When did 157 go online?

[mikew]

http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish157.shtml

Is this another component of Super Dish or will a regular Dish 300 pull this in?

 

[gredneck]

http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dish157.shtml

Is this another component of Super Dish or will a regular Dish 300 pull this in?

157 isn't even an option in the point dish section on my receivers

 

[mike123abc]

A regular Dish 300 could get it, but there is no point, you notice they are just duplicates of other satellites. Dish is "testing" their new slot allotment (well the 3 transponders on that slot) with Echostar-4. E4 is a very broken satellite. It is just a placeholder until a long term use by E* is figured out.

Dream use by west coasters: Dish buys the rest of 157 and does HDTV locals from there.