Is it possible to get 61.5 in hawaii?

[rusty813]

I was talking to dish representative and they said I could get ktla, wpix, and wwor in hd, if I have a dish pointed at 61.5. Is this true or not?

 

[TNGTony]

No, sorry. The satellite is well below Honolulu's horizon. -14.3° to be exact.

 

[rusty813]

I dont live on honolulu, on the big island. I also got dish 1000.2 that is used on the mainland for my current setup or that doesn't make a difference.

 

[TNGTony]

The satellite is still well below the eastern horizon. 11.6° below the horizon from the eastern-most point of the big island.

 

[garys]

WPIX and WWOR are in HD but in the NY dma only and they are supposed to be on spot beam although WWOR wasn't on spot a while ago and it was supposed to be corrected. I have not heard if that happened or not. KTLA HD should be on 129 and should be on spot as well. Plus I thought the Superstation package was no longer available so I doubt you could get the sd versions of the channels either. If I am incorrect, I'm sure someone will post current status for them.

 

[TNGTony]

Superstations are still an option at least on my account. The hd question is another story.

 

[larrykenney]

61.5 doesn't work here in San Francisco because it's behind the hills across the bay, so it definitely won't work in Hawaii.

 

[whatchel1]

There is no way for you to receive it in HA. It's just to low. You can check the look angle of any sat by using the dish pointer. http://www.dishpointer.com/

 

[oldengineer]

You can probably see the Southern Cross and other bright start and constellations that us Yankees can't though. I'd rather be able to see them than 61.5

 

[Tampa8]

WPIX and WWOR are in HD but in the NY dma only and they are supposed to be on spot beam although WWOR wasn't on spot a while ago and it was supposed to be corrected. I have not heard if that happened or not.

WWOR is still in HD if you live in the spotbeam area and are Grandfathered to have Superstations. People here pontificated that it would get "Fixed" but there is no proof DISH feels it is a mistake.

Superstations are still an option at least on my account. The hd question is another story.

I'm guessing if it is showing in your programming it is a mistake. They no longer show in my programming choices, I have all 7.

 

[Mr Tony]

you can't get the supers in HD. If you are in the market that has one of the 5 Superstations in the local package then yes it would be in HD. But not all 5 of them

 

[GaryPen]

61.5 doesn't work here in San Francisco because it's behind the hills across the bay, so it definitely won't work in Hawaii.

It worked for me in San Jose, back when that was the only way to get HBO.

 

[The Fat Man]

The supers are only in HD in there market. I live in WSBK's market. Channel 236 (the super station channel) is in SD. However channel 38 (which is it's local channel number) is in HD.

 

[Tampa8]

With the exception of WWOR....... You don't need to be in their market, only in the Spotbeam EA.

 

[brad1138]

Absolutely NO. You have a better chance of seeing the west coast from the highest hill on your island.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I used to get 148 in Detroit with a 10 degree elevation.

But yea, 61.5 is impossible to get in hi

 

[renegade734]

I used to get 148 in Detroit with a 10 degree elevation.

I had a 148 dish once ... a tree 6/10ths of a mile away leafed-in, and that was the end of 148 for me

 

[Bobby]

I still have my 148 dish pointed. Of course it's been 5 years since the satellite went bye bye...

 

[brad1138]

I still have my 148 dish pointed. Of course it's been 5 years since the satellite went bye bye...

I like the 129 upgrades when the customer already had a 148 dish, repoint, done!

 

[Mr Tony]

had a 148 dish years ago too. Thats when Dish first started testing compression for MPEG4 (pre Eastern Arc) and they had the stations in the clear for free to air receivers to see.

That was awesome because we had ESPN HD for a while

(the dish on the left was for 123 & 119 back in the day...back when Dish had the CD audio streams in the clear too)