Rv satellite use for home

When I first started using DTV with my TIVO receiver more than 12 years ago there was a "requirement" to use a phone line.

12 years ago I started using he TIVO in the MH which had no phone line of course. I'm not sure there ever was a hard requirement to have a phone line. I do know that DTV touted that it was cheaper/quicker to order PPV with the receiver/remote than other methods.

Times change and many of us no longer have land lines.

I have 2 hoppers and a Joey on my dish network account. I've had dish for 9 years now for both my home and rv. A little over a year ago I called dish to get a different receiver for my rv. The tech came to my home when my rv was there too. Told me that hoppers would work great in both my home and rv.(I had ordered a 722 receiver) I told him if he could get it to work correctly I would take it. He worked all morning and it came out great! When I get the rv setup at a park, I call or text dish to change my local channels to whatever area I'm in. Never had a problem with dish network and my rv antenna has never been raised. I had a problem getting a signal at the rv park Thursday. Called dish and they sent a tech to the rv park I'm staying at. The tech found the problem (the solo node was bad) dish had no problem sending the tech to the rv park to find the problem. All of this is on one account.

lonewolf80,

I don't doubt what happened to you but I've been using a single DTV receiver at home and in the MH for 12 years without using a phone line and without any of your promps or concerns. And I do call and change locals as traveling requires.

If what you posted was common all of us would be using Dish.

lonewolf80 wrote:
I would stay away from DirectTV at all costs. I did exactly the OP is asking 5 years back when my previous rig had a roof top dish. Used to take the bedroom receiver and put it in the RV. It seemed somehow DTV knew I was using the receiver all around the Northeast and one day I got a prompt on screen to call customer service. From that time to when I cancelled their terrible service every few days I would get the same prompt to call in. Now that was five years ago so I can't say things haven't changed, especially with folks cutting the cord/dish and going Wi-Fi stations like Amazon, Hula etc. I believe Dish also lets you use a vacation or not in use mode if you store your rig part of the year with a small monthly fee vs. the full subscription amount which Direct didn't offer when I had their "did I say" terrible service.

5 years is a long time to hold a grudge. DirecTV CANNOT know where a receiver is unless it is also plugged into a phone line. If your home receivers were plugged into a phone line and your RV receiver was not (obviously) what DirecTV could know is where the receiver IS NOT. If it is not where it belonged they would send a message to contact DirecTV.
While you warn folks to stay away (I get it, you are mad) it may not be based on any sort of reality in today's business.

lonewolf80 wrote:
I would stay away from DirectTV at all costs. I did exactly the OP is asking 5 years back when my previous rig had a roof top dish. Used to take the bedroom receiver and put it in the RV. It seemed somehow DTV knew I was using the receiver all around the Northeast and one day I got a prompt on screen to call customer service. From that time to when I cancelled their terrible service every few days I would get the same prompt to call in. Now that was five years ago so I can't say things haven't changed, especially with folks cutting the cord/dish and going Wi-Fi stations like Amazon, Hula etc. I believe Dish also lets you use a vacation or not in use mode if you store your rig part of the year with a small monthly fee vs. the full subscription amount which Direct didn't offer when I had their "did I say" terrible service.

what is "" Wifi Stations like Amazon"" Amazon does not Offer regular cable type TV programing like a dish or TWC etc

I would stay away from DirectTV at all costs. I did exactly the OP is asking 5 years back when my previous rig had a roof top dish. Used to take the bedroom receiver and put it in the RV. It seemed somehow DTV knew I was using the receiver all around the Northeast and one day I got a prompt on screen to call customer service. From that time to when I cancelled their terrible service every few days I would get the same prompt to call in. Now that was five years ago so I can't say things haven't changed, especially with folks cutting the cord/dish and going Wi-Fi stations like Amazon, Hula etc. I believe Dish also lets you use a vacation or not in use mode if you store your rig part of the year with a small monthly fee vs. the full subscription amount which Direct didn't offer when I had their "did I say" terrible service.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I have found that in most areas of the country, I can pick up the local network channels with my over the air crank up antenna.
Since my satellite service is out of Maryland, I have a large cone of service area

All to often we need to be within 40 miles of the towers to get reliable OTA reception. However we don't have a recorder for OTA stations.

Our DTV DVR is set up to record what we like to watch later.

All of the spot beam cones I've looked at cover a wide area.

I have found that in most areas of the country, I can pick up the local network channels with my over the air crank up antenna.
Since my satellite service is out of Maryland, I have a large cone of service area that includes all, and part of, 13 different states. Within that cone, I can receive all of the local Maryland network channels with my satellite. Outside of that cone, I receive all of the normal DirecTV channels but no network channels.

New questions:

1) What type of antenna?
2) Roof mount or portable?
3) The antenna on a tripod or tailgator - can I put it in my front/back yard and run the cable in a window to the TV?
4) Can/will the direct/dish company install 2 receivers, 1 in the RV and one in the house, w/1 antenna?
5) how hard is it to "Find the arc"?

Pretty sure I said Atlanta locals (an example). If you want locals you must be in the local area where the locals are broadcast. Any receivers outside that area (the ones at home) will not receive ANY Network programming.