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wa8yxm
Jun 15, 2018Explorer III
Antennas 101
DircTV uses one bird at 101 W. but they are phasing that out and going to all HD on 99 and 103 or something like that, Different band and NO "Tailgater" type antenna will work in that band (NOTE Tailgater is specific to Dish). So I would not recommend spending money on a portable Cube or Dome type antenna for DirecTV since it soon will be useless. I'd stick with your dish type antenna.
For DISHNETWORK the Tailgater types work with ONE receiver. but if you try to run two or more they play nice only so long as they all want the same satellite. if you want to watch or record two shows on DIFFERENT satallites (thy also use 3) you will not be happy.
DircTV uses one bird at 101 W. but they are phasing that out and going to all HD on 99 and 103 or something like that, Different band and NO "Tailgater" type antenna will work in that band (NOTE Tailgater is specific to Dish). So I would not recommend spending money on a portable Cube or Dome type antenna for DirecTV since it soon will be useless. I'd stick with your dish type antenna.
For DISHNETWORK the Tailgater types work with ONE receiver. but if you try to run two or more they play nice only so long as they all want the same satellite. if you want to watch or record two shows on DIFFERENT satallites (thy also use 3) you will not be happy.
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