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[wayneroe]

Originally Posted by wredman

so the A/B switch between the satellite dish antenna and the receiver is not a problem, but a splitter would be? Not the amplifier/switch, but a simple splitter.

I thought your "home" locals would be unchanged and available unless you wanted to get actual locals from where you happen to be. Does it depend on your ability to be able to receive from all of the satellites. ???

The coax from outside is split - one split goes to directly to the A/B switch, the other goes to the satellite receiver. The satellite receiver output then goes to the A/B switch. If SAT is selected on the A/B switch, it bypasses the OTA amp completely, allowing satellite to work. If CABLE is selected on the A/B switch it goes to the wallplate for the OTA amp where the coax input to the tv is located.

I also thought my "home" locals would be unchanged and available unless I wanted the actual locals from where I happen to be. However, each time I have tied it, the screen stays blank for a couple of minutes when I select my "local" channel and then tells me the signal is unavailable. I called DISH and asked about it and they told me it depends on the signal strength, at your location, of the particular satellite your "home" locals are hosted on. My home locals are in St. Louis. I have not been able to get them using my mobile dish in Georgia or Tennessee RV parks. If I change my service address to that of the RV park, then I get their local channels. I would prefer my "real" home locals so I can somewhat keep up with local news. When I watch network programming, I don't care which locals I get. Sure is fun figuring it all out, though.