Which Dish for 129 in Virginia?

[uponthemountain]

Which dish will I need to get 129 / ciel2 in Virginia?

I currently have 110,119,61.5 on a dp44 ...

It looks like my locals may be on the way on 129, so I would like to be able to drop my 61.5, and not loose any HD content, by going to a single dish that includes ciel2?

 

[wiiplayer]

dish 1000.2

 

[Rangers484]

Where in VA and what locals are you referring to?

 

[uponthemountain]

Thanks for the pointer to the 1000.2

And, I'm in the Roanoke/Lynchburg DMA

 

[tempVAdish]

I wouldn't fret yet, your HD locals are already on 61.5 like mine (Norfolk) & I'm in an Eastern Arc DMA. I don't see why Richmond wouldn't be also. They are doing nothing but testing Ciel 2 now & I don't suspect either of our locals to stay on it...

 

[uponthemountain]

Thats great news .. I didn't realize they would be on 61.5 too. I keep thinking that it was all moving to the e-arc, so was trying to understand what I might need to do to prepare.

Anyways thx again.

 

[tempVAdish]

Thats great news .. I didn't realize they would be on 61.5 too. I keep thinking that it was all moving to the e-arc, so was trying to understand what I might need to do to prepare.

Anyways thx again.

No worries. I found myself intrigued when I saw the Norfolk MPEG4 channels go up on the new sat. I figure they're just testing the new bird. ciel2 will move to 129 and be part of the Western Arc. 61.5 is part of the exisiting Eastern Arc...

 

[Jerryinvirginia]

There is no evidence that Roanoke HD DMA will be mirrored on 61.5, yet. The current SD for Roanoke is parked on 110. I hope that the speculation is correct, but time will tell, right?

 

[uponthemountain]

... 129 and be part of the Western Arc. 61.5 is part of the exisiting Eastern Arc...

Ah. Thx again ... I'm slowly learning.

 

[uponthemountain]

... time will tell, right?

I hope it tells us something soon! This is quite exciting! :

 

[8bitbytes]

Roanoke should be part of the East so I would not expect it to show up on 129. 129 is so low in the sky for Virginia it's pretty much useless.

 

[Jerryinvirginia]

The look angle for 129 is about 23 degrees. The up-link report for 1/14/09 mapped the 3 Roanoke/ 1 Lynchburg HD stations on tsp 5 on Ciel II. No such mapping on 61.5, yet.