Would this work in Bahamas(Abaco)?

[Longjack]

Am once again thinking of going back to Directv here in the US since we now have a small vacation home in Abaco in the Bahamas and had a couple questions.
Was thinking of getting a second dish and extra recevier to just leave in Abaco and although I know this is a gray area, would this work today given all the technology changes?
Although we only need SD for the time being, should I consider going with an HD ready dish in case we want to go HD later ? (Would this even work?)
Also, I undesrtand we would not get locals (currently live in Cental Florida), but could we at least get the networks of NBC/CBS/ABC while in Abaco with such a system?
Thanks for any advice and help.

 

[wildbill129]

I don't think so. You would need a rather large dish to pick up DirecTV down there. There are some members here that do it in Mexico, but even that is problematic....

 

[Longjack]

Sounds disappointing, because I thought I had seen DirecTV dishes around the island, along with some Dish ones - but I'd prefer staying with DirecTV.
Unfortunately, I can't ask, because the ones I've seen are on some homes where the resdients are usally away.....

 

[wildbill129]

Sounds disappointing, because I thought I had seen DirecTV dishes around the island, along with some Dish ones - but I'd prefer staying with DirecTV.
Unfortunately, I can't ask, because the ones I've seen are on some homes where the resdients are usally away.....

I did a little more research. It sounds like there is, or was DirecTV Latin America service, and some folks are using 1 meter dishes to make it work. I would do just what you were thinking, knock on some doors.....

 

[dcowboy7]

I guess it really "isnt better in the bahamas".

 

[Longjack]

No....it actually really is.... And we pilots like to look at the weather radar during the summer (while having access to other stuff) prior to heading to the airport!