EA 1000.4 ?

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Playaction

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• Jul 12, 2009

• #1

I ordered and set up a new 1000.4 EA dish for tailgaiting purposes. It works fine but my HD locals are apparantly only on 129. Montgomery Al- What are my options? Are there any plans to put them on 61.5. I actually called and talked to someone in tech and they didn't mention this at the time. Thanks

 

bobvick

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• Jul 12, 2009

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You could get a Dish 300 and point it at 129 and then hook the dishes together with a DPP44 switch. A DPP34 might work, but someone who knows more about which switch to use could let you know for sure.
You could always "move" to a county in the Birmingham or Mobile DMA and get HD locals, if you can use an antenna to get Montgomery locals where you live or travel to.

 

digiblur

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Jun 8, 2005

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• Jul 12, 2009

• #3

No more room on 61.5 spotbeams at this time.

 

rglore

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• Jul 12, 2009

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bobvick said:

You could get a Dish 300 and point it at 129 and then hook the dishes together with a DPP44 switch.

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Don't need a switch, the 1000.4 has a wing dish input. You could also switch to a 1000 or 1000.2 dish.

 

osu1991

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• Jul 12, 2009

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Probably be better getting a 1000.2. You could just point a single Dish 300 or 500 at 129, if locals are all you want for the tailgating, but you probably want ESPN for Gameday, which is on 110.

 

digiblur

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• Jul 12, 2009

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The same Sports PPV channels should also be on the EA satellites.