Some signals on 99 and 103

[n3ntj]

I don't recall ever getting high signal levels on the 99 and 103 degree satellites until very recently. I get signals in the 90s on more than half and some are in the 50s. We don't have HD locals yet, although at one point were promised for end of Feb and seems it has again been moved to 4th qrt 2007.

Anyone else seeing these changes in the 99 and 103 deg birds?

[Coffey77]

Strong winds knock your dish into alignment? :D

[Tom Robertson]

I don't recall ever getting high signal levels on the 99 and 103 degree satellites until very recently. I get signals in the 90s on more than half and some are in the 50s. We don't have HD locals yet, although at one point were promised for end of Feb and seems it has again been moved to 4th qrt 2007.

Anyone else seeing these changes in the 99 and 103 deg birds?

Can you post signal strength list?

I'm thinking you may be seeing some amount of testing for your area, but i'm surprised you are suddenly seeing so many high signal levels.

Perhaps there are several areas near you that are also being tested right now?

Cheers,
Tom

[bonscott87]

It was the same thing in my area. We had not much in the way of signal off 99 until about a month before our locals were lit up. At that time one of the transponders jumped up into the 80s from 0.

So it very well could be they are shining a spot beam on your DMA now or they are just adjusting adjacent beams which is causing them to go up.

[n3ntj]

Can you post signal strength list?

I'm thinking you may be seeing some amount of testing for your area, but i'm surprised you are suddenly seeing so many high signal levels.

Perhaps there are several areas near you that are also being tested right now?

Signal strength (Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA market)-

99 degs:
89 0 100 0 96 55 rest are n/a

103 degs:
47 97 27 99 60 96 rest are n/a

I don't recall ever having any transponder on either of these birds over 50% so maybe they are indeed working on getting our HD locals working by the of February. Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA was removed from D*'s website under HD Locals around 2 January, so we thought we were screwed until 4th qtr 2007. I guess we'll see.

Thanks.

[n3ntj]

Signal strength (Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA market)-

99 degs:
89 0 100 0 96 55 rest are n/a

103 degs:
47 97 27 99 60 96 rest are n/a

I don't recall ever having any transponder on either of these birds over 50% so maybe they are indeed working on getting our HD locals working by the of February. Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA was removed from D*'s website under HD Locals around 2 January, so we thought we were screwed until 4th qtr 2007. I guess we'll see.

Thanks.

Anyone else in the Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA market showing these high signal strengths recently on the 99 and 103 birds? If so, didn't these pop up in the past week or so? I don't think we had any signals over 50% before (if that) around here on these satellites. Can anyone else local concur?

[Mocco71]

Anyone else in the Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA market showing these high signal strengths recently on the 99 and 103 birds? If so, didn't these pop up in the past week or so? I don't think we had any signals over 50% before (if that) around here on these satellites. Can anyone else local concur?

I just checked and I get the following

sat 99 - trans 18 at 49%
sat 103 - none

Either the dude that hooked mine up doesn't have it aimed right, or you could be catching spots from Philly, Balt or DC?

keep us posted if you catch anything else. I will test periodically as well. However, when D* took Harrisburg off of the page of "DMA's coming soon" last month, I think that was a kind way of telling us that, while our DMA is in the 40's, we are pushed back to later this year.

[veryoldschool]

I just checked and I get the following
sat 99 - trans 18 at 49%
sat 103 - none
Either the dude that hooked mine up doesn't have it aimed right, or you could be catching spots from Philly, Balt or DC?
keep us posted if you catch anything else. I will test periodically as well. However, when D* took Harrisburg off of the page of "DMA's coming soon" last month, I think that was a kind way of telling us that, while our DMA is in the 40's, we are pushed back to later this year.
IF that is your "spot beam" 49% would be a poor dish alignment.
If it isn't your spot beam, what you are getting is an overlap of a spot beam that is active for another area.
I get five transponders [off 99 & 103] near 100%, but only one has my DMA. The others are for DMAs over 100 miles away. FWIW

[Mocco71]

IF that is your "spot beam" 49% would be a poor dish alignment.
If it isn't your spot beam, what you are getting is an overlap of a spot beam that is active for another area.
I get five transponders [off 99 & 103] near 100%, but only one has my DMA. The others are for DMAs over 100 miles away. FWIW


I thought that my fairly close proximity to Phil, DC and Balt that I would catch more off of the 99&103.

