Can't Get VueCube Flex to Work in Canada

docj wrote:
The key point is that these are rules for Canadian citizens living in Canada and have nothing to do with a tourist driving his RV up here. Furthermore, I have seen a non-trivial number of DirecTV dishes mounted on houses here; I've been told by Canadians that all they need is a friend's US address they can use on their accounts.

When I did the above research I did note that there was nothing that specifically spoke to the case of a US-based RV travelling to Canada and getting signal there.

Now thanks to your and Ivylog's confirmation of actual being in Canada and getting signal to the receiver, I can conclude that my initial hunch was correct - I should be able to get signal whenever I go to visit family in So.Ontario, despite what the DirecTV person told me.

As I said before I had a satellite locked on, but could not get the signal that is why I called DirecTV after which he told me what he did. I don't claim to be an expert in satellite transmission. It so happens that the same receiver that failed in Ontario had worked before while in the US, BUT is now on the blink. Maybe it was going bad ever since I was in Ontario ... who knows.

NOW, I see that people are talking about dish size etc. I expect that the $150 dish that I use with my SD receiver is insufficient to pull in signals just over the border. I am skeptical about that - it should work. Used to work perfectly in Texas but I will admit to not trying it on any trip to Canada since stops are only overnighters.

I am about to resolve this bad receiver issue, and I don't want to spend more money on another satellite dish (rather do without satellite TV) - what are my options? I see Aridon notes that an 18" dish worked fine, as I would expect. :)