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Problem with 61.5 Migration

I have learned a ton about E*'s birds and the migration away from 61.5 after finding these forums yesterday, but now I need some advice.

1. An installer who came to my home (Milwaukee, WI DMA) last October said that changes were taking place that would give me more HD channels with my current set-up (61.5/110/119 and a ViP722). Some channels did appear (e.g., History International HD), but then a bunch were "dropped" a couple of weeks ago. I called E* and the second ("advanced") CSR helped me find the some of the missing channels in the 4000s, and she then told me that the channels that had moved would reappear in their original spot soon. This can't be, though, without turning a dish toward 129 or 72.7, correct?

2. The Milwaukee DMA is in a mixed-arc due to local HDs being on 61.5 and SDs on 110. Can I voluntarily give up local SDs to go to an EA solution? My LOS for the WA is partially obstructed by a tree anyway (110 is below avearage and 119 below minimum), and the EA LOS is clear.

3. Is this something that a DIRT member can help with, or will I need to have a CSR start with questions like "Is your television on?" again?
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MattG@DISH
MattG@DISH
Milwaukee HD locals come off satellite 61.5, which is what you had before so I'm guessing you have LOS to it. Best setup now would be the WA (110/119/129) with a 61.5 wing dish if possible. This will get you all national channels, and HD locals.

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PM sent. Thanks for the FAST response Matt!
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whatchel1
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MattG@ DISH NETWORK said:
Milwaukee HD locals come off satellite 61.5, which is what you had before so I'm guessing you have LOS to it. Best setup now would be the WA (110/119/129) with a 61.5 wing dish if possible. This will get you all national channels, and HD locals.

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Sounds like the last tech didn't know what he was doing. You should have a 1k2 /w the 61.5 plugged into the switch on it.
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Ideally....yes. BUT...every tech that came out told me that my HD locals would soon be moving from 61.5 to 72.7. Nobody seems to know how long they'll remain at 61.5, so that's why I agreed to just let him point that small dish at 129. With the other dish at 110 and 119, I know I'm getting all the channels, and I can live with my HD locals being from my OTA antenna. I just wish someone knew if they would ever be moved to a bird that I actually have a LOS to (110, 119 or 129). My luck will probably be that they'll remain on 61.5 for the next 20 years! If I knew that to be the case, I'd do exactly as you suggest.
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spudmancbr954rr said:
Ideally....yes. BUT...every tech that came out told me that my HD locals would soon be moving from 61.5 to 72.7. Nobody seems to know how long they'll remain at 61.5, so that's why I agreed to just let him point that small dish at 129. With the other dish at 110 and 119, I know I'm getting all the channels, and I can live with my HD locals being from my OTA antenna. I just wish someone knew if they would ever be moved to a bird that I actually have a LOS to (110, 119 or 129). My luck will probably be that they'll remain on 61.5 for the next 20 years! If I knew that to be the case, I'd do exactly as you suggest.
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It's more likely for them to be moved to 77 when the new sat goes up than 72.7. Right now nearly all EA locals are 61.5 & 77, there are some on 72.7 but not that many.
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OK...thanks for the info. I guess what would really be nice is if I could get a solid answer as to what the chances are that they will remain on 61.5 for the forseeable future. If that was the case, I'd just throw up the wing dish pointed at 61.5. So many different opinions makes it tough to choose what to do.
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Susan Saint James, Emmy-Winning Star of 'Kate & Allie' and 'McMillan & Wife,' Dies at 80

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Rest in peace.
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All DMA's now Western Arc

I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
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Strega said:
Even if you are broadcasting old SD-only shows, I would think advertisers would still want their commercials to look good.
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Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
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Jimbo said:
Advertisers on SD channels are probably Far and Few, very hard to find, they have very few viewers to watch them.
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I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
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Mister B said:
I watch mostly SD channels (H&I, Start and ION, etc.). There are plenty of advertisers, this time of the year it is mostly Medicare Advantage plans, auto extended warranties and the occasional walk-in-tub. They know who is watching.
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can't forget the little blue m&m's
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can't forget the little blue m&m's
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That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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Because he didn't have a fleet of reusable rockets. Starlink works because SpaceX is able to launch hundreds (thousands?) of their Starlink satellites for what a single geostationary Internet satellite costs to build and launch on a disposable launcher.
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But how is it reusable if it's disposable
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That's what my wife calls my Viagra!!
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My gf is 29 years younger than me :shh
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Why didn't Charlie end up launching starlink
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He does not have the resources aka $$$ compared to Elon Musk as in reality, Elon can eat Charlie for lunch or even mop the floor with Charlie if he wanted to.
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ment to 20 yrs dam phone
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Song Name Game Part 3!

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Bakers Street - Gerry Rafferty
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Let me fix that for you:
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Dune (2020)

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long_time_Dish
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Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?
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long_time_DNC said:
Also watched part 2 about a week or so ago after rewatching part 1. It's not as faithful to the book as I was hoping for. Part 1 stayed fairly faithful to the novel, but part 2 took some liberties that I felt were rather excessively non-novel. It looks like a prequel series will happen before part 3. My issue is: there's no prequel that was written as a novel, so what will it be pulled from? Or will it just be "based loosely" on the novel?
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There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.
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klang said:
There is a bunch of other Dune written by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert (Franks son). I think the series in production is taken from one of their books about the Bene Gesserit.
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Correct. I've read all of them (yes, it took awhile, better part of a year, in my spare time). And they can't really consider or classify a series about the Bene Gesserit as a prequel. Sure, I suppose they can call it that, if they want to, because it begins before the time of Paul Atredies, but it's still a stretch. It's a Dune-related novel, not a prequel as we generally think of prequels...
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Well, it looks good! I just hope they stayed close to the trilogy, but it doesn't look like it.
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