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Dish satellite at 129 having problems
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John
Sep 13, 2011, 6:10:23 PM9/13/11
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I got a call from my friend (and local Dish dealer) a little while ago.
He said that shortly after 5 PM (EDT) he started getting calls from
customers complaining about loss of signal from the 129 satellite. Last
time I checked (a few minutes ago) 129 had no signal on any transponder.
According to dish_answers on twitter Dish is working on the problem.
John
He said that shortly after 5 PM (EDT) he started getting calls from
customers complaining about loss of signal from the 129 satellite. Last
time I checked (a few minutes ago) 129 had no signal on any transponder.
According to dish_answers on twitter Dish is working on the problem.
John
John
Sep 13, 2011, 6:14:10 PM9/13/11
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Kristian M Zoerhoff
Sep 13, 2011, 7:27:22 PM9/13/11
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John
Sep 13, 2011, 7:47:00 PM9/13/11
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Whatever the problem is it must be very serious. I noticed that some
channels that were on 129 have been moved to 110. Other HD channels from
129 have been removed from the guide (channels in the 100 - 299 range).
John
Darmok
Sep 13, 2011, 8:11:04 PM9/13/11
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:14:10 -0400, John <not_valid@no_isp.none>
wrote:
wrote:
I was wondering what the heck was going on. 129 was working this
morning, and when I got back from my bike ride ... nothing. I tried
reseting the receiver several times, did a switch check, and 129 says
its connected, but no signal.
I think everyone needs to get compensated on their next bill. If I
don't work, I don't get paid. If my Dish doesn't work, the same
should apply (fat chance of that happening ... although I did get a
cable service I was subscribed to 20 years ago to give me a rebate for
1 1/2 days of lost service).
Hart Larry
Sep 13, 2011, 8:24:35 PM9/13/11
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I was just about to phone Dish, but was glad I looked here first. I had my
bedroom receiver on 9405 Pentagon Channel. When I switched my livingroom to
that channel, now it may be locked up? You see, as I am totally blind-and-now
have no audio. Channel changing does no good.
So now both receivers seem stuck-and-I was going to record from Pentagon at 9PM
here in Southern Cal. I have a special switch for 4 Satellites. Before the
receiver got stuck, I looked, I still had Euro News.
Also, at least for some channels, I have AT&T Uverse, but they don't offer many
of the PI channels
Hart
bedroom receiver on 9405 Pentagon Channel. When I switched my livingroom to
that channel, now it may be locked up? You see, as I am totally blind-and-now
have no audio. Channel changing does no good.
So now both receivers seem stuck-and-I was going to record from Pentagon at 9PM
here in Southern Cal. I have a special switch for 4 Satellites. Before the
receiver got stuck, I looked, I still had Euro News.
Also, at least for some channels, I have AT&T Uverse, but they don't offer many
of the PI channels
Hart
Dave Balcom
Sep 13, 2011, 10:50:22 PM9/13/11
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:11:04 -0400, Darmok <coonca...@gmail.com>
wrote:
wrote:
}I was wondering what the heck was going on. 129 was working this
}morning, and when I got back from my bike ride ... nothing. I tried
I went through the standard troubleshooting stuff and saw 129 was gone.
On Diagnostics/Analysis (menu,6,3) it showed 129 had been dropping
several times a day for a few days. During an 8 hour block of time on
9/11 (10:30 PM - 4:30 AM) it went down 19 times...
Patrick Martin
Sep 14, 2011, 12:24:38 AM9/14/11
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What if you have a Dish at both the 61.5 and 129/110/119 as I do? I
know some of the stuff is still on the 61.5. In checking the channels,
CNN #200 is there, but only in SD.
know some of the stuff is still on the 61.5. In checking the channels,
CNN #200 is there, but only in SD.
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Sep 14, 2011, 12:39:26 AM9/14/11
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I just checked and I could not get anything off the 129. Solar flares?
The sunspots have been a bit wild of late again. Anyway, I am still
getting a lot of channels in HD, but most are off the 61.5, which I have
that 30" wing dish. Some channels like CNN in HD, I am only getting in
SD. I will see how long it takes Dish to get this fixed. Will the
1000.2 for for the Eastern Arc? I don't see any channels gone, except
some in HD, but many I am getting off the 61.5.
