The signal strength for the Chicago locals was near 100 on each transponder, St. Louis locals were in the mid to high 80's on each transponder. It seems crazy to me that the Springfield market is so low as far as signal strength. I am only 60 miles from Springfield and 90 miles from Champaign, well within range of the spot beam.
How many people here are "moved"? Where are you and what market did you "move" to?
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The signal strength for the Chicago locals was near 100 on each transponder, St. Louis locals were in the mid to high 80's on each transponder. It seems crazy to me that the Springfield market is so low as far as signal strength. I am only 60 miles from Springfield and 90 miles from Champaign, well within range of the spot beam.
I lust looked and I am basing the location on the old interactive spot beam map when the Springfield locals were on the 99W (DTV 14). I haven't yet found and interactive spot beam map with Springfield on 103s.
Question to those who have "moved"... what do you do about mail? I'm signed up for DirecTV's paperless billing, but I still find that I get the "Inside DirecTV" Newsletter and the envelopes with the cards trying to get you to refer a friend all the time. From what I can gather they mail this material to the "service address", NOT the billing address based on what I have gathered from others and my own experience.
How do you get all 3 markets? I currently have NY/LA living in Colorado but if I were to add my locals or move to another DMA I would lose my DNS channels.
Grand Fathered in from about 10 years ago. Same here I must do all upgrades and trouble shooting my system on my own, don't want to lose my distant's.
I'm surprised you still have the distants regardless of being grandfathered. IIRC, most that were grandfathered lost their distants when locals became available.
When I first picked the address I use, I was able to get both Chicago and the distants this was long before directv had HD , their was a short period of time where I lost the La HD stations (6 mo to a year) but then they came back on.
As someone in Spfld, you will be MUCH happier with Chicago locals...& if you are not, worse case scenario, just wait a couple weeks or so, & "move" to Spfld or back home...
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