2/5/2009 2:12am Uplink Activity Report - 92 changes

[Pepper]

Nice, I'm between the green and yellow lines for the Atlanta spotbeam so maybe I could "move" there if I want. Looks like it's time to connect 129 again and check some signal strengths.

 

[TheKrell]

20 HD Channels on TP17 am I understanding this correctly? I thought the max you could get on one TP was 7-8 HD channels.

We're loosly speaking as though transponder 17 frequencies were the transponder itself. This is not strictly speaking accurate. For spotbeam transponders, there are actually separate physical transponders for each spot, even though the frequencies they use (and reuse over and over) are the same.

 

[digiblur]

Nice, I'm between the green and yellow lines for the Atlanta spotbeam so maybe I could "move" there if I want. Looks like it's time to connect 129 again and check some signal strengths.

I think you should be ok. I was able to lock...barely enough... to read the channel numbers with TSReader on the Atlanta, GA spotbeam. And that's with a Dish300 pointed at 129. The power might be high right now since they don't have the other spots turned on too. Time will only tell.

I'll work on matching some more of the spotbeams to the 129 locals. But it is purely guess work at this point.

 

[digiblur]

We're loosly speaking as though transponder 17 frequencies were the transponder itself. This is not strictly speaking accurate. For spotbeam transponders, there are actually separate physical transponders for each spot, even though the frequencies they use (and reuse over and over) are the same.

No...He's counting the mirrors too. There are not that many HD channels on that one transponder.

 

[RandallA]

374 SMITH MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
385 MGM MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
394 WFN MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9437 TRV (215) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9438 TWC (214) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9439 CNBC (208) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9479 ACMAX (313) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
4827 TMP57 MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Not Available


TP 17 has 8 channels, the rest are mirrors like Digi said.

Edit: Added TMP57, thanks JohnH

 

[JohnH]

You forgot TMP57.

 

[digiblur]

374 SMITH MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
385 MGM MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
394 WFN MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9437 TRV (215) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9438 TWC (214) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9439 CNBC (208) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9479 ACMAX (313) MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
4827 TMP57 MPEG4 HD 129?W 17 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Not Available


TP 17 has 8 channels, the rest are mirrors like Digi said.

Edit: Added TMP57, thanks JohnH

And technically I wouldn't count TMP57 as it is running at 0.5 megabits.

 

[Randall DBS]

Dang Ive been in Oklahoma City the last week alot has happened. Ive been on here some when I could pick up a wireless connection where I was. Ya go away for a week and everything changes lol.

 

[ckinninger]

So if all 16 ConUS TP's were HD then we'd be looking at (16x8) 128 HD channel capacity?

 

[bigjotto316]

I am looking at a possible "move" from Erie PA, to Columbus Oh..If I see 129W TP 04 that means that I will be able to get the locals from columbus?

 

[Fitzie]

So if all 16 ConUS TP's were HD then we'd be looking at (16x8) 128 HD channel capacity?

I think its 16x7.

 

[MisterLas]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

"Moved" to Atlanta more than a year ago... now the big 4 are gone! Now all I get is the attached image. Anyone got a quicklink to a site where it can show my location with possible spotbeamed HD locals? I've seen some pics with a google maps/earth image with little drawn circles showing spotbeams, but I can't find the threads now... Anyone got a clue as to what I am talking about? Or am I completely mistaken? Zip is 26347. Thx.


And once again.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!:river:river

 

[JohnH]

I think its 16x7.

Just to point out it is more than 7. When the new CI HD launched, it made the content in excess of 7 HDs on the Tps where it went. Some will claim that number 8 is a limited bandwidth thingy and in some cases that would be correct at least for now.

61,5

387 CI MPEG4 HD 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
406 SETA MPEG2 SD 8PSK 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
578 BRDGS MPEG2 SD 8PSK 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9446 WGN (239) MPEG4 HD 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Chicago, IL Available
9457 GREEN (194) MPEG4 HD 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9495 CBS C (152) MPEG4 HD 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9496 SEDGE (352) MPEG4 HD 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9498 STRZW (351) MPEG4 HD 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9505 ENCOR (340) MPEG4 HD 61.5?W 21 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available


129

387 CI MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
4820 TMP50 MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Not Available
9446 WGN (239) MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Chicago, IL Available
9457 GREEN (194) MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9495 CBS C (152) MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9496 SEDGE (352) MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9498 STRZW (351) MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available
9505 ENCOR (340) MPEG4 HD 129?W 20 8PSK (2/3) ConUS beam Available


On Tps where the TMPxx channels are, the TMPxx makes number 8 and they have reportedly tested some of those with video.

 

[JohnH]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

"Moved" to Atlanta more than a year ago... now the big 4 are gone! Now all I get is the attached image. Anyone got a quicklink to a site where it can show my location with possible spotbeamed HD locals? I've seen some pics with a google maps/earth image with little drawn circles showing spotbeams, but I can't find the threads now... Anyone got a clue as to what I am talking about? Or am I completely mistaken? Zip is 26347. Thx.


And once again.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!:river:river

Have you tried Pittsburgh?

 

[JohnH]

I am looking at a possible "move" from Erie PA, to Columbus Oh..If I see 129W TP 04 that means that I will be able to get the locals from columbus?

The SD channels are on the same spotbeam.

 

[digiblur]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

"Moved" to Atlanta more than a year ago... now the big 4 are gone! Now all I get is the attached image. Anyone got a quicklink to a site where it can show my location with possible spotbeamed HD locals? I've seen some pics with a google maps/earth image with little drawn circles showing spotbeams, but I can't find the threads now... Anyone got a clue as to what I am talking about? Or am I completely mistaken? Zip is 26347. Thx.


And once again.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!:river:river

The only locals that have been spotbeamed are in this report. So not many have fired up yet. You are just going to have to wait this one out and see what fires up for your area.

 

[MisterLas]

Have you tried Pittsburgh?

No I haven't tried Pitt yet because I wasn't sure how to find out what they have and which spotbeam it is on.

The only locals that have been spotbeamed are in this report. So not many have fired up yet. You are just going to have to wait this one out and see what fires up for your area.

Any clue when all of them will spotbeamed?

 

[kenny9966]

36861 - EPG [EPG] moved from Ciel-2 129W TP 17 ConUS beam to Ciel-2 129W TP 21 ConUS beam

sorry if this is a lil off topic but does this mean transponder 21 on ciel 2 is the home transponder? meaning best transponder to tweak signal with?

 

[JohnH]

36861 - EPG [EPG] moved from Ciel-2 129W TP 17 ConUS beam to Ciel-2 129W TP 21 ConUS beam

sorry if this is a lil off topic but does this mean transponder 21 on ciel 2 is the home transponder? meaning best transponder to tweak signal with?

Some would call it the "Home" transponder. That means, it likely will be there when others may come and go. That may make it the best for tweaking, not because it has the best signal for tweeking. Others may prefer an 8PSK HD transponder.

 

[ehren]

Dish is gonna squeeze 8 channels per transponder now, hell why not 14!!!!!!!

F***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!