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RoyB
Oct 17, 2013Explorer II
I still have great luck using this tone device finding SAT TV SIGNALS. I sometimes get tricked by finding the DISH satellite instead of the DIRECTV Satellite but that is rare. I think the DISH NETWORK is due south of CALIF and the DIRECTV Network is due south of TEXAS. We also lose our LOCAL TV SAT TV signals as soon as we leave our ZIP CODE foot print. We will use the OTA Local Town Natl Broadcast HDTV signals to pick up the local TV signals when using SAT TV on the road.

We don't really bring along our SAT RCVR and portable dish setup much anymore since the Natl Broadcast has changed to digital mode high def TV signals from the local towns... We get 6-36 full blown HDTV signals using our OTA BATWING setup just about everywhere we go here on the East side of the US. Using the SURELOC Digital TV finder has been helpful for us to zero in on the HDTV signals. For us watching full blown HDTV signals from local towns has been much better than watching the SAT TV standard format TV signals. The local towns HDTV is also free to the public.

Roy Ken

We don't really bring along our SAT RCVR and portable dish setup much anymore since the Natl Broadcast has changed to digital mode high def TV signals from the local towns... We get 6-36 full blown HDTV signals using our OTA BATWING setup just about everywhere we go here on the East side of the US. Using the SURELOC Digital TV finder has been helpful for us to zero in on the HDTV signals. For us watching full blown HDTV signals from local towns has been much better than watching the SAT TV standard format TV signals. The local towns HDTV is also free to the public.

Roy Ken
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