Louisville is now being mirrored at the 72 satellite. I am guessing your wing dish is for their old location at 77. If Dish is sending out these letters now, then it looks like their days at 77 will soon be over. More information here:
www.satelliteguys.us
Okay, so the upgrade that Dish is offering is either a re-point of your wing dish to 72, or a complete swap over to Eastern Arc (61.5 and 72). If you feel comfortable re-pointing the wing dish yourself, you could go ahead and aim it at the 72 satellite. Then, just do a Check Switch on all of your receivers, and you will be all set, with no need for a technician visit.
If he was already receiving HD locals from 77, then he already has MPEG4 equipment.
If it's a forced repoint then yes, it should be a free upgrade to maybe a VIP211z or Wally.
Probably so, if you have a 1000.4 Eastern Arc Dish kit/LNBF. I've worked in that area, on the Illinois side and have seen a lot of those .4's so it would be a good thing to let them put in a new 1000.2 and I'll tell you why; I could never get a .4 peaked on all the Sats. One would have to take a slight loss in signal to get the other 2 pointed in correctly.
For the eastern arc on a 1000.4, I usually peak on 61.5 and 72.7, letting 77 fall wherever it lands since it rarely gets used. Only for those few times when 77 has a higher priority does it get more attention. Occasionally we've been in heavily treed spots where I can only hit 72.7 and 77 through a small opening in the leaves.
