I thought it was originally due to the heavy rain today but apparently not 
HD Locals missing in Boston!
So it appears as though the HD Locals in Boston are out, and have been for a few hours.
Anyone here have any idea why, or whats up? All I'm seeing is a message not to call them, and to switch to SD channels.
What gives? I feel like I have cable.
Anyone here have any idea why, or whats up? All I'm seeing is a message not to call them, and to switch to SD channels.
What gives? I feel like I have cable.
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Heavy rain would not yield a message, it would have knocked all signals out for a very short period of time. This is something very odd, very rare.nuzzy said:I thought it was originally due to the heavy rain today but apparently not
Hey I have a buddy in Danville!
Same thing in Raleigh, NC.
Do they have anywhere they post about service outages? They clearly know about it based on the message on the tv.
Do they have anywhere they post about service outages? They clearly know about it based on the message on the tv.
Same thing in Philly, it's been at least 6 hours now.
uh oh, I hope this isn't seriousHot Tub Johnny said:Same thing in Raleigh, NC.
Do they have anywhere they post about service outages? They clearly know about it based on the message on the tv.
I do not know of any area on their web site for reporting such things. I have seen messages on their home page in the past when it involved a broadcaster holding them up, but that is not the case here I suspect.
jeezus I hope they didn't loose a birdeileen22 said:Same thing in Philly, it's been at least 6 hours now.
Same in Charlotte or at least 5 of 7 were out (I forgot to check the PBS). I know they were on at 6pm EDT , but TVs been off since then.
Check the transponders signal strength on the two or three used for your locals. If they are on, but there is no programming, then the bird is ok. More than likely a break in the fiber line from the East coast to Colorado.SteveHas said:jeezus I hope they didn't loose a bird
I sent a tweet to @DIRECTService, and they responded very quickly and said that the broadcast center is still working to resolve the problem. That was 2 hours ago. They didn't say how many markets were out.
I posted in the D* technical forums, but got no replyeileen22 said:I sent a tweet to @DIRECTService, and they responded very quickly and said that the broadcast center is still working to resolve the problem. That was 2 hours ago. They didn't say how many markets were out.
Glad to see they responded so quickly to the tweet
101 is strong on all transpondersDavenlr said:Check the transponders signal strength on the two or three used for your locals. If they are on, but there is no programming, then the bird is ok. More than likely a break in the fiber line from the East coast to Colorado.
99(s) is at 0 on 1-8, 19, & 22, all others fine
103(s) is at 0 on 3,5, 6, 21, 22, all others fine
103(ca) is strong on all transponders
103 (cb) is strong on all transponders
You are only interested in the two or three transponders on one of the (s) satellites used to send your locals in HD. The others may have 0 and be fine. Since yours is only one of several east coast cities that are out, I suspect its the feed rather than the satellite.
From the latest transponder listing, it appears Boston uses the 99(s) satellite transponders 15, 17 and 22
Since you said 22 was a 0, the ones showing to be on 22 are WCAX, WVNY and WNNE.
From the latest transponder listing, it appears Boston uses the 99(s) satellite transponders 15, 17 and 22
Since you said 22 was a 0, the ones showing to be on 22 are WCAX, WVNY and WNNE.
thanks Davenlr!Davenlr said:You are only interested in the two or three transponders on one of the (s) satellites used to send your locals in HD. The others may have 0 and be fine. Since yours is only one of several east coast cities that are out, I suspect its the feed rather than the satellite.
This sort of thing doesn't happen very often.
While its a surprise, its not hard to be patient with D*.
My service has been rock steady for many years.
No problem. I feel sorry for their twitter reps...Just checked the twitter page, and they are just repeating the same line over and over for the last 5 hours
Been over 6 hours now...they better be VERY generous with the credits!!!Davenlr said:No problem. I feel sorry for their twitter reps...Just checked the twitter page, and they are just repeating the same line over and over for the last 5 hours
Kind of surprised they havent turned on the HD DNS channels for the affected customers. Have you checked the DNS channels?
no, I haven't checkedDavenlr said:Kind of surprised they havent turned on the HD DNS channels for the affected customers. Have you checked the DNS channels?
I just switched to my antenna
I doubt most users would even know to do that
Daylight come and no HD tv-Raleigh.
Sunday @ 7 AM and no local HD in Boston market. This seems to be lasting quite a while, wonder if I'll get a rebate :lol:
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