Lost 77 overnight .... what's wrong

[thamac]

Still picking up locals on TP 5 for Jacksonville.... sig strength is at 44.

 

[Derwin0]

Harriburg locals are working again, but like the others said they must've moved them. Switch test shows all 3 sats again but the signal strength on 77 is terrible (and seriously fluctuating)

The info on the guide screen shows the Harrisburg locals are on 61.5 now.
(I went to 21-0/WHP and did hit the info button - 61.5 was shown as the sat)

 

[MattG@DISH]

The following DMAs/Channels are currently experiencing an outage on the 77/72.7/61.5 orbital.

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Davenport DMA
Springfield MA DMA
Cincinnati OH DMA
PFC Ch. 577
RBTI Ch. 598
Sahara One Ch. 797
ERA Sport Ch. 916
Three Angels Broadcasting Network Ch. 9393
Health and Human Services Television Ch. 9402
Pentagon Channel Ch. 9405
Arts & Entertainment Ch. 9406
Alma Vision Hispanic Network Ch. 9413
FEC TV Ch. 9418
KBS World Ch. 9850
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You may see a customer that is missing HD channels from one for the following DMA's: Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Louisville, Springfield.

If you are on eastern arc, we are aware of the problem, and working on getting it resolved. I will keep you updated on any other info I receive. Sorry guys.
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[Frank7004]

Still down.

 

[dakeeney]

Did not do tp signal check but checked all channels including locals and all looks good here in South Carolina.

 

[cwk3]

Little Rock HD locals are on 72.7 if you know how to change your wing dish. I just just stumbled across it thinking my dish was knocked or blown out of alignment.
Chat with Dish got me no answers or a time from but I do have my HD locals for now. Hope this helps some. Just check uplink as well and it will show which ones went where.

 

[Willh699]

wow, this reminds me when 119 went down for a while in October 2008 or was it 2009, i don't really know, it happened during one of those years, anyway i feel bad for y'all who depend on the 77 bird, i'm lucky that it isn't happening to ether 110, 119 or 129.

 

[andy_horton]

I called in to ask what happened (no answer) and how long services would be down. (No answer.) DISH did, however, give me Cinemax free for 1 month. Still no HD locals here at 5:57pm EST. (77 sat.)

 

[MattG@DISH]

There's no ETA as to when it will be fixed because we don't know. We are aware of the issue, I will keep you as updated as I can.

 

[navychop]

Ah, but we are a people accustomed to "instant gratification."

 

[navychop]

BTW, 9405 & 9406 aren't even in my "all sub'd" guide anymore. No biggie for me, but I'll bet it's a big deal for many others. These things happen.

 

[mike123abc]

We may not find out what really happened until the next quarterly report comes out and see what failed in the satellites section. Of course it could be a ground based issue too, someone might have cut a fiber cable somewhere too.

 

[Viper0580]

I like how Dish said that there is a problem with 77 bird. We know there is a problem. We would just like to know what exactly happened???

 

[resendes75]

I sub to Dish Latino Max, not getting any of the Spanish channels! Been out all day, still no change.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

They probably don't know what exactly happened yet. That's going to take a lot of study of the data to see exactly what went wrong and what caused it.

From the looks of it (and I could be wrong) it appears the satellite went out of the box. As it stands now it appears they are gaining control of it as on some of the 77 transponders I am getting weak signals.

DISH's first responsibility was to restoring as much programming as fast as they could to their customers and except for the DISH Latino and a few PPV and PI channels I think they did a good job of that.

It's going to be a long night for the guys and gals in Cheyenne tonight.

 

[digiblur]

The following DMAs/Channels are currently experiencing an outage on the 77/72.7/61.5 orbital.

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Davenport DMA
Springfield MA DMA
Cincinnati OH DMA
PFC Ch. 577
RBTI Ch. 598
Sahara One Ch. 797
ERA Sport Ch. 916
Three Angels Broadcasting Network Ch. 9393
Health and Human Services Television Ch. 9402
Pentagon Channel Ch. 9405
Arts & Entertainment Ch. 9406
Alma Vision Hispanic Network Ch. 9413
FEC TV Ch. 9418
KBS World Ch. 9850
​

You may see a customer that is missing HD channels from one for the following DMA's: Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Louisville, Springfield.

If you are on eastern arc, we are aware of the problem, and working on getting it resolved. I will keep you updated on any other info I receive. Sorry guys.
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Looks like a few more DMA's have been fixed a little bit ago...

Channel Moves:
5190 - WQAD [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Moline, IL-ABC) (A) (H)
5191 - WHBF [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Rock Island, IL-CBS) (A) (H)
5192 - KWQC [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Davenport, IA-NBC) (A) (H)
5193 - KLJB [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Davenport, IA-FOX) (A) (H)
5194 - KQIN [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Davenport, IA-PBS) (A) (H)
5195 - WQPT [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Moline, IL-PBS) (A) (H)
5196 - KGCW [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Burlington, IA-CW) (NA)
7604 - KGCW [MPEG4 SD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 06 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 06 ConUS beam (Mkt:Davenport, IA-Burlington, IA-CW) (A) (H)
5270 - WGGB [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 22 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 17 ConUS beam (Mkt:Springfield, MA-Springfield, MA-ABC) (NA)
5272 - WWLP [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 22 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 17 ConUS beam (Mkt:Springfield, MA-Springfield, MA-NBC) (A) (H)
5273 - WGGBD [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 22 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 17 ConUS beam (Mkt:Springfield, MA-Springfield, MA-FOX) (NA)
5274 - WGBY [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 22 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 17 ConUS beam (Mkt:Springfield, MA-Springfield, MA-PBS) (A) (H)
6531 - WSHM [MPEG4 SD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 22 ConUS beam to Nimiq5 72.7W TP 17 ConUS beam (Mkt:Springfield, MA-Springfield, MA-CBS) (A) (H)
5166 - WCET [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 30 ConUS beam to EchoStar15 61.5W TP 18 ConUS beam (Mkt:Cincinnati, OH-Cincinnati, OH-PBS) (A) (H)
5170 - WCVN [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 30 ConUS beam to EchoStar15 61.5W TP 18 ConUS beam (Mkt:Cincinnati, OH-Covington, KY-PBS) (A) (H)
5171 - WPTO [MPEG4 HD] moved from EchoStar8 77W TP 30 ConUS beam to EchoStar15 61.5W TP 18 ConUS beam (Mkt:Cincinnati, OH-Oxford, OH-PBS) (A) (H)

 

[digiblur]

Looks like they are steadily clearing things off though:

SatelliteGuys.US_TheList - DISH Network 77°W

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Just go this statement from DISH Network

The EchoStar 8 satellite, on which DISH Network leases capacity from EchoStar, experienced an anomaly early Sunday morning, Jan. 30, 2011, that primarily disrupted local TV service for DISH Network subscribers in 19 small to mid-size cities in the Eastern half of the United States. As a precaution, affected services were restored on back-up satellites throughout the day. The local channels and almost all other services were restored by Sunday afternoon. An investigation into the cause of the anomaly is ongoing.

 

[3HaloODST]

Reptilians are taking over! Pass it on!

 

[digiblur]

Just go this statement from DISH Network

That's what I was thinking that E8 was down and out. Nothing like E4 taking up the slack...the satellite from the dead

I suspect E7 is going to making a mad dash to 77 pretty soon. Oops...almost forgot about E3 and E6 sitting idle at 61.5 too.