Well, had a chance to play around the other night.
I tried using a Dish 500 to receive 61.5 and 72.7. Keep in mind the Dish 500 is designed to receive two birds, with 9 degrees of separation. 61.5 and 72.7 are 11.2 degrees apart from each other...
The result? It works. But not good enough for me. I can't get strong signals from both birds at the same time. 61.5 has a somewhat-weak transponder on 12530 MHz, and in my situation, I can't afford to drop signal strength here..
I'm hoping the Dish 1000.4 allows for a little more spacing between the birds (no doubt it will) without compromising signal strength.
For now, I've added a wing dish for 72.7.
HD Theatre on 72.7 appears to be in the clear. I'm getting a great picture. I wish I could post some screen shots...perhaps I'll do this later.
HD Theatre is on channel 9421 @ 1080i. 12399, SR 20000, V, 5/6. It appears to be coded with H.264 (MPEG-4) and transmitted with QPSK (DVB) modulation.
Excellent programming. Has anyone else played around on 72.7 yet?