Triker33
Homestead, FL
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ALASKA AND HAWAII HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
For DIRECTV CHOICE programming (along with premium packages and seasonal sports subscriptions), you will need a 1.2-meter DIRECTV® Dish.
Maybe 1fastdad can tell you where you can buy and have installed a 1.2(48")meter dish on your roof.
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campalaska
Alaska
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yes satellite TV is available in SOME areas. i live in a step walled Vally where i cant see south. no one else in my area can get it. in the anchorage area you can get satellite. to give you an idea the mountain (ski resort) is 1 mile from my house. at the base of this mountain its 100ft above sea level. the peek of this mountain is 3500 feet. to get 2900 feet above sea level from the bottom of the mountain its a 1 MILE hike and its not straight up but has switch backs and is VERY steep. hiking up this mountain is hard for people of all ages. the other side of the valley is 1/2 a mile from my home and thoes mountains are 4000 feet and just as steep. is we blew up 1/2 of the south facing mountain we could get it and if no one trusts me come up here and try it. also i don't want to pay for TV when i camp. i might use it for 2 hours a month. at home id have satellite if i could.
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Chris Bryant
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I'm dying for someone to try out one of these "smart" antennas.
Some converter boxes have an interface which would "steer" it, or so I understand.
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SCVJeff
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Chris Bryant wrote:I'm dying for someone to try out one of these "smart" antennas.
Some converter boxes have an interface which would "steer" it, or so I understand. Got one and it does work, but the antenna has no gain so it won't match a batwing for distance.
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MELM
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Moving to Technology Corner from Tech Issues.
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kmb1966
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The best antenna for digital TV is amazingly a coathanger style bowtie antenna. Picks up the UHF digital signal from far away without turning or adjusting. The only problem is, it is ugly. Those store bought high tech lookin antennas looks cool, but don't work as well as the old bowtie antenna. Google youtube coathanger antenna and make one yourself. It is easy. It looks like grandpa's old bowtie TV antenna, but it works perfect. For digital TV, it really is "back to the future".
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ol Bombero-JC
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campalaska wrote:no satellite reception where i go and even live.
But . . . can you see Russia from there? (LOL!)
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campalaska
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lol, DON'T vote for her. cuteness dosnt help run a coun... o wait i gotta go yell at some Russians...
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tatest
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Yes, both companies sell service.
But you probably haven't seen the equipment needed to receive, and you probably haven't been in the valley at Girdwood. Lots of other places too, in Alaska, where the terrain blocks the satellite at the elevation required at that latitude.
But this is an issue too, for over the air TV. UHF and VHF are line of sight, and if you are blocked by mountains, there might be no antenna good enough to make sense of remnants of reflected and scattered signals. Which is why you might have to pay the guy who erected a community antenna on top of the mountain.
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