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    Locals not in HD

    Here in the Richmond, VA, area the locals are being broadcated in HD over the air. I pick them up free with an attic antenna.
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    Channel 9845

    It is now 14:48 hrs here and the channel is still locked on, albeit with a signal strength of 12, on a yellow,not green band. Now it is 15:25 hrs and the channel (8945, Sat 118, transponder 18) came unlocked again. The signal strength is down to 5 or less on a brown band. Channel 8933...
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    Channel 9845

    **********last 8 digits of my acct #
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    Channel 9845

    It is now 10:30 near Richmond, VA, and the channel is locked on with a signal strength of 10 max. By noon it will probably drop out again, as it did yesterday. The adjacent channel on transponser 19 is locked on with a signal strength of 50. How can there be such a difference between transponders?
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    Channel 9845

    Channel 8945 intermittend lock-on Ok, Sat 118 transponders all lock on fine except #16 and #18 (turbo coded?). Ch 8945 is on transponder 18. When I contacted Dish the rep told me I needed a tech to solve my problem. It is not my problem! Of over 200 channels, only one is not locking on...
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    Channel 9845

    Thank you! I see Dish wants me to upgrade my original equipmnt and is just teasing me with turbo coding. I'm still on the 311 receiver and don't plan to upgrade to HD. I get that on antenna TV which I watch evenings (NCIS, etc.) This morning, CH 8945 did lock in for a while, but when I looked on...
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    Channel 9845

    Channel 9845 error Ch 8945 It is not Ch 9845 but Ch 8945. Sorry for the mistake.
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    Channel 9845

    On the point-dish screen Ch 9845 jumps from green 125 to yellow 2 to green 25 to green 125 back to yellow 2 over and over. It does not stay locked. I inspected and fixed all coax stuff, installed a Sat signal amplifier 'cause the coax is a little long, my dish 500+ is solid, and all other...
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    Sat 118 transponder 18

    I pay all bills via electronic bill pay so don't have the acct# at my finger tips. Coax I can fix myself but the last tech said the coax and all connections were ok. I'm ready to dump the Dish service and go to PC and antenna TV. I'm a 10 year customer and if Dish wants to lose me too, fine.
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    Sat 118 transponder 18

    the channel number is 8945. If Dish is going to charge me $95 again for coming out, then forget it. I'm not on the $6 service contract either because I can fix most things myself.
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    Sat 118 transponder 18

    All the other transponders I use on SAT 118 are working ok. When I had a tech out for a similar problem I suggested that it may be a coax problem and he dismissed the idea. He removed the SAT switch and installed new equip at the dish which now does the switching. Then the system failed again...
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    Sat 118 transponder 18

    Satelite 118 transponder 18 not working for longer than 3 seconds at a time
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    Sat 118 transponder 18

    Signal Strngth fluctuates rapidly between zero and 100%. Other transponders on that Sat are working fine. What could be the problem?
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    Repoint to 118 from 121

    Installer from heaven Dish Network finally sent me an installer from heaven. He set up a Dish 500+, 10 yards from my super dish 121. After peaking the new dish, Sat 118 checked in at attention. I now also get EuroNews, available in 7 languages, adjustable with the remote. My wife is tickled...
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    Dish Network - a tale of sheer "DISGUST"

    I've had my share of frustration with Dish N. but in the end they came thru with flying colors. You wanted free this and that for 6 months, etc. It's your kind that complicates their service control. I pay $35 for int'l channels and am grateful that they are available. In addition I have the...
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    channel 799, 800 on sat 121

    Yea, I had to move off of the 121 and go to 118.75 too. The 4th installer finally did the job (after 3 weekly disappointments). The guy spoke broken English but he was quite excellent. I had been complaining for so long and so insistently that I finally got attention. 118.75 is full of good...
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    See Sat with telescope?

    I had trouble with accuracy using the compass until I factored in the declination error for central VA which is 9 degrees and 46 seconds West. Once I made that correction to determine the true north, everything fell into place. This declination error of course changes from one location on the...
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    See Sat with telescope?

    I have a long telescope for star gazing. (It's a cheapo tho). Could I discover a line of site Echostar Sat with it? I want to know exactly where it is from various points on my property. I live in Virginia and will be looking for Sat 119 west of here.
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    Low signal strength -- how can I get it higher

    The elevation on 110 is much higher than for 119. There may be some branches in the way of 119 when the wind blows. I get 110, 119 and 121 on the super dish. The only low readings I get are on the odd transponders of 121. The Dish N. techs here in Central VA are typically not experienced or well...
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    Antenna Upgrade

    Well, aren't you lucky. I was promised the same "antenna upgrade." They have a repoint kit to take you off 121 and put you onto 118. After 3 appts. and 3 kifferent techs, they still have not done the job here (lack of parts, know how, attitude, you name it). I finally offered to pay for the...
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    Repoint to 118 from 121

    Well, I E-mailed DishN. I'd pay their normal fee if they send out a qualified installer. They responded with: "Call ..." My response: "I don't call you any more it's too frustrating. Since you want to repoint me to Sat 118 without charge, then do it but don't burden me with it or bother my wife...
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    I need somewhere to bitch and moan

    Welcome to the Dish Network service culture which is not unusual in today's outsourcing service world. I've had much more frustrating experiences than you with D.N. The only reason I'm still with them is because they give me the international channels I need to watch, and they do it very well...
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    Sat 121 odd trnsp. weak

    Why are the odd transponders on Sat 121 coming in below 50 and all even above 75, here in central VA? Using dish 121. :confused:
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    Repoint to 118 from 121

    I curently have a clean shot at 110, 119, and 121. The Dish N. installer said he would not intall the upgrade to my super dish 121 in order pick up Sat 118, because a tree is in the way of the 118. I told him to make the installation anyway but he refused claiming it would not pass quality...
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    DISH Wants to get rid of me, why?

    There is a new policy in the corporate world. If a customer is a continuing pain in the ass, just fire him. Maybe you are getting fired. (lol)