[veryoldschool]

I thought that my fairly close proximity to Phil, DC and Balt that I would catch more off of the 99&103.
Well since I'm getting spots from over 100 miles away, you might need to have a better dish alignment. Most [maybe only some to be fair] installers don't seem to spend enough time "nailing" the 99/103 SATs. The beams are very narrow something like +/-1 degrees to be on the center of the target. Anyway the "old way" of aligning dishes doesn't work well with the new system [and why there are fine adjustments screws].

[n3ntj]

I just checked and I get the following

sat 99 - trans 18 at 49%
sat 103 - none

Either the dude that hooked mine up doesn't have it aimed right, or you could be catching spots from Philly, Balt or DC?

keep us posted if you catch anything else. I will test periodically as well. However, when D* took Harrisburg off of the page of "DMA's coming soon" last month, I think that was a kind way of telling us that, while our DMA is in the 40's, we are pushed back to later this year.


Mocco71.. don't tell me Ironwood installed your dish?!?! I have a feeling the Ironwood guy simply didn't properly aim your dish for the 99 and 103 birds. After the Ironwood guy left my house, I had to go out and do some adjustments as well as tighten the LNB screws to better my signal strengths. The installer left them partially tightened.. can you believe that one?

I've had two sources (one from D*) tell me the 19th for the Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA HD locals, another source (someone else from D*) told me 'end of Feb', and several people on the forum suggest the 4th qtr. I got the info about the Feb dates very recently. Kinda funny.. guess we just need to wait and see.

[n3ntj]

Can anyone else in the Harrisburg, PA market chime in on recent signals on the 99 and 103 birds? Since these have 'popped' up recently, I can only guess these will be turned on very shortly for us. Maybe just wishful thinking.

[kevc66]

Can anyone else in the Harrisburg, PA market chime in on recent signals on the 99 and 103 birds? Since these have 'popped' up recently, I can only guess these will be turned on very shortly for us. Maybe just wishful thinking.

Something may be going on! I'm experiencing basically the same numbers as you. I know some of the 103 numbers are way up from previously.

[n3ntj]

Something may be going on! I'm experiencing basically the same numbers as you. I know some of the 103 numbers are way up from previously.

Thanks.. just wanted to make sure it wasn't only me in the area. We'll see in the coming weeks.

[Mocco71]

Mocco71.. don't tell me Ironwood installed your dish?!?! I have a feeling the Ironwood guy simply didn't properly aim your dish for the 99 and 103 birds. After the Ironwood guy left my house, I had to go out and do some adjustments as well as tighten the LNB screws to better my signal strengths. The installer left them partially tightened.. can you believe that one?

I've had two sources (one from D*) tell me the 19th for the Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA HD locals, another source (someone else from D*) told me 'end of Feb', and several people on the forum suggest the 4th qtr. I got the info about the Feb dates very recently. Kinda funny.. guess we just need to wait and see.

Honestly, I do not know who the guy was that installed my system. What I do know is that he was supposed to be here between 10-2, came at 4 and left at 8:30. I lost count of the number of times he came in and said "is that tv in your bedroom on now?" He also ran the cable from the dish approx 1/8" underground in my back yard (much to my dismay when I realized it later that week.)

I think that I am stuck until the locals are on - can you imagine me calling D* CSR and telling them that I am not getting signals from 99 and 103? Because the locals aren't even activated, they won't have a clue as to what I am talking about.

How hard is it to adjust the dish on my own to check for these signals? I don't want to screw it up and knock out everything!

[Ravens96]

Can anyone else in the Harrisburg, PA market chime in on recent signals on the 99 and 103 birds? Since these have 'popped' up recently, I can only guess these will be turned on very shortly for us. Maybe just wishful thinking.

