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  1. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Although it will need FCC permission to move from one slot to another, should the need ever arise.
  2. DIRECTV Connected Home
    My GG2 is also blinking amber this morning. I noticed a day or two ago that it is blinking amber a LOT lately - several times a day, at least, and for an hour or more at a time. I suspect something may be going on with Directv's back-end (authentication?) servers.
  3. DIRECTV General Discussion
    So now you're an expert in Space-Track's procedures and public information releases? Is there NOTHING you don't know about spacecraft design, launch, and operations? Thanks for setting us all straight. ;)
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Once again, you're conflating concepts you apparently don't fully grasp. A TLE represents a snapshot of an orbit; it is is a set of parameters that, when used with the corresponding mathematical model, depicts - to more or less accuracy, depending on any number of factors - the "best...
  5. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Challenge: explain "non-variable", "parameter," "mathematical function" and "dynamic model." Without using a computer, based on your own education. ;) And here's a hint to get you started: that definition is misleading you; the TLE isn't the "dynamic model" - the mathematical function is the...
  6. DIRECTV General Discussion
    A TLE is a snapshot based on data as of a specific point in time. It is not a model. It's BASED on a model. But if you took time to actually learn the underlying mathematics (or just read HoTat2's post ;) ) you'd know that. Again, you're much better served to stick with what you KNOW not what...
  7. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Yep. TLEs are released publicly for informational/educational purpose, not because we have some inherent right to know. I say that to remind folks not to get too stressed, worried or unduly concerned when there's a gap in a new elset or if the satellite seems (*) to be doing something that it...
  8. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Yeah, I know; I probably did it myself more than once during the D10 and D11 days. They get posted all over the 'net. I'm just pointing out what Space-Trak says as a friendly FYI, just in case you're worried about it. I don't do it anymore, but that's me. YMMV.
  9. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Just FYI, and not that Space-Trak is very vigilant in enforcing it, but the user agreement for obtaining TLE's states that you can use them for your own purposes but won't repost them (not sure what kind of sense that makes, but hey, it's the government ...). Anyway, NORAD/Space Command...
  10. DIRECTV General Discussion
    That's a consideration but it's not a very constraining one. If it was, you couldn't ever have a continuous window - you'd have to have pauses and gaps throughout the window as multiple satellites passed through your so-called "safe corridor." Rather, the biggest reasons to have specific launch...
  11. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Yes. T-Zero time, considered alone, is independent of the length of the window.
  12. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Space is a vacuum. As such, it has no "ambient temperature." Stick to what you actually KNOW and stop trying to sound like an engineer. ;)
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    It would be nice to have some factual D14-related news and discussion in this thread rather than the usual baying of the hound. Er, "hounds." Yeah, that's what I meant to type.
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I first sub'd in April 1997 but had to suspend and then cancel when I got divorced and moved in the fall of 2000. I bought a house and resub'd around a year later but got much higher subscriber number than my original (much to my nerdy regret :lol: ).
  15. DIRECTV Programming
    Actually we missed almost 17 minutes. And of course it's never a big deal if it isn't your team. It was a big deal to us.
  16. DIRECTV Programming
    No trolling necessary. Please join the Directv bashing as an actual subscriber with something to complain about, or go away.
  17. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Your HR21 probably needs to be reauthorized. I'd suggest going online or trying to do so over the phone with their automated systems, but after Directv screwed the pooch this morning for almost an hour about the SEC alternate feeds, they've been getting slammed by Vols fans. Their website just...
  18. DIRECTV Programming
    And not just ANY finger, either. At least in my case. 17 year customer here and I am PISSED.
  19. DIRECTV Programming
    Yeah, I already reauthorized my receivers and even tried rebooting the one on m big TV just in case. No bueno. Twitter is blowing up and my post on Directv's FB page has picked up 3 or 4 random LIKES. Good job, Directv. :nono:
  20. DIRECTV Programming
    Way to go, ESPN. *smfh*
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