getting hd tv in woods
when camping in woods sometimes cant get reception from dish do to trees has anyone used a mobile hot spot to get wifi and using a sling box or another form to get tv
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We have Direct TV sat service with local channels in our home.
We live and travel mostly in eastern US. Our Direct TV does not receive the Big Three networks outside our local service area.
Over the air broadcasts of local channels in the area we are camped seem to be beyond my tech capacity to make the antenna wind up and work due to Direct TV being installed. Also what is the range of local TV? It has been so long since we used an antennae all I remember is fuzzy vision from channels more than 30 miles distant?
normal over the air broadcast of the national networks - ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS - not from a satellite provider. Although Direct TV makes these available if I change the service area, that would prevent those staying home to watch tv.
We live and travel mostly in eastern US. Our Direct TV does not receive the Big Three networks outside our local service area.
Over the air broadcasts of local channels in the area we are camped seem to be beyond my tech capacity to make the antenna wind up and work due to Direct TV being installed. Also what is the range of local TV? It has been so long since we used an antennae all I remember is fuzzy vision from channels more than 30 miles distant?
normal over the air broadcast of the national networks - ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS - not from a satellite provider. Although Direct TV makes these available if I change the service area, that would prevent those staying home to watch tv.
PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Several questions - so here goesbigred1cav wrote:
Say I'm in the woods of NC and would want to watch the 6pm news of my home local channels. Is that a possibility of these services?
No. Your home local channels are from what is called a spot beam. Think of shining a tight flashlight beam on a globe. Once you get outside that area - about 400-500 miles across - those channels are not sent to other regions.
The coverage areas tend to be smaller in the highly populated east coast region and large in the thinly populated west mountain/ desert regions.bigred1cav wrote:
Tell me all the good bad and ugly of the National
From the post earlier in the thread - he is talking about normal over the air broadcast of the national networks - ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS - not from a satellite provider.
I don't have Slingbox - so I will leave that to someone else.
One question - do you have Direct TV or Dish?
That is important to how folks can help you.