Signal strength (Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA market)-

Here are my current readings in Hanover compared with readings from mid-January when my system was installed:

99 degs:
81 06 99 24 93 28 (Current)
74 15 98 24 88 15 (January)

103 degs:
48 96 00 99 60 95 (Current)
35 00 42 98 56 98 (January)

Except for 103 degs, Transponder 2, there isn't much difference. Could this be our long awaited locals???

[veryoldschool]

Signal strength (Harrisburg/Lancaster, PA market)-
103 degs:
48 96 00 99 60 95 (Current)
35 00 42 98 56 98 (January)

Transponder 2, Could this be our long awaited locals???
It looks like somebody's locals. :D

[kevc66]

Mocco
I'm a local electronics/electrical contractor in the area. I do a lot of home integration and satellite work. PM me if you need help with alignment. I have all the necessary equipment.

[NYHeel]

Does anyone know which transponders I should have good signals on (for the 99 and 103 satellites, basically 5 vs. 3 LNB) in the New York City area?

[n3ntj]

Honestly, I do not know who the guy was that installed my system. What I do know is that he was supposed to be here between 10-2, came at 4 and left at 8:30. I lost count of the number of times he came in and said "is that tv in your bedroom on now?" He also ran the cable from the dish approx 1/8" underground in my back yard (much to my dismay when I realized it later that week.)

I think that I am stuck until the locals are on - can you imagine me calling D* CSR and telling them that I am not getting signals from 99 and 103? Because the locals aren't even activated, they won't have a clue as to what I am talking about.

How hard is it to adjust the dish on my own to check for these signals? I don't want to screw it up and knock out everything!

Mocco.. sounds like another "quality" Ironwood installation. :lol:

Personally, I made some basic adjustments and had my wife relay the signal info to me via cell phone for each bird. Each install will vary.

[Mocco71]

Mocco.. sounds like another "quality" Ironwood installation. :lol:

Personally, I made some basic adjustments and had my wife relay the signal info to me via cell phone for each bird. Each install will vary.


If you can keep us posted if you begin to receive the HD locals or if you get some more activity on those satellites, that would be great. I am going to try and fool around with the dish after we get out of this snow and see if I can get any more signals.

I've been waiting for local HD, but it's really only NBC and Fox that I need because the others I get OTA. However, when the Penguins are on NBC in the next few weeks, I will be ticked off if I am not getting the feed because of a shoddy installation!

[n3ntj]

Will do.. I'll check it this weekend again and see if anything changes. Keep a look on your end as well. If the 19th date is correct, we should see some extra channels show up. I don't know if 8, 15, 21, 27, 33, 43, and 49 will all be provided since in some areas only those who have a contract with D* will be provided.

[jediphish]

I live nowhere near the DMA market being discussed here, but thought I'd offer my $.02 anyway.

I live in Birmingham (DMA#40). Our spotbeam is on the 99 sat. Anytime I check transponder strengths on 99 all the boxes on the map are "n/a" except the first six, which for me read all "0" except for #4 and #6, which show high 90s. I suspect one of these is my market and the other is Nashville, which is on the same spot.

When I check 103, however, things are always different. Same deal with all "n/a" except for the first six readings, however the strengths I get on those six are completely different just about every time I check them.

Not sure why the map doesn't reflect the actual transponder for those sats, but I've heard that D* can change them on the fly. Since my local is on 99, and I believe all 103 is used for is locals, I guess I never have to worry about the strentgh readings on that sat.

[bonscott87]

I live nowhere near the DMA market being discussed here, but thought I'd offer my $.02 anyway.

I live in Birmingham (DMA#40). Our spotbeam is on the 99 sat. Anytime I check transponder strengths on 99 all the boxes on the map are "n/a" except the first six, which for me read all "0" except for #4 and #6, which show high 90s. I suspect one of these is my market and the other is Nashville, which is on the same spot.

