite for? HD-LIL for Anchorage and Honolulu, with one transponder for each station?
remember, AK and HI cant not see 129, so they cant get any of the Voom chanels, or the newer HD channels. Maybe E* is finally going to give those customers all the HD the rest of us can get.
ken0042 said:This is awesome news for those of us who happen to live in one of the "Northern States."
(The one directly north of Montana.)
why? If you have locals from Montana the spotbeam will nuke the signal
Here's an idea.
Swap the birds at 148 for the one at 129.
That way the 148 birds can easily cover ConUS from 129, and the 129 POS bird can supply west coast from 148.
Swap the birds at 148 for the one at 129.
That way the 148 birds can easily cover ConUS from 129, and the 129 POS bird can supply west coast from 148.
Can the bird currently at 148 replace the sick bird at 129? If the sick bird at 129 moved to 148 would it upset fewer customers?
Iceberg said:
That is possible. However looking at the size of the spotbeam I may be in luck. As the crow flies I'm 276 miles from Great Falls; which is marginally closer than Spokane and I know I'm on the fringe of the Spokane spotbeams. I say fringe because I can get about 52 for signal strength.
What I will do is check it out beforehand, and if I can get a good enough signal strength on the Great Falls spotbeam I may have to take a road trip. Big advantages with Great Falls for me are that it is a lot closer "as the car drives"; 5 hours as opposed to 8. Also the folks at one of the mailbox stores have a mail service for those of us not getting a lot of mail- $20 per year plus actual postage for them to re-direct the odd piece of mail.
Man, do I ever miss the days when I lived closer to the US!
The older birds at 148 can easily handle 129, since their pattern is a big cone. Even with the low single digit azimuths in the northeast, 148 can be picked up, so the same birds at 129 will be able to be picked up as well.cebbigh said:
And if the 129 bird is put at 148, most of the east coast (east of the misssissipi) will probably loose it, but since the only thing at 148 is west coast locals and mirrors of the internationals at 61.5, it shouldn't put anyone out (except during the transition).
Well it will be interesting to see what they are doing with 148. Even if they just left it where it is I see it fine from Seattle. If they put the 129 HD on it I'd be happy (already have a 500 pointed at 129). The only possible catch for Seattle (for those willing to go with 2 dishes) would be our RSN.
Remember people, there is nothing wrong with the 129 slot, it's the crippled gimpy satellite that is causing reception issues.
The 129 orbital location is about the only choice e* has for a 3rd conus orbital location.
DBS satellites need to be about 10 degrees apart. Since E* already has 110/119 that leaves only a few slots that are visable from the whole country -
101 (already very full by D*)
91 - canadian owned space, and pretty full with all the nimiq satellites
129 where it is now, but badly in need of a working bird
The 129 orbital location is about the only choice e* has for a 3rd conus orbital location.
DBS satellites need to be about 10 degrees apart. Since E* already has 110/119 that leaves only a few slots that are visable from the whole country -
101 (already very full by D*)
91 - canadian owned space, and pretty full with all the nimiq satellites
129 where it is now, but badly in need of a working bird
FWIW, if the fuel is so low on 129W that will cause it to fail within 30 months or so, then you can bet it doesn't have the fuel left to move to 148W and have any life left.
Also, if you read the local Honolulu thread on AVS, they claim they can get a signal on 129W - and have one now - but they just won't authorize Voom or anything else on it.
Also, they claim they cannot get 148W which floors me as its literally sitting 7 degrees East of the Big Island and 9 degrees East of Honolulu.
And finally, remember they have plenty of space open on 148W - and always have. The only reason to move channels OFF 148W is to reduce the expense of a second dish and switch.
Also, CBS West with a full high bitrate 1920x1080i has always been on 148W.
And Finally, this post explains why they will never make the move you speak of:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showpost.php?p=659300&postcount=2
Also, if you read the local Honolulu thread on AVS, they claim they can get a signal on 129W - and have one now - but they just won't authorize Voom or anything else on it.
Also, they claim they cannot get 148W which floors me as its literally sitting 7 degrees East of the Big Island and 9 degrees East of Honolulu.
And finally, remember they have plenty of space open on 148W - and always have. The only reason to move channels OFF 148W is to reduce the expense of a second dish and switch.
Also, CBS West with a full high bitrate 1920x1080i has always been on 148W.
And Finally, this post explains why they will never make the move you speak of:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showpost.php?p=659300&postcount=2
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I wish they would do this for Abilene, TX also. All the houses there you have to see 2 dishes on them. Not a good site for a lot of people there.
