Updated Dish 1000 Info

[Tom Bombadil]

So any ideas as to the future of the channels at 121?

Will those also be migrated to spot beams off of 129, thus enabling those with the 110/119/121 SuperDish to move to the Dish 1000?

 

[GravelChan]

Follow up - I called my dealer and they said I don't need the 1000...

?? I assume you are subscribed to local channels, do you get KWSD? It's
channel 36 or 9237. Maybe you already have a second dish.....
BTW I'm in the Sioux Falls DMA also. If you don't get KWSD they will have
to furnish you a second dish or a 1000.

 

[dave7424]

Nice twist to a dish move today.....I had a d500 (quad legacy) and an additional d500 (single lnb) aimed at 61.5 for Voom. I called to add locals before signing up for a dish move. CSR asked if I wanted another dish (2 Louisville locals on 61.5), I told her no thanks, I have 2 dishes. I called 2 days later for a dish move and a different CSR told me that I would have to pay $50 because I had 2 dishes. I knew better, but said ok and scheduled the install. The wife calls today and says we're getting 1 dish, a 1000. I was quite happy....120 strength on 119/110 and 80 on 129. No charge, and he did a great job of hiding the wires along a down spout and under sod.

Interesting side note...maybe already common knowledge, but he says that there will be another sat at 129 showing locals in HD sometime early next year.....True ?

 

[navychop]

Another sat? Or the same sat? Not sure when the next E* bird is due to go up, or where.

 

[RandallA]

E5 is a sick bird thus the low signals. It would make sense to put a new one up there.

 

[SimpleSimon]

E5 is a sick bird thus the low signals. It would make sense to put a new one up there.

They might move a bird or two from 110 to 129 once the new monster goes up.

 

[Stargazer]

That is probably what they are waiting for, the new bird to go to 110 to move a better bird to 129 and maybe make the bird they currently have at 129 backup or move it to a wing slot.

 

[rustlers]

I'm in Dallas DMA. So, as a new customer if I wanted to subscribe to international channel (SUNTV) that is on 61.5/148, would I get a dish1000 and an additional dish pointed to those location or would I have to get the SuperDish?

I read through the helpful document earlier in the thread, but it does mention 148/61.5 international options for Dallas.

So, would I have to pay for the 2nd dish just to get the single international channel.

TIA,
rustlers

 

[OoTLink]

The Dish 1000 points at 110, 119, and 129 rustlers. 61.5 and 148 require their own secondary dishes to get to because they're quite a ways off from 110 and 119.

OTOH, 148 is newer than 129