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    Ciel 129W Footprints

    Seeing how Charlie has treated Alaskans (and Hawai'ians) in the past, I wouldn't expect much new HD for the last two states. For 5 1/2 months now, there have been two uplinked HD channels at 110W that Charlie refuses to turn on (Sci-Fi & USA). Why would he start giving us the same stuff as he...
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    GAME ON! Echostar XI successfully reaches Geo-synchronous Transfer orbit!

    Everything I've seen regarding Ciel-2 is that it's supposed to be CONUS. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a good signal from 129W...
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    GAME ON! Echostar XI successfully reaches Geo-synchronous Transfer orbit!

    Woo Hoo! Alaska & Hawai'i have moved up to Second-Class Citizen status (we're now getting all of the channels we're paying for). Now if Charlie & the Boyz would let us have some of that "National" HD, we could move up to First-Class citizens!
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    GAME ON! Echostar XI successfully reaches Geo-synchronous Transfer orbit!

    I've got a 6-footer pointed at 110, and the numbers are definitely looking good. 8, 16, and 24 are all in the high 70s. Two of weakest TPs for us here in the Interior are 3 (7-9 on the meter), and 10 (can't get a lock).
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    So Hawaii gets screwed again

    Perhaps we should change the title of this thread to Hawai'i and Alaska get screwed again. I'm with Dune on this. We've been paying our bill for almost two years now (nearly $100.00/month), and we are still second-class citizens. While everyone in the Lower 48 is getting all of the new HD...
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    Dish 148 Plans

    "How many satellites are still over at 157W?", he asked him knowingly...
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    Echostar 11 Update

    Nelson; Thanks for the update. I had checked Sea Launch earlier today, and they were still showing the Galaxy 18 launch as the current one.
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    Is anyone in Alaska getting Sci-Fi HD and/or USA HD?

    My crack-smoking friend at work has once again insisted that he is getting both of the channels. I just checked them myself, and they are still red, with a notice to call to get them added to the subscription. My signal strength is 25-28 on a six-foot dish.
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    Is anyone in Alaska getting Sci-Fi HD and/or USA HD?

    While Sci-Fi HD and USA HD have been available down in the "Lower 48" for weeks now, Charlie's customers in Alaska are (apparently) not so fortunate. Both of the channels are still redded-out on the HD list on my ViP-211. I talked to a guy at work today who has the Alaska HD pack, and he...
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    Sci-Fi HD...when can we watch?

    The reason you don't hear people in Hawai'i bitching is the fact that they can go outside and do stuff year-round. It is 9 o'clock in the morning here in beautiful North Pole, and it's 27 degrees F. It is snowing. It has been snowing, off and on, for the last two days. Winter is now on its...
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    Sci-Fi HD...when can we watch?

    Still not available in Alaska... I called last week and talked to a CSR for about 10 minutes, and, while she was polite and pleasant, I got the standard "gee, I don't know...I would think you should be able to get it" reply. You know, it seems to me that, if E* is advertising a channel as...
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    Thank You Dish & (Charlie)

    For what it's worth... these "national" HD channels aren't REALLY "national" HD channels. To be "national", they have to be available to the whole nation. They are "Lower 48" channels. Unless Charlie & Co. want to come to Alaska and install a 12 foot dish and point it at 129W for me, I'll...
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    Star Plus and Star one coming to Dish

    Are these supposed to be part of a Top-XXX package, or a la carte?
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    Which LNB for 6' Channel Master Dish?

    Welcome to SatelliteGuys! I'm a little further north than you (North Pole), and I'm using a six-foot True-Focus to get 110W, and a four-foot Channel Master to get 119W. With the exception of 110W tp8 and 110W tp10, everything comes in really well. When I installed my dishes, all I did was buy...
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    Where is the new sat?

    Change to the change... it's back inside again...
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    Where is the new sat?

    On the Sea Launch webcam page (Sea Launch Webcam page), it looks like the rocket is being rolled out again. So maybe we're getting a little closer to E* getting their satellite launched. BTW, what is causing all of the bad weather down at the equator? Is it Typhoon Mitag (the one causing all...
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    Where is the new sat?

    What with the bad weather that Sea Launch has been battling down at the Equator, Thuraya 3 won't launch until late November. Then we're looking at two months before DirecTV 11 gets launched (late January). Then two MORE months (late March) before they heave E11 up there. (Historically, Sea...
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    Distant networks

    When we ordered the distants, AllAmerican took care of the waivers. It took several months, and I had given up hope of ever seeing anything, but the channels just showed up one day. Our local NBC affiliate must not want us to see distant stuff, but the other three networks' waivers all showed...
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    Dish Network News (August 12th, 2007)

    Has anything been updated recently with regards to this announcement?
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    "Dish 500" out of a True-Focus 1.8M?

    3 Meters?!? Holy smokes! There's no way I would be allowed to put up a 3 meter dish;) Maybe I'll just wait until a healthier sat moves to 129W...
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    "Dish 500" out of a True-Focus 1.8M?

    Anole; I haven't actually called and talked to Dish about it: I was just kinda hoping that I'd be able to get it... Jim5506; When you say HUGE, what exactly are you talking? I've tried the 1 meter, and a friend at work has another 1.8 meter that he wants to get rid of...
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    "Dish 500" out of a True-Focus 1.8M?

    Yeah; I've seen some pictures of old Primestar dishes, and the little (?) guy does look like one, down to the dark spot near the top where the sticker would go. BTW, I'm thinking of trying to turn the VSA into a Dish 500+, but I'm having a hard time getting 129W with the 1M. I figure another...
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    "Dish 500" out of a True-Focus 1.8M?

    Dish 500 V2.0 Pretty busy this weekend... Some folks down the street decided to ditch E* and go with DigitialCable, so I bought their ChannelMaster 1.2M from them. It is now mounted in the backyard about 12 feet from the 1.8M. Together, the two of them are D500 V2.0! I was a little puzzled...
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    "Dish 500" out of a True-Focus 1.8M?

    P; I can't really check 119W with this dish. The tree-gap that I'm shooting through is aligned with 110W at that spot in my backyard. If I wanted to hit 119W with that dish, I'd have to physically move it about 12 feet to the east. The signal strenth is okay, I guess. We've had a few windy days...
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    "Dish 500" out of a True-Focus 1.8M?

    More photos Here are some more shots of the reflector. Let me know if things look "out of whack". BTW, that model of dish is really popular up here, and, from about 30 feet away, they all look about the same (mine might be a little more wavy).:confused:
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