Getting 110 in Hawaii

[DISHjanitor]

i'm in hawaii with a 18" dish (dish 300) trying to get dish latino channels from 110 mainly for soccer. the transponders i get from 110 are between 38 and 50 in signal strength in tp 3, 13, 23-25, 27-31 (22, 26 not strong enough to lock).

it looks like these transponders are from E6 and the missing tps (with zero signal) are either from E8 or E6 spot beams. i spent about an hour repointing the dish and no go on the missing tps. i figure an 18-incher is kind of small for hawaii, but what i'm wondering is if i'll get those other transponders (tp 9, 17 in particular) even with a bigger dish. is it that only certain tps on E6 are beaming to hawaii and none on E8? or is the signal just not focused or strong enough out here?

can anyone give a clue?
TIA

[JohnL]

Originally posted by DISHjanitor
i'm in hawaii with a 18" dish (dish 300) trying to get dish latino channels from 110 mainly for soccer. the transponders i get from 110 are between 38 and 50 in signal strength in tp 3, 13, 23-25, 27-31 (22, 26 not strong enough to lock).

it looks like these transponders are from E6 and the missing tps (with zero signal) are either from E8 or E6 spot beams. i spent about an hour repointing the dish and no go on the missing tps. i figure an 18-incher is kind of small for hawaii, but what i'm wondering is if i'll get those other transponders (tp 9, 17 in particular) even with a bigger dish. is it that only certain tps on E6 are beaming to hawaii and none on E8? or is the signal just not focused or strong enough out here?

can anyone give a clue?
TIA

Dish,

The only transponders at 110 that are in fact spot beams are transponders 2,4,6,8. The only programing on these transponders are local channels.

Being in Hawaii you are very close to the edge of 110's footprint. The only way to improve your reception would be to get a larger dish but since the larger dish would have a tighter focal point you might have trouble getting either or transponders from either Echostar 6 or Echostar 8. Most of the active transponders at 110 are coming from Echostar 8 though.

The 110 orbital location is just so close to the edge of the signal footprint that you are likely to continue with a signal lock problems even with a larger dish, sorry for the bad news.


John

[blackm]

I'm using two 30 inch dishes here in Hawaii. One for the 119 and
the other for the 110. On the 110 I'm getting signals 64-66 on
transponders 9 and 17. The other transponders you spoke of, I'm getting 84-88 signal strength. Hope this helps.

[DISHjanitor]

Originally posted by blackm
I'm using two 30 inch dishes here in Hawaii. One for the 119 and
the other for the 110. On the 110 I'm getting signals 64-66 on
transponders 9 and 17. The other transponders you spoke of, I'm getting 84-88 signal strength. Hope this helps.

thanks. that sort of helps. i think i'll see what is possible with a 24" dish. i rarely have rain/cloud fade problems here (waikoloa, big island).

[wrate]

This proves it. Transponder 3 is NOT on E*8, its on E*6.

[DISHjanitor]

Originally posted by wrate
This proves it. Transponder 3 is NOT on E*8, its on E*6.

yes, i just noticed how tp 3 isn't listed on this page and all the others are:
http://www.lyngsat.com/echo6.shtml

[Mike123abc]

Would be nice if Dish were to use 157 and some of 148 to mirror the popular stuff off of 110 for AK and HI.

[BobaBird]

Now there's a thought, as long as they remember popular stuff includes the EEPG.

[rvd420]

Originally posted by Mike123abc
Would be nice if Dish were to use 157 and some of 148 to mirror the popular stuff off of 110 for AK and HI.


That is one hell of an idea.

On 157 alone Dish could "mirror" 30-36 channels.

[DISHjanitor]

Originally posted by rvd420

That is one hell of an idea.

On 157 alone Dish could "mirror" 30-36 channels.

plus, they could try to serve Guam and those other little islands, also.