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Yes, don't even bother to try. When Bell moved to their new satellite, much of the USA lost the signals.

A Directv wb68 will work, or 2 22Khz tone switches, the Ecoda or there are many more manufacturers.

Any 22KHz switch should work fine. Two if you are using 2 LNBs.

It's smaller than the Bell dishes so might not have enough gain. Unfortunately the only way to know would be to try it!

You should not have any problems where you are, with the dish you have. It's very rare for the tuners in receivers to go bad, but possible.

Mike, I might be wrong but I don't think the signal "strength" you receive is affected by the situation on the uplink. It's affected by the power of the transponder transmitter on the satellite, the antenna on the satellite and the noise level on the path between the satellite and the ground. So...

Yes, it's definitely possible, you are well within the coverage of both Anik F1 and F2. Coverage extends all the way into Mexico and the Caribbean.

Can someone with Shaw Direct in the "south" (I'm in Texas) check some of their transponder readings from Anik F1? I am currently getting low signals but only on a couple of transponders. TP12 vertical (KNOW channel 9) for example is in the 60s, as is Global TV Toronto TP6 vertical. Everything...

Yes, I think they have better things to do. But I know they have gone after a couple of dealers. None the less, the law exists. I suspect the only way it will get enforced is if Bell decides to make a big noise, because of course DirecTV is not licensed to deliver programming to Canada and all...

Yes, sorry I was confused. North Bay is well within the contour map for the HD US national satellites. But just FYI receiving DirecTV in Canada is actually ILLEGAL (not just a breach of the DirecTV terms of service). Not that this happens very often, but the police can confiscate your equipment...

Very unlikely. For sure the DirecTV HD satellites don't cover much of Canada, the SD ones somewhat more.

FYI, successfully installed my 630 using two 36in dishes. Set up first dish, connected 630, aligned using 630 and small TV on the roof next to the dishes - was 86 degrees F at 7am (106 by 3pm!) here in DFW. Aligned first dish on F1 using 299, activated, aligned second dish on F2. Signals on...

Yes, I thought that was the case....

OK, I am moving from Bell to Shaw since here in Texas I am now out of the footprint. Will be installing a 630 with two 36in dishes. Have read everything I found in the various forums but am still somewhat confused. Am I correct in thinking I should start by getting one of the dishes aligned on...

Mea culpa, moderator please delete my post!!!

Apologies if that's the case, but I got it from a web forum in the first place...