When I check 103, however, things are always different. Same deal with all "n/a" except for the first six readings, however the strengths I get on those six are completely different just about every time I check them.

Not sure why the map doesn't reflect the actual transponder for those sats, but I've heard that D* can change them on the fly. Since my local is on 99, and I believe all 103 is used for is locals, I guess I never have to worry about the strentgh readings on that sat.

The "n/a" is because those are transponders that aren't turned on yet. The next 2 sats will fill those in. The first 4 on 99 and first 6 on 103 are all spot beams to various parts of the country. Your numbers on 103 are so wild because you are probably on the very edges of those spots. But all you care is the one on 99 that your locals are on.

[veryoldschool]

The first 4 on 99 and first 6 on 103 are all spot beams to various parts of the country.
FYI: both SATs are using 1-6 transponders.

[Malibu13]

The "n/a" is because those are transponders that aren't turned on yet. The next 2 sats will fill those in. The first 4 on 99 and first 6 on 103 are all spot beams to various parts of the country. Your numbers on 103 are so wild because you are probably on the very edges of those spots. But all you care is the one on 99 that your locals are on.

Bonscott, stupid question but, being that HD Locals are not yet available for my DMA, (Norfolk/Newport News, Va.)
as it was also bumped off the list for late 2006 to late 2007 :( , is there a way to pin down exactly which Sat these will most likely show up on?

Edit: To the OP, i am moving this thread over to the General Discussion Forum. HD Locals may be specific to the HR20 but programming and Sats are better discussed within the General Forum

[Tom Robertson]

Bonscott, stupid question but, being that HD Locals are not yet available for my DMA, (Norfolk/Newport News, Va.)
as it was also bumped off the list for late 2006 to late 2007 :( , is there a way to pin down exactly which Sat these will most likely show up on?

Edit: To the OP, i am moving this thread over to the General Discussion Forum. HD Locals may be specific to the HR20 but programming and Sats are better discussed within the General Forum

Alas, not that I'm aware of. I thought there was a bit of a pattern 99 for the east and 103 for the west, but that has already been busted. Now, one thing that you can check, anything that is a solid 0 is a likely candidate.

Cheers,
Tom

[Malibu13]

Alas, not that I'm aware of. I thought there was a bit of a pattern 99 for the east and 103 for the west, but that has already been busted. Now, one thing that you can check, anything that is a solid 0 is a likely candidate.

Cheers,
Tom

Thanks Tom :)

[bonscott87]

Bonscott, stupid question but, being that HD Locals are not yet available for my DMA, (Norfolk/Newport News, Va.)
as it was also bumped off the list for late 2006 to late 2007 :( , is there a way to pin down exactly which Sat these will most likely show up on?

Edit: To the OP, i am moving this thread over to the General Discussion Forum. HD Locals may be specific to the HR20 but programming and Sats are better discussed within the General Forum

1) No clue where your spot might be.

2) FYI that the HD locals are on the H20 as well. ;)

[veryoldschool]

Alas, not that I'm aware of. I thought there was a bit of a pattern 99 for the east and 103 for the west, but that has already been busted. Now, one thing that you can check, anything that is a solid 0 is a likely candidate.
Cheers,
Tom
This gets even harder as the transponders numbers [frequencies] get reused over the country.
The SAT has many transponders, but D* is only licensed for some frequencies, so multiple transponders will transmit on the same frequency [transponder number] with the spot beams pointed away from each other.
Meaning: say 99 transponder #2 carries SFO locals & NY locals. It isn't the same transponder [at the SAT] but has the same transponder #2 frequency and from what the receiver "sees" or gets, they are the same, but in fact are two different transponders with different spot beams pointing different places. [getting to be too many "different"s].

[Malibu13]

1) No clue where your spot might be.

