11/4/2009 4:40pm - Uplink Activity Report - 98 changes

[digiblur]

Very interesting!!! Missed this one totally... until I got a PM about it.

EchoStar8 77W TP 13 ConUS beam changed from 20000 QPSK 5/6 to 22500 QPSK TURBO CODED 5/6
EchoStar8 77W TP 32 ConUS beam changed from 20000 QPSK 5/6 to 22500 QPSK TURBO CODED 5/6

 

[dennispap]

Nice to see CW HD coming to New Orleans DMA.

This explains why the Bluefield, WV market never went live on 118.7.

Evansville folks should be happy...well except for the 77W part.

+1:up

 

[JohnH]

PM from who else?
I do read some of this stuff. :d
Hi all.

 

[dmendenjr]

haven't seen anything about the free preview changes... weren't they due today? (perhaps sign of yet another uplink cycle later?)

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

And thanks for the 922 screen shots.

Whoops...

I have been working with Dish all day on the 922 and when the uplink happened I was accessing the 922 via its sling, I didn't even think when I took the screen shots.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

PM from who else?
I do read some of this stuff. :d
Hi all.

He like Santa Clause... Hes always watching.

 

[M Sparks]

no hd channels not surprise.dish is not a well run company.

no capitalization incomplete sentence not surprise

 

[r424chevy48II]

No HD for you!

Charlie says ha ha ha hano HD for my subs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jscud]

5274(53) - WSWP [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar8 77W TP 32 ConUS beam (NA)(Grandview, WV-PBS)

Is this the first PBS HD in the Continental US?

 

[Stargazer]

And Charlie gets them all at his place, not that he has any time to watch them. I wonder what kind of setup he has there?

 

[ryotgz]

Evansville folks should be happy...well except for the 77W part.

I am extremely happy to see Evansville and extremely sad to see 77w. Since they uplinked them, any chance Evansville will launch on Nov 18 still or are they still on "hold"?

 

[photoman76]

Very interesting!!! Missed this one totally... until I got a PM about it.

EchoStar8 77W TP 13 ConUS beam changed from 20000 QPSK 5/6 to 22500 QPSK TURBO CODED 5/6
EchoStar8 77W TP 32 ConUS beam changed from 20000 QPSK 5/6 to 22500 QPSK TURBO CODED 5/6

I can lock these, but TSReader seems to freeze and doesn't show any information.

I get a lock using QPSK Turbo and FEC 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4. I even get a lock using 16 QAM and FEC 3/4. Unfortunately the DVB Tech doesn't have a 5/6 FEC option.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Okay turbo coded Qpsk means more hd on 77 sat?

 

[chuckster_dude]

From what it looks like its is an Spanish infomercial channel.

Sometimes I think DISH likes to inflate their channel count with duplicating channels across their guide. 274 is already at 220 (or so) and is higher up in the 800s. That's 3 instances of the same channel. Yeesh!

 

[--sexy-warlock--]

The fact that they inflate their HD numbers with part time channels is really the only thing they shouldn't do.

 

[digiblur]

I am extremely happy to see Evansville and extremely sad to see 77w. Since they uplinked them, any chance Evansville will launch on Nov 18 still or are they still on "hold"?

If everything is like normal, most of the time they launch a week or two after they are put up.

 

[digiblur]

I can lock these, but TSReader seems to freeze and doesn't show any information.

I get a lock using QPSK Turbo and FEC 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4. I even get a lock using 16 QAM and FEC 3/4. Unfortunately the DVB Tech doesn't have a 5/6 FEC option.

Genpix doesn't either but has about 5 or 6 options that are hex codes. I'll probably have some time this weekend to swing the 300 over there.

Okay turbo coded Qpsk means more hd on 77 sat?

They are using a higher bandwidth modulation scheme in order for that market to fit on one transponder.

 

[ryotgz]

If everything is like normal, most of the time they launch a week or two after they are put up.

hmmm.. Not sure if I should get a wing dish or move to St. Louis. If I go with a wing dish, will they have to run a new line to the receiver or will they combine it with the other line going inside the house?

 

[Bobby]

It's all done outside....

 

[ryotgz]

It's all done outside....

Perfect. I may look at getting a wing dish first and if there is not line of sight (very possible) then I may have to pack up that u-haul.

Guess that means I may have to rewire the outside because I completely changed it since they have been there and is a bit confusing.