New Locals in HD - Chicago

[zippyfrog]

I posted this in the Echostar 61.5 thread, but thought I should create it's own thread, but last night during the EA upgrade, I am on WA and got a whole bunch of new locals in HD. Here in Chicago, we got WTTW, WSNS, WYIN, WXFT, and WGBO all in HD. So the only channels that are offered in HD that is not on Dish now is WYCC and our ION channel.

I also noticed that all these channels were added to 119 and not 129 like all our previous channels were (ABC, CBS, etc).

Definitely was not expecting all this new HD when I turned on my TV. I thought the upgrades were only for EA. I can't find anything in the uplink area, so I was curious if any other areas picked up new HD on the Western Arc when the corresponding market on EA was moved to 61.5?

 

[CK SatGuy]

Maybe it was just a coincidence for you. I still only have the big four in HD in Detroit. I'm on WA but they're on both arcs as well.

 

[panek75]

Which transponder are you picking these up on?

 

[Mr Tony]

Definitely was not expecting all this new HD when I turned on my TV. I thought the upgrades were only for EA. I can't find anything in the uplink area, so I was curious if any other areas picked up new HD on the Western Arc when the corresponding market on EA was moved to 61.5?

its in the uplink thread

6319(44) - WSNS [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 05 Spotbeam A11 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Chicago, IL-TEL) (A) (H)
6319(44) - WSNS [MPEG4 HD] added to Unknown TID#1020 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Chicago, IL-TEL) (A) (H)
6320(56) - WYIN [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 05 Spotbeam A11 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Gary, IN-PBS) (A) (H)
6320(56) - WYIN [MPEG4 HD] added to Unknown TID#1020 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Gary, IN-PBS) (A) (H)
6321(11) - WTTW [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 05 Spotbeam A11 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Chicago, IL-N/A) (A) (H)
6321(11) - WTTW [MPEG4 HD] added to Unknown TID#1020 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Chicago, IL-N/A) (A) (H)
6322(66) - WGBO [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 05 Spotbeam A11 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Joliet, IL-UNI) (A) (H)
6322(66) - WGBO [MPEG4 HD] added to Unknown TID#1020 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Joliet, IL-UNI) (A) (H)
6323(60) - WXFT [MPEG4 HD] added to Ciel-2 129W TP 09 Spotbeam 22 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Aurora, IL-TEL) (A) (H)
6323(60) - WXFT [MPEG4 HD] added to Unknown TID#1018 (Mkt:Chicago, IL-Aurora, IL-TEL) (A) (H)

There were some extgra PBS and CW channels added to WA too