Traveling with Direct TV

Mike@Asheville wrote:
Hi folks, we are preparing for our first MH. I've read numerous posts on Dish vs Direct TV, etc. I'm still uncertain about one issue so I'm looking help here. We ordered our MH with the Traveler satellite. We are out for about 3 months at a time. If we change from cable tv to direct tv at home can we hook our home box up to our MH on the road at no extra charge? I understand we will not be able to get local networks while traveling.

Are there other issues I need to consider?

Thanks all.

Pretty much the same experience here. We use a spare SD receiver from the house connected to our Carryout G2 portable antenna.

I also decided not to mess with the local channel spot beam switch-over. (1) We didn't want to mess with switching it back when we got home and (2) we can usually get the local channels with the batwing anyway. It's easy to switch back and forth between the antenna and the satellite. Our receiver has both an "antenna in" and a "satellite in" connector on the back. When the receiver is off, it passes the batwing signal to the TV; turn the receiver on and it passes the satellite signal. Easy-peasy lemon squeezie.

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