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miguelaqui
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I first noticed this last night, but T3=0 t5=0 t9=0 t11=0 t17=0 t18=0 t27=0 t28=0 I do still get 100% on a few transponders.

When Nimiq 4 went up, I was able to get signal in the 40's with a 24" dish, then was able to bring it up to mid 50's with a 36" I am afraid that Bell 91 might be a lost cause!
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Well I am trying to figure out how to get my signal back...

I have a 1.2m pointed at 82. Seems to work OK at my location (38.9, -104.8). Obviously when Nimiq6 launched, 91 was lost. But signals can't be lost, just weakened right? So I am looking at the minimum sized dish needed to pick up enough of the fringe signal and reflections to lock onto channels. Reading this thread it appears that a 2m dish at unknown location does not work for 91. I am looking at perhaps a 4m or larger dish. Or perhaps a multiple reflector dish, observatory style!

It is hard to get estimates from reading these posts of just binary "it works" and "it doesn't work" at relative locations. But looking at the signal map, it might be darn near impossible without some spectacular array.

I am curious to hear of anyone receiving the signal near the "edge" of reception. What sort of dropoff does the shield have? Hopefully we can gather some numbers for the amount of transmission that reflects out of the shielding or bounces back versus the targeted signals. This should give some power/distance we might be able to extrapolate.

Is there a reason in the encoding that makes a large enough dish incapable of reception? Is there a spec for the maximum amount of phase delay/distortion to get a lock? If it is amplifying signals from multiple sources and bounces/reflections, it is possible the data can't be encoded even with a "signal" received.
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Hi Dave-CanuckinNY. Thanks for your info. Good to know. Very weird, though. I've just noticed that my signal strength on 91 is in the 50s and 60s again and I havent changed anything! My oriiginal 18 incher for 91 is producing signal strength again after having gone to zero after the new satellite launch. BUT, I've lost all my signal strength from 82! It's as if there's been a signal strength/satellite swap. How could my 76cm dish for 82 now be giving me no signal, and the 18 inch dish from 91 suddenly produce signal? Did Sandy create some magical realignment? Very confused. If anyone has ideas I'd appreciate it. A check switch shows signal now only at 91, as well.
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Here in Lancaster, PA it seemed to me that 91 has increased as well. Back in July I lost all signal, but now recently when I needed to initialize my new receiver, I was able to get 40-50% signal on 91 with my 30" Winegard. Regarding 82, I'm still getting 75-80% on all transponders, so I don't think there's been much change there; perhaps Sandy caused a magic realignment of your dish. :)
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Live about 100 miles south of the fringe area. Nothing with my eliptical dish I used to get 91 with. Tried a 1.2 meter dish and got a 50-60 signal I was still
missing a few tps. I found a 1.8 used dish and have a great signal now its in the high 80s on most channels. There are still some channels and tps that are
in the 60s. But overal a bigger dish did the trick for me. Live on the east coast of the USA 100 miles south of NYC. edlkll
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Another poor expressvu customer came over yesterday for some help setting up his sat couldn,t get his dish lined up I gave him the news and he walked away very very shocked.(ApacheJunction AZ.
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
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TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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dishstaller
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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