Can't see locals... not even in guide

[manueldr]

I hope someone can tell me why this happens.

I live outside the spotbeam area for my local channels (tucson, az) but I have always received them. I have had some problems losing signal of those channels sometimes but nothing more.

A couple of months ago I suspended my service and this morning I called to reactivate but after a few hours my local channels don't appear on the programming guide.

Is it because of the weather? now temperature is considerably higher than las time I received them.

I hace three antennas... one for every satellite.

Thank you for your attention!!

 

[Bobby]

Perhaps the spotbeam is too tight right now for you to see the signal. Do a 6, 1, 1 and go to 119 transponders 4 and 5 and tell us if you get a signal. Transponder 4 has your SD locals and 5 has the HD locals.

 

[Mr Tony]

since I got dollars to donuts (mmmm donuts) you're probably in Mexico and lost some or most programming

http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/213709-119-even-transponders-gone-mexico-city.html

Dish put up a new satellite and tightened all the beams (spotbeams and CONUS beams)

 

[Slamminc11]

since I got dollars to donuts (mmmm donuts) you're probably in Mexico and lost some or most programming

http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/213709-119-even-transponders-gone-mexico-city.html

Dish put up a new satellite and tightened all the beams (spotbeams and CONUS beams)

I hate when that happens!

 

[Mr Tony]

looks like the spotbeams for both SD & HD now stop at the border

 

[whatchel1]

AZ

looks like the spotbeams for both SD & HD now stop at the border

AZ doesn't care to much for the Illegals. I guess the spotbeams were stopped at the border too.

 

[manueldr]

Right now on Satellite 119 transponder 5 I get signal ranging from 22 to 25 and on transponder 4 it's ranging from 48 to 52...

Not in Mexico City... Hermosillo, Sonora 250 kms south from the border

 

[Mr Tony]

regardless of location in Mexico, Dish put up a new satellite at 119 and they tightened the beams to be mainly the US..

 

[manueldr]

So, that's it ??? No alternative ?? Bigger antenna or something ??

 

[Mr Tony]

you can try a bigger dish but all I'm saying is Dish put up a new satellite and tightened the beam. So unless you're in the US (which you already said you weren't) you can try spending money to get a signal with a different size dish but ya cant guarantee anything

The link I posted above has lots of info on it

 

[whatchel1]

spotbeam

When you are tuned to 4 & 5 does it say above ch number that it is a spotbeam? If it doesn't change from Transponder to Spotbeam then you are not getting it no matter what signal strength it show.

 

[Mr Tony]

When you are tuned to 4 & 5 does it say above ch number that it is a spotbeam? If it doesn't change from Transponder to Spotbeam then you are not getting it no matter what signal strength it show.

good point...forgot about that

 

[manueldr]

one more question iceberg...

so, if signal improves at night (that usually happens because of temperature lowering) the channels would just appear on my guide ?? is there anything I should do to make them appear ??

thank very much for all your time and help man!!

 

[manueldr]

it does change from transponder to spotbeam whatchel1... still getting 23 to 27 signal on 5 and around 50 on 4

 

[Mr Tony]

then technically it should work

 

[manueldr]

is there something I can do to make my receiver download the guide again and maybe update the channel list or something ??

 

[Mr Tony]

you can redo a check switch...that forces a guide reload