full_mosey wrote:
What/which info is wrong?
My understanding is that the Tailgator/VIP211k combo is what travellers want. I put the Tailgator out with the handle oriented North-ish. It finds the satellites for me. It downloads the program schedules. I watch TV. I don't need to bother with all this satellite, spot mumbo jumbo. No problems, when you stop getting locals call Dish.
Are you saying I won't get Corpus Christi news without having to call and tell Dish over the phone when we move? I did not call Dish when we moved to Weslaco where we get Harligen news. Our last call to Dish was from Zapata, TX which is 97m NW from here per Garmin. That is where we learned about 'On-the-road' as a location code. Correct, if you're not getting Corpus Christi now you wouldn't get them when you move until Dish authorizes your receiver to receive them.
We did call from Weslaco to renew for another month and the Dish agent said "Oh, I see you are in Weslaco". So doesn't that say that Dish knew where we were without our needing to tell them? Did they get GPS info from our phone, or did the receiver report our location? Your receiver has no ability to communicate it's location.
Are you saying that the VIP211k aims the antenna, gets the program guide and Dish has no idea where I am unless I call them? That sums it up.
Are you saying there is no such thing as 'On-The-Road' as a location for our account? No. The location information you give Dish is used to determine which channels you will receive. Spot beams typically transmit many more channels than you are authorized to receive.
Would you be able to predict where between Weslaco, TX and OKC, OK we will be REQUIRED to call Dish to tell them where we are so we can get our programming? No as the signal gets weaker the further you are from the spot beam. Use the spot beam map you linked as a guide.
I've gotten DTV SF locals in central OR. And the next day in Portland only at night. This is way out on the fringe of the SF local spot beam.
We'll know in about two weeks when I move.
HTH;
John
