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Originally Posted by wayneroe

I now have the same setup. Switching the A/B selector to satellite bypasses the OTA amplifier. If the park has decent cable, I hook it up outside, select cable on the A/B switch, and turn off the OTA amp. If there is no cable, or it is not very good, I grab my mobile dish out of the storage bay, hook it up, select SAT on the A/B switch, and use it.

The reason I use cable if they have it, and it works well, is that it gets the local network channels and makes it easy to watch the few network programs we like. With my DISH service, the only way I can get the network channels is to change my service address each time I move (this gets me the RV park's local network channels), then change it back to my home address when I get back home so we can get the local channels at home. This is a pain. They tell me I might be able to get my home local channels while on the road if the satellite signal is strong, but I have not been able to get them yet when hooked up at any of the RV parks where I have used my DISH.

I have to call Dish each time I move and go through prompts in Dish tv to set up but if cable has what I like, I use cable. I use Dish only when no cable oroviddd st Campground.