It would be a cool blast from the past if they put all national HD on 72. A single sat with all the nationals would be like back in the day. Just a cool rewind.
Echostar files to move E6 to 61.5W
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On March 3, 2010, the Satellite Division granted, with conditions, the request of EchoStar Corporation to operate the EchoStar 6 space station temporarily as an in-orbit spare at the 61.65° W.L. orbital location.
Accordingly, EchoStar is authorized, for a period of 60 days, commencing on February 15, 2010, to conduct Telemetry, Tracking, and Telecommand (TT&C) operations necessary to operate EchoStar 6 temporarily as an in-orbit spare at the 61.65° W.L. orbital location.
Accordingly, EchoStar is authorized, for a period of 60 days, commencing on February 15, 2010, to conduct Telemetry, Tracking, and Telecommand (TT&C) operations necessary to operate EchoStar 6 temporarily as an in-orbit spare at the 61.65° W.L. orbital location.
EchoStar is authorized to use the 17,305 MHz frequency for telecommand and the 12,203 and 12,204 MHz frequencies for telemetry during these operations. EchoStar is also authorized to activate the Direct Broadcast Satellite communications payload on EchoStar 6 to conduct tests and in the event of a service outage of the EchoStar 3 or EchoStar 12 space stations.
My opinion is they should be able to use the transponders which are not working on the other satellites which they are licensed for. 
But I am not the FCC
But I am not the FCC
My opinion is they should be able to use the transponders which are not working on the other satellites which they are licensed for.
But I am not the FCC
I agree - isn't that the definition of a "service outage?"
But I'm not the FCC either (Thank God for small favors!).
Brad
If you are talking about the move of E6 to 61.5, it means that in the short term E* can add any TP's that have failed on E3. There are 4 TP's at 61.5 that E* could not use due to E3 TP failures. E6 was initially moved as a backup for E3. But now, it looks like E* may actually use E6 to supplement E3 and E12. So, hopefully, it means more HD programming could be offered from 61.5 through the use of the currently unused TP's.
Actually, Digiblur - The Uplink Guru.
I wouldn't claim to be the guru
I can tell you to keep your eyes on the uplink center next week though.Correct me if I am wrong but based on the list, there are 9 TPs at 61.5 W (4, 6, 12, 17, 18, 23, 26, and 28) that Dish is not using to provide programming that one can subscribe to at this time. I believe there are 5 TPs that neither E-3 or E-12 can provide signal from, TPs 4, 6, 12, 26, and 28. I am not sure about the others. I also wonder if E-6 can provide signals from TP 12 because E-6 has also had some failures that limit its capability. It will also be interesting if Dish uses E-6 to free up space on E-12 for locals by switching CONUS TPs to spotbeams.
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We love U anyway. You de man along w/ nelson61 that know the uplinks the best. :up
I wouldn't claim to be the guru
We love U anyway. You de man along w/ nelson61 that know the uplinks the best. :up
I forgot to add the TP that recently failed on E3. So it is 5 TP's currently offline. The others were just cleared and moved to 72.7 as part of the HD migration.
What has been speculated is that Dish will add back the international programming to 61.5 W so that EA folks won't need to have a dish for 118 W
