Indianapolis HD Locals on 129-5 ???

[twat21]

Are the Indianapolis HD locals still on Conus 129 Trans 5? If so, do you know for how long? Thinking of a "move" and it looks like Indy HD's are the only ones still on conus.
Getting desperate!!!
Thanks
Tony

 

[MartyB]

I believe they were moved there last week, however, they're still not available to subs.... just uplinked, not turned on. We're just sitting...and waiting....again...to see if they actually get turned on this time.:

 

[Laddyboy]

I think they were tabled in there for some purpose but not made available. 129 is a spotbeam satellite and I cannot see E* wasting ConUS transponder space for a local market. They are scheduled to go up this month (as early as Wednesday).

 

[ILv2Xlr8]

I don't have any SAT HD locals in Indy, but I also don't have 129.

I get all my locals OTA.

I have SATs 119, 110, and 61.5. Am I missing anything on 129?

 

[Laddyboy]

I don't have any SAT HD locals in Indy, but I also don't have 129.

I get all my locals OTA.

I have SATs 119, 110, and 61.5. Am I missing anything on 129?

The Indy HD locals are supposed to be uplinked on 129W sometime during March; otherwise you aren't missing anything -- yet.

 

[alex06]

trans 5

I live outside of any spotbeam coverage from sat 129 and yesterday I checked my signal strengh and trans 5 is at 65 percent, any idea why ?

 

[Laddyboy]

I live outside of any spotbeam coverage from sat 129 and yesterday I checked my signal strengh and trans 5 is at 65 percent, any idea why ?

E* has 129W Transponder 5 on the ConUS beam. Don't know if that's intentional or not.

 

[KAB]

I don't have any SAT HD locals in Indy, but I also don't have 129.

I get all my locals OTA.

I have SATs 119, 110, and 61.5. Am I missing anything on 129?

You may be SOL like I am. You must have LOS (gee, that's weird) problems like I do. The only way I can get a bead on 129 is to put the Sat on a post more than 200 ft away. I was hoping that Indy would be Eastern Arc. I'm considering jumping ship for D* since their birds are higher in elevation and they have ALL Indy locals. E* is just going to get 6, 8, 13, and 59. I can barely get 4 with an antenna. So, I'm weighing the options. If it weren't for trees, I'd be fine.

 

[Laddyboy]

T5 is a spot beam transponder number so the ConUS beam labeling must be a mistake.

 

[ptmowery]

couple days ago at the indy office we got the very leary word that march 11th will be the date also there are some engineers roaming indy as i speak....

 

[KAB]

couple days ago at the indy office we got the very leary word that march 11th will be the date also there are some engineers roaming indy as i speak....

To do what?

 

[ptmowery]

hd locals, and they didnt specify why the engineers were in town