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    DirecTV at home and in the mountains...

    We are there sometimes as long as two weeks but within ten years we should both be retired and possibly staying as long as eight months if not permanent. I do the OTA thing up there and get a handful of channels but it is a pain in the ass. It's on the same mast as my cell phone booster and I...
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    DirecTV at home and in the mountains...

    So hypothetically speaking if I go forward with the mover's package and they do a full install and give me a receiver I could bring the receiver back to Kansas City and replace one of my Genie Minis with the receiver. Call DirecTV and have them activate it for the KC location. Then when I go...
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    DirecTV at home and in the mountains...

    Red Lodge, MT. Close to both Billings, MT and Cody, WY. I assume I would get the Billings locals. What they are offering me is truly a great deal. A full install for just extending my contract. Funny thing is they called me about three weeks ago to see if I was happy. I told them all was...
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    DirecTV at home and in the mountains...

    Thanks for the info. If I go that route would the receiver from Kansas City pick up the local Montana channels (when in Montana) or is that something that has to be programmed by DirecTV?
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    DirecTV at home and in the mountains...

    Hello. Newbie here. I also have a vacation place that I want to install Direct TV at. Figured an additional thread would be silly. My main home is in Kansas City and vacation place is in Montana. I've had DirecTV in KC since 2014 and have a Genie HD DVR with three of the minis. So I only...