2) FYI that the HD locals are on the H20 as well. ;)

Scott, thanks for the correction. :) Didn't mean that they were only specific to the HR20 but since the discussion was in that forum, i failed to word my statement correctly. :(

[veryoldschool]

Donnie Byrd
The only thing would be to check if a transponder lights up strong for you, but even then it could be for a DMA 1-200 miles away. I get: Las Vegas, Reno, Fresno, San Francisco, & my DMA Sacramento, at 86 to 100% FWIW

[Tom Robertson]

This gets even harder as the transponders numbers [frequencies] get reused over the country.
The SAT has many transponders, but D* is only licensed for some frequencies, so multiple transponders will transmit on the same frequency [transponder number] with the spot beams pointed away from each other.
Meaning: say 99 transponder #2 carries SFO locals & NY locals. It isn't the same transponder [at the SAT] but has the same transponder #2 frequency and from what the receiver "sees" or gets, they are the same, but in fact are two different transponders with different spot beams pointing different places. [getting to be too many "different"s].

You are so right. And to further confuse the issue: KU band transponders are not standardized from one satellite to another. While Directv's are all the same, they ain't the same as everyone elses. And KA is even worse! D8 and D9 have two transponders each. 250mhz WIDE! As an example, KU transponders are normally about 29mhz. According to the FCC licenses for S1, S2, D10, and D11 the transponders are 40mhz.

D10 and D11 will each have 49 spotbeams--covered by only 10 transponder frequencies.

Cheers,
Tom

[Mocco71]

Will do.. I'll check it this weekend again and see if anything changes. Keep a look on your end as well. If the 19th date is correct, we should see some extra channels show up. I don't know if 8, 15, 21, 27, 33, 43, and 49 will all be provided since in some areas only those who have a contract with D* will be provided.

Thought I would update all of you in the Harrisburg, PA DMA Locals in HD...

Just spoke to 4 different D* CSR's. The first told me that I should already be receiving my locals in HD. The second just put me on permanent hold. The third and fourth conveyed the bad news - MID-APRIL for our locals in HD!!!! There are some forums talking about tomorrow being the date, others state the end of Feb. Well, now D* is stating April (at least they haven't broken down and admitted that it will be the end of 2007.)

Also, I am still not receiving signals on the 99 and 103 sats ~ D* is sending out a tech this week. At least I will know that I am aligned properly for "mid-April"

[n3ntj]

Well, no HD locals here in the Harrisburg area as of this morning (2/19). Looks like we'll give it another whirl on the 28th. I've also seen multiple dates..no one at D* seems know what is going on. Great customer service, eh?

Kind of funny one CSR said you should already be getting our HD locals.. I would have pressed him/her on it. Keep us posted about what happens after the tech comes out to checkout your problems with the 103 and 99 deg birds.

I assume whenever our HD locals are 'turned on' we will just have extra channels show up magically b/w the HD OTA channels and the SD ones supplied by D*? I can't imagine a RBR would be needed.

[texasbrit]

Thought I would update all of you in the Harrisburg, PA DMA Locals in HD...

Just spoke to 4 different D* CSR's. The first told me that I should already be receiving my locals in HD. The second just put me on permanent hold. The third and fourth conveyed the bad news - MID-APRIL for our locals in HD!!!! There are some forums talking about tomorrow being the date, others state the end of Feb. Well, now D* is stating April (at least they haven't broken down and admitted that it will be the end of 2007.)

Also, I am still not receiving signals on the 99 and 103 sats ~ D* is sending out a tech this week. At least I will know that I am aligned properly for "mid-April"


It's an interesting question. How can you have your dish aligned for 99/103 when you do not have HD locals and therefore may not be receiving any strong 99/103 signals? You are right though, in your location you should be seeing something on 99 or/and 103 because of spot beam overlap, even if the 99/103 signals are low signal strength. But all the installer can do is peak the dish correctly for the other three satellites and that should give you alignment on 99 and 103. You can't expect necessarily to see 80+ on 99 or/and 103 transponders if they are not your spotbeam.

[Mocco71]

It's an interesting question. How can you have your dish aligned for 99/103 when you do not have HD locals and therefore may not be receiving any strong 99/103 signals? You are right though, in your location you should be seeing something on 99 or/and 103 because of spot beam overlap, even if the 99/103 signals are low signal strength. But all the installer can do is peak the dish correctly for the other three satellites and that should give you alignment on 99 and 103. You can't expect necessarily to see 80+ on 99 or/and 103 transponders if they are not your spotbeam.

