EARC 77 sat

[johnner1999]

I posted a question in the general Dish forum about EA - but thought this might be better for this sub forum...

It seems E* isn't using the 77 satellite for programing in the Eastern Arc setup. Or did I read a channel mapping guide incorrectly? I haven't followed E* in a while I knew one or more of the sats in this EA were getting old and maybe failed?

Down and dirty does Dish just use a 2 lnb rig now to get better signal strength or do they still do a 3lnb for future growth? Any new birds launching for Dish soon (or have launched?)

thanks
John

 

[brisk24]

Yeah a 1000.2 EA is coming out. Looks at 72/61.5 for markets that do not get their local channels from 77. Scew plate is similar to the 500 with a longer arm.

 

[brisk24]

Biggest problem I see with the .2 though is that there isn't an input port for the 500plus.

 

[satnewb]

Some Latino programming still comes off the 77.

 

[garys]

Oh, and D* denotes Direct tv, E (Echostar) is still used to denote Dish.

 

[johnner1999]

I slipped up - thanks (I'll correct it

 

[johnner1999]

I'm in CT - what locals come from 77?

 

[brisk24]

None, the .2 is already being created on work orders for the CT market however the LNBFs haven't been produced yet. So as of right now .4's are being put up

 

[digidss]

So do you think that the 1000.2EA with 2 lnb's will have a better signal then the 1000.4 with 3 lnb's ? Wonder if they might make up a new adaptor for the 1000.4EA to be fitted out with just 2 lnb's?

 

[garys]

Always easier to fine tune with less lnb's.