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I live in southern illinois and if i were to move to chicago being with in the spot beam i would not only get all the HD locals but i would get all other chicago channels that are available in chicago? is this correct?

Also out of all the people that have moved how many of you actually were able to keep your real locals too and if so did you keep them until you changed something on the account or that did not matter?
 
Buzzdar said:
Also out of all the people that have moved how many of you actually were able to keep your real locals too and if so did you keep them until you changed something on the account or that did not matter?
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A few topics down, somebody is talking about keeping the NBC out of their home market after moving to Chicago (but it's just one channel). Hopefully somebody will chime in on what causes this, though, because I once kept WATL-36 out of Atlanta (it was the only channel I wanted) and, when I "moved" to Charlotte with DISH, it was never taken down until a few months later when I added the Encore Movie Package. I don't think it happens often, though, and I'm not sure if it's a CSR forgetting to do their job or if it doesn't occur to them (when something is purchased a la carte) to remove it. It's only happened with me once, though.

Cade
 
Buzzdar said:
I live in southern illinois and if i were to move to chicago being with in the spot beam i would not only get all the HD locals but i would get all other chicago channels that are available in chicago? is this correct?

Also out of all the people that have moved how many of you actually were able to keep your real locals too and if so did you keep them until you changed something on the account or that did not matter?
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You wouldn't be able to keep your "real" locals via Dish; just OTA.
 
bigrich said:
It seems you only need about a 30% signal to view.
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I can agree with that. I used to be a huge Tennessee Titans fan and would move to Nashville at the start of every NFL season (sort of like I'll do with Cincinnati now -- they are both on the same spot beam). It would never come in stronger (back then) than about 33 - 35 but it would always lock on (I have since moved a little farther north and now get about 55 - 62 all the time) and I'd see every Titans game. I can't understand how I'm essentially closer to Charlotte and only get a signal of about 28 - 30 that never locks on. It was nothing but trouble for the locals... I really only made the move for the RSNs anyways so losing the locals wasn't a huge deal.

Cade
 
I took my 211 and a Dish 500 To Charlotte Last year for the Cocoa Cola 600 and was able to watch Chicago SD Locals there out in the parking lot before the race, yes I was watching the INDy 500 out in the Parking lot.
 
dodge said:
I took my 211 and a Dish 500 To Charlotte Last year for the Cocoa Cola 600 and was able to watch Chicago SD Locals there out in the parking lot before the race, yes I was watching the INDy 500 out in the Parking lot.
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i wonder what kind of signal you had that far away. If it was on a spot beam. I thought the big 4 were still on concus. Unless that changed. Because i know the signal here in southern illinois is around 30 ish for the spot beam.
 
dodge said:
I took my 211 and a Dish 500 To Charlotte Last year for the Cocoa Cola 600 and was able to watch Chicago SD Locals there out in the parking lot before the race, yes I was watching the INDy 500 out in the Parking lot.
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Damn! That's over 700 miles (784 according to MapQuest) -- Chicago to Charlotte. I once thought of trying for Washington, DC locals (but am over 600 miles away). I don't ever seem to get a signal of any kind when I test the signal, though. I wonder just how far away I could get from Northeast Georgia...

Cade
 
Buzzdar said:
i wonder what kind of signal you had that far away. If it was on a spot beam. I thought the big 4 were still on concus. Unless that changed. Because i know the signal here in southern illinois is around 30 ish for the spot beam.
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The Big 4 are still CONUS.

Cade
 
fhsucade07 said:
Damn! That's over 700 miles (784 according to MapQuest) -- Chicago to Charlotte. I once thought of trying for Washington, DC locals (but am over 600 miles away). I don't ever seem to get a signal of any kind when I test the signal, though. I wonder just how far away I could get from Northeast Georgia...

Cade
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Check the spotbeam maps for cities you are interested in.. Chicago big four on CONUS- national beam-- so you can go far.
WashigntonDC may be on spotbeam and spotbeam maps show roughly where they hit and which SAT they are on. I think a few cities are on 118 so you wouldn't want that either-unless you get 118.
 
jseidcheck said:
The quality is pretty comparable to our local OTA, looks good on our 55".
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Forgive me if this has been answered on other move threads, but how does the OTA guide for locals fill in if you "move" across country? Does the OTA unique programing still show up on the guide?
 
your ota will still show up in the guide just as if you had your reg locals. but if you get HD locals from another time zone that all be affected by the MOVE too.
 
I really live in Chicago and when I go to the Milwaukee Mile for the races I don't have a problem getting Chicago locals with my "portable" setup, but its only for a few days at a time.
 
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