Getting 110 in Hawaii

[DISHjanitor]

I swear I posted a thread on the subject a few weeks ago, but I just can't find it. Anyway, here's my question:

Does anyone know if it's possible to get GolTV off of 110 from the Hawaiian islands with a 24" dish? I currently have a 18" dish and i can not get goltv and other channels on tps 1, 9, 17, but i can see tps 3, 13, 23, 26, 29, 31 (maybe a few others also).

If you have experience trying to get 110 signals with 24-inch dish in hawaii, please let me know or just post here. I'm trying to figure out if that size dish will do.

[johnsmith22]

It looks as if you are only receiving the transponders from E*VI and not receiving the transponders on E*VIII at all. The only way to find out is to try it with a bigger dish. If you arn't seeing them at all I would be sceptical that a 24" would be big enough to get a usable signal.

Also are you using a dual lnb for 119 and 110 on the same dish? If you are you will be loosing quite a bit of signal in the compromise that is inevitable when using the dish to point at two satellites nine degrees apart. It might be an idea to try using a single feed and peaking the dish on 110 only to see if there is any improvement.

[DISHjanitor]

Also are you using a dual lnb for 119 and 110 on the same dish? If you are you will be loosing quite a bit of signal in the compromise that is inevitable when using the dish to point at two satellites nine degrees apart. It might be an idea to try using a single feed and peaking the dish on 110 only to see if there is any improvement.
Nope, I'm using one 18-incher with single lnb for 110 only. I bought it back in 1999.

[Charles Oliva]

Of the two satellites Dish uses for 110:

Echostar 6- Tps. 3, 13, 22-27, 29, 31 (Mostly PPV's)
Echostar 8- Tps. 1-21 ex. 3, 13. (AT 150/Dish Latino) Tps. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 are spot beams for Locals.

Echostar 6 can be received in Hawaii with a 18" dish, 24" optimal.
Echostar 8 can be received in Hawaii with a 24" dish, 30" optimal.

[DISHjanitor]

Of the two satellites Dish uses for 110:

Echostar 6- Tps. 3, 13, 22-27, 29, 31 (Mostly PPV's)
Echostar 8- Tps. 1-21 ex. 3, 13. (AT 150/Dish Latino) Tps. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 are spot beams for Locals.

Echostar 6 can be received in Hawaii with a 18" dish, 24" optimal.
Echostar 8 can be received in Hawaii with a 24" dish, 30" optimal.

excellent! thanks, Charles. this is better (more specific) than what the only dealer who even deals with 110 around here will tell me. when I call, they go "you gotta get the 30-inch dish, $200".

thanks again.

[DISHjanitor]

It looks as if you are only receiving the transponders from E*VI and not receiving the transponders on E*VIII at all. The only way to find out is to try it with a bigger dish. If you arn't seeing them at all I would be sceptical that a 24" would be big enough to get a usable signal.

i thought about this a bit... on my receiver (old, old 2700), i never get a red bar with a weak signal under 35. if the signal doesn't rise to at least 35 and comes close to locking, it shows 0. that is to say that i suspect i may be getting 15-20 on the E*VIII transponders, but it shows me 0 anyway because the signal is nowhere near strong enough to lock. some of the weaker transpoders from E*VI oscillate between 35-45, so the signal bar oscillates between green and red. keep in mind i still haven't gotten around to buying a bigger dish.

[DISHjanitor]

Of the two satellites Dish uses for 110:

Echostar 6- Tps. 3, 13, 22-27, 29, 31 (Mostly PPV's)
Echostar 8- Tps. 1-21 ex. 3, 13. (AT 150/Dish Latino) Tps. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 are spot beams for Locals.

Echostar 6 can be received in Hawaii with a 18" dish, 24" optimal.
Echostar 8 can be received in Hawaii with a 24" dish, 30" optimal.

an update on this thread:

I'm now using a 24" dish. From Hawaii, I'm getting every transponder on E*6 with signal strength in the low 60s except tp13, which gets 0 signal and is an HDTV transponder. From E*8 I'm getting a weak signal (not even locking) of about 35-40 on transponders 1, 5, 9, 11. Channels on those TPs will tune, but it takes a few seconds on the signal acquisition screen. 7 and 17 (both HD) and the spot beams mentioned above don't have signal, of course.

Note: my cabling is less than ideal (diplexers, etc.), so I'm probably losing 3-4 points at least of signal strength just on that.