DirecTV 11 Satellite - Tracking & Testing

[DodgerKing]

I did a test and I can receive my HD locals from D* without my BBCs so that proves to me that you don't need a BBC to receive stuff off of the Spaceway birds.

Yet the test channel disappeared when the bbc's were removed. It could be from D10 or D11?

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I can't

 

[uncrules]

Yet the test channel disappeared when the bbc's were removed. It could be from D10 or D11?

Not if P Smith is saying it is coming from 99. D10 is at 103.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I did a test and I can receive my HD locals from D* without my BBCs so that proves to me that you don't need a BBC to receive stuff off of the Spaceway birds.

Where are your HD locals in NC? By the way there is no NC HD locals on the Spaceway Satellites. Thats most likly why.

 

[DodgerKing]

Not if P Smith is saying it is coming from 99. D10 is at 103.

How does he know?

Also, if it is coming from 99, then wouldn't the station still receive a signal when the bbc's are removed?

 

[Hemi 6.1]

How does he know?

Also, if it is coming from 99, then wouldn't the station still receive a signal when the bbc's are removed?

NO! Both 99 and both 103 are Mpeg4.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I did a test and I can receive my HD locals from D* without my BBCs so that proves to me that you don't need a BBC to receive stuff off of the Spaceway birds.

This is false! NC locals are not Mpeg 4.Local channels - North Carolina - LyngSat

 

[goaliebob99]

How does he know?

Also, if it is coming from 99, then wouldn't the station still receive a signal when the bbc's are removed?

PSmith would be the one to know.... He's one of a kind person who can find things out and has contacts that none of us have ...


YEs and no... The sation would drop with the bbc's removed on the test channel because the test channel is coming from a location that requires bbc's to view it..

In this case they were reciving it on channel 90 something, wich is coming from the 110 location. so when you remove the bbc's the channel will stay there because the 110 location does not require bbc's to view it.

 

[goaliebob99]

NO! Both 99 and both 103 are Mpeg4.

just because its its coming from the 99 or 103 location does not mean its in mpeg4, while those locations have the majority of mpeg4 programming there is nothing restricting them from sending mpeg2 over those birds.

 

[DodgerKing]

Ok...Thanks for the info guys...

I guess we will just have to wait and see because all we are doing now is speculating. All I know is that soon both Direct and Dish will be adding more HD and that is enough to make all of us happy.

 

[uncrules]

Where are your HD locals in NC? By the way there is no NC HD locals on the Spaceway Satellites. Thats most likly why.

Spaceway 1 on transponders 17 and 21

 

[Hemi 6.1]

just because its its coming from the 99 or 103 location does not mean its in mpeg4, while those locations have the majority of mpeg4 programming there is nothing restricting them from sending mpeg2 over those birds.

Why would they though? Is there any Mpeg 2 at these location?

 

[uncrules]

This is false! NC locals are not Mpeg 4.Local channels - North Carolina - LyngSat

That's for SD channels. I get my HD locals off of Spaceway-1

 

[Hemi 6.1]

That's for SD channels. I get my HD locals off of Spaceway-1

I don't see them here. HD - Spaceway 1 at 102.8°W - LyngSat

 

[Smith P.]

I didn't say I saw the test channel(s), the info came from preliminary parsing of APG stream. That's why I can't tell what sat/tpn used.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Or here HD - Spaceway 2 at 99.2°W - LyngSat

 

[goaliebob99]

Why would they though? Is there any Mpeg 2 at these location?

Because they can! I dont know. My only thing with the testing method is that it doesnt dispell the encoding/decoding methods used. Heck they could of ran out of mpeg4 encoders and decided to put stuff up in mpeg2, no one would really know if they were running full rez and at a good bitrate.

With that said, im not trying to dispell that its mpeg4 coming from the location, what im trying to say is that the methods do not prove or disproove that the channel is in mpeg 4. It just proves that the channel is coming from a location that requires a bbc.

I don't see them here. HD - Spaceway 1 at 102.8°W - LyngSat

Lyngsat is not the best source. While they do have good information, the last time the transpoders were updated was in 05,06 according to to the site. Also, D* could do transpoder moves all the time.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

That cool , I'm just clueless in how I need BBC, for NY locals. But some don't

 

[uncrules]

I don't see them here. HD - Spaceway 1 at 102.8°W - LyngSat

Well, Lyngsat must not have a complete listing then. I definitely get HD locals from D*. D* didn't starting broadcasting HD locals until the Spaceways went up. Lyngsat doesn't list my market, Greensboro, NC on either Spaceway 1 or Spaceway 2. I got my HD locals before D10 ever went up. Lyngsat doesn't list any HD locals on D10 but we know it delivers some HD locals.

Let me correct one thing, I may get my HD locals from 99s. I get readings on transponders 1 and 5 off of 99s. So I get some reading from both 99s and 103s.

So I'm not sure which Spaceway I get my HD locals from but it has to be coming from one of them.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Well, Lyngsat must not have a complete listing then. I definitely get HD locals from D*. D* didn't starting broadcasting HD locals until the Spaceways went up. Lyngsat doesn't list my market, Greensboro, NC on either Spaceway 1 or Spaceway 2. I got my HD locals before D10 ever went up. Lyngsat doesn't list any HD locals on D10 but we know delivers some HD locals.

Let me correct one thing, I may get my HD locals from 99s. I get readings on transponders 1 and 5 off of 99s. So I get some reading from both 99s and 103s.

So I'm not sure which Spaceway I get my HD locals from but it has to coming from one of them.

Thats cool. I wish I didn't need BBC's