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volwing1

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Posted: 08/05/08 05:57pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Being a Braves fan I would like to be able to view the games while at Fishing Bridge. Can I expect too much foilage for adequate reception? I record and view at night not wanting to misuse the daylight!

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Posted: 08/05/08 06:19pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I have DirecTV and can't get `local' stations so we can watch the Cubs. I think the only way to watch any baseball is if the broadcast on on a national channel available to your Satellite.
I think there is a way to get `local' New York or Los Angeles stations, for a fee, but nothing in between.


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There are quite a few trees around the Yellowstone Fishing Bridge campground but none on the indiviual sites. My son and I were there a couple of weeks ago and he was able to get reception on his DirecTV dish.


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Fishing Bridge was one of two places were I struggled to get ANY DirecTV signal. I suspect that I was should have done the declination calculation when I was looking for the bird. Our site had fair visibility of what I thought was the right point on the horizon so it wasn't trees that was giving me fits.

I downloaded DS Look Angle since then and use the information from that rather than from the receiver to find the azimuth. I've not had problems since.


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Hi
I saw quite a few probable Dish's set up on tripods. I didnt stay there so cant comment first hand but on my drive through, thats what I observed.


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