Texanmutt said:
Spot beam 8 from E7 covers mexico city. Not sure what is on it though.
http://ekb.dbstalk.com/pictures/echo7.gif
Yes, I didn't know we could link to the other place and was really trying not to violate whatt I thought was a policy, lol. So much for good intentions
This is a private message I received on a Latin American forum member who had often posted of receiving E* in Mexico City. I only put it here for future reference - and it still doesn't explain the Spotbeam to Mexico City which still has me
Hi.To answer your question, yes you can get both satellites at 119 and 110 from Dish in Mexico City. For the 119 a 1.20 (4 feet) dish will do, you get rock solid reception. It can rain hard and you won't lose the signal. The 110 is another story, you need a 1.8 mts ( 6 feet) dish. This dish will get you rock solid signal from Echostar VIII (transponders 1 to 21). The only problem here is with transponders 22 to 31 (28, 29 and 32 I think are owned by DTV and so those don't count), the reason being that Dish has an older satellite there that doesn't get to Mexico City very well.
You cannot get any of the spot beams. But both N.Y. and L.A. locals are available via 119W (If you have an LA account or NY account or have the account in a white area), plus Superstations (WB and UPN) from L.A., N.Y., Denver. and Boston, I think.
If you wan't to know what channels are on what transponders and what could be a problem to watch you need to go to lyngsat.com and look up Echostar VI (the older satellite) at 110W. Also take a look at Echostar VIII at 110 W and Echostar VII at 119W.
Mostly you will miss PPV channels, from what I remember.