I was able to receive 72.7W last evening with an old Bell 3100/Dish 301. I think I had used transponder 21 (12516 MHz) and the signal was alright. 66-68. I'm using an old DirecTV 101/110/119 18" eliptical, and i'm in Central Canada, so that could be the reason for weak signal
I also scanned that transponder with a 8PSK/MPEG-4-capable FTA receiver (not to pirate, just to test...I'm a radio nerd not a thief) and can confirm the 12 channels are present on 12516 MHz which are listed on Lyngsat. But there's no video/audio. "Autoroll Processing" forever. Again, not hacking...was just a test.
S/R 20000, V, 5/6 FEC, DVB
Does anyone know what sats the Eastern Arc will use in the end? I'm guessing 61.5W, 72.7W (with 1/2 the transponders of Bell's new bird-to-be-launched too), and 77.0W once they make some further changes. I guess DN will have to come up with a new dish at some point. If they go with 61.5/72.7/77.0 the spacing is not compatible with any current dish I'm aware of.