The sunspots have been a bit wild of late again. Anyway, I am still
getting a lot of channels in HD, but most are off the 61.5, which I have
that 30" wing dish. Some channels like CNN in HD, I am only getting in
SD. I will see how long it takes Dish to get this fixed. Will the
1000.2 for for the Eastern Arc? I don't see any channels gone, except
some in HD, but many I am getting off the 61.5.
Patrick
D. Stussy
Sep 14, 2011, 1:20:35 AM9/14/11
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"John" <not_valid@no_isp.none> wrote in message
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Good to know it's not just me. I checked both of my receivers and was
thinking about the possibility of an LNB or switch failure.
Too bad most of my locals, including a couple that I CANNOT receive OTA,
are on that bird.
Patrick Martin
Sep 14, 2011, 5:37:01 AM9/14/11
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Noted at 2:30 AM (PDT) that the 129 is back on and all the channels seem
back, HD and all. Fortunately, it did not last too long.
back, HD and all. Fortunately, it did not last too long.
Patrick
Darmok
Sep 14, 2011, 6:20:31 AM9/14/11
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:14:10 -0400, John <not_valid@no_isp.none>
wrote:
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transponder numbers ... only thing on the lower numbers is transponder
1, which carries my locals. Also, upper transponders all have higher
signal strength than I was getting before on lower ones.
Patrick Martin
Sep 14, 2011, 1:41:38 PM9/14/11
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>>Back up this morning. Most of programming switched to upper
transponder numbers ... only thing on the lower numbers is transponder
1, which carries my locals. Also, upper transponders all have higher
signal strength than I was getting before on lower ones.<<
Nothing noted on tp #1 here. Must be a spot beam. In checking the tps, I
transponder numbers ... only thing on the lower numbers is transponder
1, which carries my locals. Also, upper transponders all have higher
signal strength than I was getting before on lower ones.<<
went from tp to tp and around 9 or 10, the receiver would stick there
and then shutdown and reboot. Strange. I think TP11 has like a 18%
signal. The rest are above tp 16 and are all in the 50-60 in signal,
except I think there was one that popped in at 66%. 129 & 61.5 and close
to the same in signal here now.
Patrick
Space Cowboy
Sep 14, 2011, 3:24:21 PM9/14/11
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I got 129 back today Wed when I checked 12PM MST. Yesterday if I
switched to a HD channel about 3PM MST I got the Acquiring Signal 0 of
5 and nothing happened. I couldnt even switch from that display.
Finally I went into DVR to bring up the Guide. The HD channels were
there but not accessable ie Acquiring Signal. I used the Menu Point
Dish and verified 129 didnt show a signal. Later on I saw the HD
channels disappear off the guide about 5pm MST. I didnt have any
troubles with the SD equivalent. The only problem Locals are only in
HD. I noticed a few HD channels on 110 and 119 which were okay.
switched to a HD channel about 3PM MST I got the Acquiring Signal 0 of
5 and nothing happened. I couldnt even switch from that display.
Finally I went into DVR to bring up the Guide. The HD channels were
there but not accessable ie Acquiring Signal. I used the Menu Point
Dish and verified 129 didnt show a signal. Later on I saw the HD
channels disappear off the guide about 5pm MST. I didnt have any
troubles with the SD equivalent. The only problem Locals are only in
HD. I noticed a few HD channels on 110 and 119 which were okay.
Sandy A. Nicolaysen
Sep 14, 2011, 6:52:16 PM9/14/11
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(CNN) -- Customers of Dish Network's satellite television service were
unable to access many channels on Tuesday.
The nationwide outage was caused by a "satellite anomaly," a Dish
spokesman told CNN. Affected service was limited in many cases to
high-definition service, he said.
Technicians worked overnight to resolve the problem and expect service
to be restored by tomorrow morning, the spokesman said. Another
spokesman said Wednesday that the issues had been resolved on schedule
and that the outage wasn't major.
Tom Tait, a Dish customer who lives in Santa Clarita, California, said
he had trouble getting through to telephone support lines and
accessing the company's website. Dish was actively responding to
customers from its Twitter account.
The company has about 14 million subscribers to its satellite TV
network. Dish is currently expanding the scope of its business, having
recently acquired Blockbuster in a bankruptcy auction for $320 million
and is moving into mobile data services.
D. Stussy
Sep 14, 2011, 8:31:30 PM9/14/11
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The only thing that sucks is that I was due to record off CNN Monday's
debate at the 23:00 PST time slot and due to the glitch, I didn't get it.
I couldn't record earlier because I already had two recordings each at the
5pm and 8pm slots.
debate at the 23:00 PST time slot and due to the glitch, I didn't get it.
