I'm located in mid-Michigan. I own and have installed all my own equipment. Originally solid Western arc (110, 119), with a side dish pointed at 61.5. I have America's 250, Platinum, SD and HD locals, and Starz (1 year free). VIP 622 receiver.
I'm in a DEEP woods very large and tall trees, and have separate larger dishes pointing through the tree line. I had to have 6 trees removed just to get what I have, that was costly. My dishes are presently pointed at:
119, 110, 72.7, and 61.5.
My SD locals are located on 110, my HD locals presently are located on 61.5. I could remove 119, because after going through all my channels several weeks ago, the only channels presently using that sat is the Sirius or Cd channels, nothing else. Those audio channels are mirrored on 72 if I remember right. Too cold now to go out and remove the wires from the 119 sat, and it's not critical anyway.
Ok, so I get this email saying I must upgrade, or lose channels. I called Dish, and talked to the CSR. I told her what I had, and she said that I MUST have a dish pointed at 129, or I was going to lose my HD channels. There's NO WAY I can get 129 here. It's too low on the horizon, because of 95 to 100 ft trees surrounding me. It's also behind a HUGE pine tree, that would cost me about $2,000 to remove. It's that large.
Anyway, even with all the arc changes going on, I can't see any reason that I would need 129 sat. Everything that's on 129, is also going to be (or is) on either 61.5 OR 72.7, even with the arc changes, correct?
I'm in a DEEP woods very large and tall trees, and have separate larger dishes pointing through the tree line. I had to have 6 trees removed just to get what I have, that was costly. My dishes are presently pointed at:
119, 110, 72.7, and 61.5.
My SD locals are located on 110, my HD locals presently are located on 61.5. I could remove 119, because after going through all my channels several weeks ago, the only channels presently using that sat is the Sirius or Cd channels, nothing else. Those audio channels are mirrored on 72 if I remember right. Too cold now to go out and remove the wires from the 119 sat, and it's not critical anyway.
Ok, so I get this email saying I must upgrade, or lose channels. I called Dish, and talked to the CSR. I told her what I had, and she said that I MUST have a dish pointed at 129, or I was going to lose my HD channels. There's NO WAY I can get 129 here. It's too low on the horizon, because of 95 to 100 ft trees surrounding me. It's also behind a HUGE pine tree, that would cost me about $2,000 to remove. It's that large.
Anyway, even with all the arc changes going on, I can't see any reason that I would need 129 sat. Everything that's on 129, is also going to be (or is) on either 61.5 OR 72.7, even with the arc changes, correct?
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