Because of the signals several friends of mine are receiving on these birds, along with what has been displayed in this thread, I should definitely be receiving more than all zeroes. He won't leave until I personally check the signals!

[n3ntj]

Update: I just heard from my inside 'informant' that Harrisburg HD Locals have now been pushed to the end of March or early April.

Any idea what the heck is going on?? Why does D* keep moving our HD Local lineup over and over? We were initially told fall 2006, then end of February 2007, and now around 1 April 2007. Heck, maybe 4th qtr 2007 will be the real date. This is getting very ridiculous guys!

Are we talking about satellite problems? Software or IRD problems? Agreement problems with the local stations?

C'mon, D*, give us the truth and quit dragging us along. :nono:

[texasbrit]

Because of the signals several friends of mine are receiving on these birds, along with what has been displayed in this thread, I should definitely be receiving more than all zeroes. He won't leave until I personally check the signals!

I agree with you!! It's just difficult to know what signal strength you should expect, unless your friend is literally next door. Since you are going to be in the edge of other cities spotbeams, even a few miles can have an effect on signal strength.
I guess what I am saying is I agree you should be able to see some signals, but it's difficult to use the signal strengths to tell you anything, and it's difficult to argue with the installer that he should do a better job....but if you have friends living close who are getting signals in the 40s or more, you should definitely be able to see them

[Mocco71]

I agree with you!! It's just difficult to know what signal strength you should expect, unless your friend is literally next door. Since you are going to be in the edge of other cities spotbeams, even a few miles can have an effect on signal strength.
I guess what I am saying is I agree you should be able to see some signals, but it's difficult to use the signal strengths to tell you anything, and it's difficult to argue with the installer that he should do a better job....but if you have friends living close who are getting signals in the 40s or more, you should definitely be able to see them

As long as he gets some signals, I will be happy. There is no reason to only have zeros on every transponder.

[n3ntj]

I wrote to D* inquiring about our local HD channels (Harrisburg, PA market).

Their reply today was:

"Thanks for writing us back. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. We had hoped to be able to offer HD local channels in your area by now and I’m sorry that we haven’t been able to. Our newest HD-capable receivers have been more popular than we expected. As a result, we’ve had to slow down our timetable for offering HD locals in new markets until we feel like we’ve got enough equipment to meet the demand.

I know how important HD programming is to you and I assure you that we are doing our best to bring more of it to you as soon as possible. As mentioned in our previous e-mail, the start date for HD local channels in Harrisburg, PA is by Mid-Apr 2007.

Thanks again for writing and we appreciate your continued patience. "

The end of the 1st paragraph doesn't even make sense. Why should the demand for HR20 and H20 receivers have anything to do with when to roll out HD Locals in a market? Unless they are paying the local stations to carry the HD channels with money they made from leasing the HR20s and H20s...

What.. they can't start HD locals until there are 10,000 HR20 and H20 receivers in a particular market? What about those of us in these markets with the MPEG-4 capable receivers already?

The response is a cop out, as far as I am concerned. My email back to D* was rather scathing and direct. I explained the problems I've had with my HR20 and continued delays for the HD rollout. It seems the real problem is lack of agreements with the local stations to carry the HD stations.. shouldn't they have worked this out BEFORE posting specific cities that would have HD locals by "Fall 2006"? Who's running this circus?!?!

[Tom Robertson]

As they turn up a local market, DIRECTV experiences demand for the receivers. If they can't supply that demand, people get pissed. So while demand in the existing markets is higher than they can supply today, they will hold off on turning up new markets.

Sorry what this means to you,
Tom

[n3ntj]

I figure that's what that means, but they still screw their existing HR20 customers.