I couldn't record earlier because I already had two recordings each at the
5pm and 8pm slots.
paultry
Sep 14, 2011, 8:48:16 PM9/14/11
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http://www.cnn.com/search/?query=tea%20party%20debate&primaryType=video&sortBy=date&intl=false
Toggle down to the bottom of the page. Watch the debate in
four parts.
D. Stussy
Sep 15, 2011, 1:49:40 AM9/15/11
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John
Sep 15, 2011, 12:06:13 PM9/15/11
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As of 9/14/11 (late afternoon) all channels from 129 are back on.
Dish has not put out an official report about the problem with the
satellite but some dealers are getting word from their contacts at Dish
that the outage was caused by space debris hitting the Ciel-2 satellite
at 129 degrees. The good word is that there was no damage to the
satellite. It is operated by SES (Echostar leases the satellite space
from them). SES has a global fleet of 47 geostationary satellites which
covers 99% of the world's population.
John
Dish has not put out an official report about the problem with the
satellite but some dealers are getting word from their contacts at Dish
that the outage was caused by space debris hitting the Ciel-2 satellite
at 129 degrees. The good word is that there was no damage to the
satellite. It is operated by SES (Echostar leases the satellite space
from them). SES has a global fleet of 47 geostationary satellites which
covers 99% of the world's population.
John
Patrick Martin
Sep 15, 2011, 12:36:04 PM9/15/11
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John wrote,
there. There is so much of it that the World has sent out and what to do
with it. There is getting a lot of clutter in space. As time goes on,
there will probably be more of this.
Patrick
>>Dish has not put out an official report about the problem with the
satellite but some dealers are getting word from their contacts at Dish
that the outage was caused by space debris hitting the Ciel-2 satellite
at 129 degrees. The good word is that there was no damage to the
satellite. It is operated by SES (Echostar leases the satellite space
from them). SES has a global fleet of 47 geostationary satellites which
covers 99% of the world's population.<<
That is interesting as I just recently saw a program on space dedris out
satellite but some dealers are getting word from their contacts at Dish
that the outage was caused by space debris hitting the Ciel-2 satellite
at 129 degrees. The good word is that there was no damage to the
satellite. It is operated by SES (Echostar leases the satellite space
from them). SES has a global fleet of 47 geostationary satellites which
covers 99% of the world's population.<<
there. There is so much of it that the World has sent out and what to do
with it. There is getting a lot of clutter in space. As time goes on,
there will probably be more of this.
Patrick
PhxGrunge
Sep 15, 2011, 1:06:28 PM9/15/11
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debris is at around 2000 miles up and closer.
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Scott Greczkowski
Sep 15, 2011, 1:25:33 PM9/15/11
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DISH has indeed issued a report (it was out early this morning) to the
FCC the issue was caused by Human Error and not by any kind of Debris.
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Deke
Sep 15, 2011, 2:34:56 PM9/15/11
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John
Sep 15, 2011, 3:01:14 PM9/15/11
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is what Steve Donohue reported:
Source:
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/dish-blames-outage-human-error/2011-09-14
Dish blames outage on 'human error'
September 14, 2011 ¨ 5:33pm ET | By Steve Donohue
Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) late Wednesday blamed an outage that hit
satellite provider Tuesday on "human error" in the ground operation of
its Ciel2 satellite, which is operated by SES Americom.
"SES has attributed the anomaly to human error in its ground operation
of the spacecraft. According to SES, there is no issue with the health
of the satellite," Dish said in a prepared statement.
The DBS provider said the service interruption--which saw subscribers
loses HDTV channels--began at about 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The company
said standard definition channels "were largely unaffected" by the
service interruption. Dish had announced late Tuesday morning that the
service to subscribers that had lost national HD cable networks, in
addition to local broadcast channels, had been restored.
Dish said the Ciel2 satelilte is operated by a Canadian subcontractor
and leased to the DBS provider.
"We've provided updates to our customers through our customer service
centers, our website, our retailers, and social media," Dish said in the
statement.
Officials at SES Americom didn't respond to requests for comment.
brave...@gmail.com
Sep 16, 2011, 2:48:02 AM9/16/11
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:34:56 -0500, "Deke" <notgonn...@today.com>
wrote:
And I really liked the Middle Eastern Arabs and all their AK-47 gun
fire finally hit something, (on the other side of the world no less)!
wrote:
fire finally hit something, (on the other side of the world no less)!
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