can't create OTA recording when out of home using DA

This is what I get when I try recording OTA on my phone on my Home LAN:
If I select a satellite channel then there’s no problem creating the timer.
Exactly what I got. Wonder why this has been going on for so long? I would think lots of folks have locals and would have discovered this and reported it.
 
There may be some legal technicalities involved.
Most likely, because I know I used to do this all the time when I worked on Saturdays and there was a game OTA I wanted to record. I would fire up the DishAnywhere app, find the game in the Guide, press 🔴 and the Event Timer was created. Although the last time I did this was probably over a year ago.
 
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This is what I get when I try recording OTA on my phone on my Home LAN:
If I select a satellite channel then there’s no problem creating the timer.
Looks like you will have to create all your timers from the receiver itself and then you can watch them on the app once they record.
 
Looks like you will have to create all your timers from the receiver itself and then you can watch them on the app once they record.
Yes, and if you're out of town for a few weeks like I am during premiere season, that really sucks! Not sure how Dish can overlook what I feel is a pretty serious issue. Have any of you reported this (that are having this issue)?
I just noticed I now have H381 update (I didn't yesterday), but it obviously didn't contain anything to fix this issue :(
 
I did report it several times back in April or so ---got nowhere with it. Was told to do hard reboot by one rep, went through troubleshooting with another (told them not the equipment). I was even told that they don't support the OTA guide by one agent.

I have to be honest, I gave up. If you can, before you go out of town, set the timer for the shows if they are upcoming on the guide and record "all episodes" or "new epsiodes" That's what I wound up doing when I was away for 2 weeks.
 
Yes, and if you're out of town for a few weeks like I am during premiere season, that really sucks! Not sure how Dish can overlook what I feel is a pretty serious issue. Have any of you reported this (that are having this issue)?
I just noticed I now have H381 update (I didn't yesterday), but it obviously didn't contain anything to fix this issue :(
DISH doesn't put much into ota issues. Plus with the buyout of DISH today by ATT and then sold to TPG , I imagine that won't change in the future.
 

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