Recent content by toddspolaris

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    buying dish reciever off ebay

    have dish network setup at my cabin in northern MI. I take my box back and forth and it works fine I just don't get my local stations. My question is I built a garage and want to have tv out there also and Im going to run a cable off my current box out there but wont have HD. So can I purchase...
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    what would be the best antenna for my area

    I asked the question yesterday about getting my local stations up in northeren mi on my dish satelite. I live near lima OH and take my box up with me but I run out of my spot beam area for local cbs, nbc and what not stations. So I guess I come to the conclusion it might be simpler to put up a...
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    questions for dish set up in different locations

    Well, That might work, but I'm in the Huron National forest. Nothing but trees everywhere. I'd hate to spend $200 only to find out that it wouldn't work. Heck I can't even get cell service in my yard.
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    questions for dish set up in different locations

    yes I did notice that, When in Lima I get spotbeam, When up north I get transponder. So can I set up a seperate dish to receive the locals up there?
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    questions for dish set up in different locations

    What I can tell you is that when I go into my menu -setup-point dish It gives me my choices of what satelite I want to go to to see what kind of signal strenght I have. That is how I pointed my dish. And on 129 it tells me I have signal strenght of 45 both here and there. When I move my dish...
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    questions for dish set up in different locations

    That is correct. My signal strength here in lima on satalite 129 is about 45 and when I go north my signal strenght is about the same on 129. but get no channels of cbs nbc abc . Is direct tv different? I'm really looking to get the sporting events that come on CBS, NBC,ABC and what not. I don't...
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    questions for dish set up in different locations

    I currently have dish network through a local provider here in lima Oh and I take my reciever with me up north to luzerne MI. I already have installed a 3LB dish on my cabin. I can get satellite 110 and 119 fine but cannot get my local channels off of 129. I do understand there are spot beams...