Legacy plan are we stuck forever? ??
I am looking for an official response on this matter, as I am considering cancelling the service and buying a repeater to get on Verizon as the signal seems to be improving. Are those of us on an a...
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Hi Gabe,
I am the only full time resident inside Olympic Nat Forest, America's only rainforest which means trees are not big but tremendous lol.... I am surrounded and bordered on 2 sides by Govt land, one side is called a Riparian Forest meaning it is within 300 feet of a stream, WA state has strictest water laws in US. You cannot by law drop trees inside of that named forest area, they just fall over naturally or never get cut. There are some whoppers just lying on ground.
There are 2 150-200 foot trees blocking my sat view south sitting on Govt land right next to property border.... If I was in Arkansas, lol, I'd just cut one but here I'd get busted for it so no way I can do Gen 5 unless I move. Hughes guy on online chat said no new service at my pointing direction.
So I'd guess it is coming to an end with Hughes for me... I don't mind slow, I am used to it, but tired of staying up every night from 11pm-4am to enjoy the service at all (yes I am up every night all night)
If they even offered us 1mb all the time and no criminal FAP nonsense I'd be happy, but we both know Hughes is not going to do that.
So...
I am the only full time resident inside Olympic Nat Forest, America's only rainforest which means trees are not big but tremendous lol.... I am surrounded and bordered on 2 sides by Govt land, one side is called a Riparian Forest meaning it is within 300 feet of a stream, WA state has strictest water laws in US. You cannot by law drop trees inside of that named forest area, they just fall over naturally or never get cut. There are some whoppers just lying on ground.
There are 2 150-200 foot trees blocking my sat view south sitting on Govt land right next to property border.... If I was in Arkansas, lol, I'd just cut one but here I'd get busted for it so no way I can do Gen 5 unless I move. Hughes guy on online chat said no new service at my pointing direction.
So I'd guess it is coming to an end with Hughes for me... I don't mind slow, I am used to it, but tired of staying up every night from 11pm-4am to enjoy the service at all (yes I am up every night all night)
If they even offered us 1mb all the time and no criminal FAP nonsense I'd be happy, but we both know Hughes is not going to do that.
So...
If you know, what direction is your dish pointed in now? Is it pointed in a direction where you have a clear view? I don't quite remember how to look on an HN7000S system, but do you know the longitude of the satellite you're on now?
The reason I ask is that, though the Echostar 19 might not be feasible, there is a beam from the Echostar 17 that is darn near centered right on top of you, and it's at 107.1W as opposed to the 97W of the Echostar 19. If the ES17 would work, they might very well be able to connect you to that. The ES17 info is at http://www.n2yo.com/?s=38551
And, you can actually input your info, choose the satellite (Echostar 17 or 19), and see on the following site exactly where it would point, by the picture...
http://www.groundcontrol.com/Satellite_Look_Angle_Calculator.htm
Beam 51 on Echostar 17...
- Thanks for your help Gabe ...I may be good at keeping it going but I will need to figure out that link above in few minutes on laptop instead of galaxy
Is this what I am looking for??
VSAT Return Path: Inroute Inroute
Satellite Longitude in degrees: 127 127
Satellite Hemisphere: West West
VSAT Longitude in degrees: 123 123
VSAT Longitude in minutes: 5 5
VSAT Longitude Hemisphere: West West
VSAT Latitude in degrees: 47 47
VSAT Latitude in minutes: 23 23
VSAT Latitude Hemisphere: North - As for clear view.....yes but very narrow as the dish points down the driveway and trees on every side, it's actually on guys land next door and about 80 feet of cable thru the trees to me, if just a little bit off he would let me cut whatever I needed, I watch everyone's stuff out here so I have some favors coming...
If I'm reading those numbers right, I think you're on the Galaxy 13 satellite, which is shown in the following pic...
The following is the Echostar 17 satellite...
And another thing that may be a problem is that the ES17's elevation for your location is about 2 degrees lower than the Galaxy 13. Further east and lower. :(
- Hey.....again thanks at least there is some hope
Yes the dish appears to be at 37 where the line is on the number.....
But, I have a Directv dish that I no longer have in service which points actually further east and is set at about 30. Actually the directv guy was much friendlier and spent more time trying to figure it out.... the original install of Hughes was a joke cause even though I told everyone it had to go on a pole, he said he didn't have 1 and was not pleased and put it on that metal roof platform lying in the driveway free standing....dog chased a racoon and caught it at the sat and their short but intense fight bumped and moved the dish, Hughes exec customers service had me take a photo and paid for him to return and do it correctly.
From what that installer said years ago the sat was behind the bigger trees but the directv one does not point at those trees and from the angle that page gave me you posted I am just guessing but It seems that echos star may be between the two of them
Do you know if any of those sat finder apps actually work... I am going to try and download 1 and see what I can come up with, it says they help you point your dish, but so many worthless apps who knows.
There may be some hope yet :)
