[J Rath]

Been there since at least yesterday. Latest TLE data as of 29 Aug 9:21 AM EDT shows E8 at 128.88 W.L. with an inclination of .0794, it's perigee at 22228 miles and apogee at 22264 miles. Might still see the inclination come down a bit on later TLE data since most of the other satellites are at .02 or less, but for the most part it looks like it's there! :righton:

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yeah! Now these this baby and move it to 110 quickly!

 

[Jacob S]

maybe thats why the dishplayer showed the locals up on that satellite as someone else had said since the dishplayer tends to show hidden channels.

 

[johnsmith22]

Great, hopefully E* will get the testing done as fast as possible and get the bird over to the 110 slot, with luck this will do what E*VII at 119 has done for Puerto Rico and the islands and give us good high fade margin signals from 110.

 

[Marcus S]

One could only hope that it goes live earlier than Oct, but that is the mo that was filed with the FCC. I have no doubt it will also be a herky jerky spot turnup just like E*7. As posted here and other forums, who ever designed the spot layout for E* was an idiot. Narrow beams, and wierd coverage.

 

[wrate]

Johnsmith. The record shows that all SSL satellites are bad to us south of the U.S. border.

Echo VII is Lockheed Martin and those satellites have been good to us.

I hope I am wrong though.

Wrate

 

[wrate]

What does it mean? That if I aim my dish at 129 W I might get some of the test transmissions that Echostar will be doing from there?

Wrate

 

[JohnH]

wrate, you might get some, but might not be much digital used for testing, though. Probably not worth the trouble.

 

[vanoostrom]

I have a moveable Ku setup and I have looked a couple of times over the last few days, but have seen not a single blip on my spectralook.

 

[wrate]

Thanks for the answer. I am just dying to know if E*8's signal will reach Mexico City. And so if a signal was on at 129, even if it is some test pattern or something, I would be willing to re-aim a spare dish I have just so I can see what the future holds for me.