Recent content by Fredde87

I know its old but I thought I'd just update the thread with what I found. As people stated here Dish Network's service on 77W is indeed on QuetzSat 1. I was able to pick the signal up with no problem in Panama (burning hot), out into the Pacific and only just dropped the signal a day out of the...

I'm mostly after sports, the big 4 US nationwide providers + a bit of everything. It has to be in English though, so Dish Mexico would not work. So I am looking at 77W Dish US and 107W Shaw Direct. Might get both to have a full selection.

Thanks guys, much appreciated! Anyone got any experience with picking it up from Belize/Honduras?

Hey guys, Sorry I just wanted to clarify what satellite/beam Dish Network USA uses on 77W? I know SatelliteGuys has Dish Networks channels down as being on QuetzSat (as does Lyngsat). But other websites like Satbeams has it down as Echostar 1 and others as Echostar 8. Wikipedia says Dish can't...

Thanks for all the info guys! The reason I was asking is because I have 8 dish receivers on the ship I work on. My supplier claims they can still get me NY or SF locals on 119W/129W, but I am skeptical. With the world cup coming up on ABC I need locals to work, at the time the ship will be in...

Thanks for clarifying guys. Can someone then clarify, I have read a lot about people saying that until there is a solution to this they have been calling Dish and getting them to change their locals to the region they are now in. Can someone advise exactly how you do this? Have they got a normal...

Hi Guys, Sorry yet another thread about distant programming. I was just curious, I know Dish has discontinued their distant packaging as of February this year. But I was just curious, if I ordered a dish receiver with either SF or NY address, will I be able to pick up the locals from the Conus...