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Sep 2, 2008, 7:46 PM

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I just thought I would let you know that DISH launched a new and/or replacement satellite at 110 W and it looks like the signal is great in the US but will be very bad in central Mexico. More about this later as I learn more and/or get permission to post private information I have received about the new bird

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Sep 3, 2008, 3:13 PM

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UPDATE:
The news gets worse. Apparently DISH is transferring transponders therefore channels from the old to the new satellite at 110 W. And if the footprint shown at the below reference is correct, then no more TV from Satellite 110 W without an exceptionally large satellite dish. That said, not all projected footprints turn out to be correct.

Take a look at this and be depressed unless you live close to the US border. PS thanks Tim for the URL

http://www.satelliteguys.us/attachment. ... 1219160002">E11

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Sep 4, 2008, 9:06 AM

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More bad news for those living as far south as the Lake Chapala area. A local satellite dealership tried a 2.4 meter Dish and could not get a signal from the new bird. In Oct I will try a 12 footer to see if there is any hope

N2Futur

Oct 2, 2008, 7:31 PM

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Pete,

have you tried the 12 foot dish yet? We are leaving Tuesday and are just bringing down the LNFB's from our old Dish 500 antenna, hoping it will work with a 1.2 meter in Melaque to pick up 119. Did you try out the DVR function of your SC receiver?

Elke
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Oct 2, 2008, 9:21 PM

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I've been in the states and haven't tried anything. give me a week or two and I will see what's out there on the 12 footer.

N2Futur

Nov 10, 2008, 7:53 AM

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Pete, any update on your 110 W reception????? We are about to install the antenna for 119 here at the new casa in Melaque for use this winter.

Elke
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Nov 10, 2008, 8:22 AM

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Sorry Elke: I forgot to respond. Well anyway there has been no change now for perhaps three months. Maybe a third of the channels on 110 W are available and are stronger than before, the other 2/3rds don't seem to be viewable more than a couple of hundred miles into Mexico.

Here is something I posted on another forum the I neglected to post here. Sorry about that.
I subscribe to a DISH 500 package which gives me about 111 video channels and 32 music channels At least that is what I got in Seattle and here in Ajijic before Echo Star 11 came on line.

Today, lakeside when I connected to only the bird at 119 W. I got all of the 58 video and 32 of the audio channels I subscribe to. However of the 54 video channels I used to get on the old bird at 110 W, I only got 12 of them today.

How do I know which bird I was looking at? Sadly because my DP 34 switch was out of order, I connected first to 119 W and got all of those I subscribe to. Then when I connected the receiver to 110 W. of the 42 I subscribe to, I could only get 12.

So out of the 112 video channels I pay for, I only get 70 or 62.5 % lakeside. I get all 32 of my audio channels.

With Star Choice one still gets all of the channels he subscribes to, to include the US networks in HD

N2Futur

Nov 11, 2008, 6:49 AM

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Thanks, Pete! Looks like we'll be getting a Starchoice system next spring. Vern will be hooking up DishNet today or tomorrow. Should be interesting to see what kind of reception we'll get down here. We'll be coming up to the Lake on 23/24th for a couple of days, maybe we'll see you then.

Elke
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