If I lived in metro Jackson, Miss., area and receive HD package and locals from Directv and if I wanted to "move" to the New Orleans area, would the equipment I have allow me to do so without adding any additional dishes? Doesd anyone know if Jackson and New Orleans locals in HD come from satellite? And how big are the spot beam footprints?
"Moving" to New Orleans
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You would not need a new dish or anything. Although I am not sure about the spot beam size for the two markets. I will say that you "should" be within both, but might not be. They vary from market to market.
Give it a try, if it is a no go, move back.
Edit: check your signal strength on the spotbeam sat portion of your setup menu. If you have a few different transponders that are hitting pretty high, you may be able to do what you want here.
Give it a try, if it is a no go, move back.
Edit: check your signal strength on the spotbeam sat portion of your setup menu. If you have a few different transponders that are hitting pretty high, you may be able to do what you want here.
Not sure if this is what you want, but these are the channels in the New Orleans market from D*:
4 WWL (CBS) HD
6 WDSU (NBC) HD
8 WVUE (FOX) HD
12 WYES (PBS)
26 WGNO (ABC) HD
32 WLAE (PBS)
38 WNOL (The CW)
42 KGLA (Telemundo)
49 WPXL (ION)
54 WUPL (My Network TV)
Why do we have to go through THAT every time? lol 
Technically, it is probably a violation of your terms of service. However, you are still paying for what you get.
Technically, it is probably a violation of your terms of service. However, you are still paying for what you get.
ahh newbies who feel the need to tell us what's right and wrong
yep...by the way I "moved" less than a month after signing up
DirecTV has already been allowed to do this and does do this in selected areas of the country.
DIRECTV: Neighboring Local Channels
yep...by the way I "moved" less than a month after signing up
Why did you "move" ? You live in the Twin Cities. What channels were you missing out on ?
Yes, but for some reason, they don't offer them in very many areas. Here in CT you get, depending on your zip code, some locals from NYC, Providence RI, or Boston. The really odd thing is that they are in sd only, no hd! If they offer sd, why not hd?
Why did you "move" ? You live in the Twin Cities. What channels were you missing out on ?
Yep I'm int he TC and can get all my locals from OTA
There are 2 markets I could move to
Mankato (to get KEYC CBS)
Duluth (to get my old DMA since I lived there for a couple years and still stay in touch with lots of buddies there)
Heck now that I think about it in the 7 years I have had satellite TV (2001-2008 with Dish and now D*) I have had just my locals for about 5 months
Lived in Duluth, MN had Mpls locals (Duluth wasnt available)
Moved (legit) back to Mpls, used the cabin address which in in the Mpls DMA but at the time legally qualified for distants except CBS...so had Mpls locals, Fox Denver & LA, NBC Denver & Chicago and ABC LA & Atlanta I think
Duluth became available so "moved" to Duluth but due to Dish's ineptitude I got Duluth and KEPT the above too
Then they cut mew off of distants when they lost the lawsuit
Then Dish figured out I had 2 sets of locals (due to their goof) so they chopped off Mpls
Kept Duluth until I canceled Dish
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Why do you want to move your address to NOLA area? Is it for Saints coverage? Texas Baseball teams?
If it's for Sports: Mississippi is in the territories for the Atlanta Hawks, Braves, Thrashers, Memphis Grizzlies, and Nashville Predators. Louisiana is in the territories for the Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, and New Orleans Hornets but since Directv doesn't carry Cox Sports TV (Dish does though) you won't see the Hornets except on National TV. Part of the New Orleans TV market is in Mississippi (Pearl River and Hancock Counties) though.
I am moving to Biloxi, Mississippi next month and I am in a pickle of whether to move my address to the New Orleans area (Hancock County, MS) or Mobile area. With a Mobile area address I get all of the Mississippi area teams plus the Tampa Bay Rays and Florida Marlins but New Orleans has a higher quality news product. I think I'm going to weigh whether I get any Mobile stations on an antenna from my area near Keesler AFB.
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