Can't Get Local Channels on Dish RV

wrong sat.110 for locals west arc 61.5 east arc

Good luck. Sorry I thought I had the answer, but I do not.

jackandh2o wrote:
I only get one sat at a time and have always used 119 and it worked fine with All American Direct

Thats because the DNS feeds you were buying were not local, so they were handled differently. True locals are spot beamed, often from a different satellite than used for the most popular network direct feeds.

There are also areas of the country with no locals from satellite providers. It takes cooperation and exchange of money between the local stations and satellite TV provider, they don't always work out a mutually satisfactory deal.

Rules are different for direct satellite vs cable, where rule is "must carry, must pay" for most cable franchises.

kirbybear wrote:
Here is a link to figure out what satellites carry what locals http://www.satelliteguys.us/thelist/index.php?page=dishnetworkmarkets#RI

Make this a 3-step process:

• Find the local ZIP Code for where you're currently camped (for Butte, MT that's 59701, 59702, 59703, 59707, or 59750).
  
  
• Enter that ZIP Code here to find the city broadcasting the local stations for where you're currently camped (in your case it's Butte, MT).
  
  
• Look up that city here to determine what sats are used to broadcast local programming (in this case the SD stations are on sat 110, and the HD are on 129).
  

Here is a link to figure out what satellites carry what locals http://www.satelliteguys.us/thelist/index.php?page=dishnetworkmarkets#RI

Thanks to all for the help. I never thought the problem was with Dish but with something I was doing wrong. This is the first trip out since we lost All American Direct and we have a different satellite dish. I tried the sat dish at home and got signals so I was happy I didn't check to see what channels I was getting. The first stop was at Lake Powell and couldn't get a signal for two days call about 6 times to Dish with questions but no answers. Next stop 60 miles east of Idaho Falls and get channels on 119 right to start with so I call Dish for locals. About 5 more calls later they say my receiver that was a 301 was outdated and I needed a 211. Bought a 211 but still no locals and I would ask I'm on 119 is that OK they said OK. So I said for 3 days changing cables and everything I could think of but all along I thought I was doing something wrong. Yesterday we pull into Butte MT and hook up the Dish and I'm on 110 and local channels but I have not called Dish yet but maybe it's the same local channels here.

Anyway, thank you all for the help. I would have asked earlier but we were camped in a field with friends and NO internet.

Ray

I asked two of the reps and they said yes they are on 119. With All American I had east/west coast feeds not locals so I guess that is why they were on 119.

Oh, I never meant to sound like I blamed Dish I was wanting them to tell me what I was doing wrong. Fortunatley for me you guys just did it.

Thanks to all

Ray

Dish local channels are on 110 not 119 for SD

jackandh2o wrote:
I only get one sat at a time and have always used 119 and it worked fine with All American Direct

Ah! This explains it. This isn't DISH's "fault". Your locals could be on any number of sats depending on where you're at. Where are you camping?

Is this a home account you take with you or a Pay-As-You-Go account? Home account you cannot change service address.