BTW.. A D* CSR just called me (must have seen my posting or something) and when I asked about Harrisburg HD locals, she said she didn't see anything listed as far as when these would be turned on. I also asked her about DLB and she had no idea what I was talking about other than to say '"some Tivo features aren't present or capable on the HR20". I said 'no sh*t'. Its just gotta make you laugh.

[Radgar]

Well i just check my H20. 99 is showing N/A on all transponders. 103 is showing
41 71 0 74 73 65. Now here is the catch. 95 is show 0 on transponders 1,7,10,12,13,15,22 the rest are N/A. Question is where did 95 come from I know it was not there when i installed my Ka/Ku dish about 9months ago.


Thanks

Radgar

[texasbrit]

Well i just check my H20. 99 is showing N/A on all transponders. 103 is showing
41 71 0 74 73 65. Now here is the catch. 95 is show 0 on transponders 1,7,10,12,13,15,22 the rest are N/A. Question is where did 95 come from I know it was not there when i installed my Ka/Ku dish about 9months ago.


Thanks

Radgar


The H20 will always show N/A on all transponders on 99, it is a bug in the firmware. If you are in DFW your locals are on 103, otherwise give us your city and we can tell you which sat your locals are coming from.

95 is the sat for international channels, you need a separate dish for that. If you don't have an international dish I have no idea why you are seeing signals on 95...

[Radgar]

The H20 will always show N/A on all transponders on 99, it is a bug in the firmware. If you are in DFW your locals are on 103, otherwise give us your city and we can tell you which sat your locals are coming from.

95 is the sat for international channels, you need a separate dish for that. If you don't have an international dish I have no idea why you are seeing signals on 95...

Im not seeing signal on it. But i don't know how it got in the option to choose that sat. in the first place.

[Tom Robertson]

Im not seeing signal on it. But i don't know how it got in the option to choose that sat. in the first place.

Whomever setup your receiver must have told the receiver that it had flexports in use so it thinks there is a dish pointing to 95. I presume that can be unset, but I do not know the correct sequence for that.

Cheers,
Tom

[Dbadone]

I don't recall ever getting high signal levels on the 99 and 103 degree satellites until very recently. I get signals in the 90s on more than half and some are in the 50s. We don't have HD locals yet, although at one point were promised for end of Feb and seems it has again been moved to 4th qrt 2007.

Anyone else seeing these changes in the 99 and 103 deg birds?

That area is slated to go live Late March early April so it could be indeed them testing. It was pushed back 1 month recently when I contacted them to find out about our market.

[DwntwnWS]

Does anyone know or know where I can find out which Satellite/Transponders the local channels are being transmitted for the Greensboro, NC market? When I called D* before the CSR had no idea which channels were on the 99 or 103 Sats or what the signal strength should be for anything other than the standard Sats. Several people in our area have been reporting issues with the local CBS feed since approx last Saturday. The OTA signal from the local station is working normally, but the D* picture is horrible, especially during sporting events. The pixelization/macroblocking is worse than I have ever witnessed from any channel. The other locals all look fine. I thougt that D* broadcast all of the locals for a specific market from the same Satellite and Transponder, but I have not found a lot of information about the local setups, so I am not sure. I was hoping someone here may be able to help or point me in the right direction. So far we have not received a lot of help from the local area thread at AVSforum. If I only knew which signals to check I would know if it was a D* problem or something between the local station and D*. Since several people are reporting the same issue, I don't think it is something specific to my Dish alignment. It has been working perfectly for more than 2 months. I have the HR20 and the latest 5LNB dish. Any help would be appreciated.

[n3ntj]

That area is slated to go live Late March early April so it could be indeed them testing. It was pushed back 1 month recently when I contacted them to find out about our market.

I am not holding my breath on anything D* tells us anymore about HD Locals. Last year, it was "Fall 2006" for my market (Harrisburg, PA). Then it was Feb 28th. Now it is mid April. I wish D* would just have their ducks in a row, agreements signed, and birds ready to go before telling us that our HD locals will be available on so and so date. I got my HR20 when the date was "Fall 2006" and got it for that reason. Months and months later, many of us are still waiting....and waiting.... and waiting..