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04-21-2019, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Northwest Washington State or Western Montana, depending on the season.
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DirectTV system loading: what am I missing?
This afternoon, I saw a Dutch Star being driven slowly through the RV resort with its OTA antenna fully extended. Thinking that the driver was about to leave the resort, I pointed to the antenna to let him know it was up. He nodded, stopped, rolled down the window and told me "its the only way I can get my DirectTV system to load."
A pretty close look did not reveal the existence of a satellite dish or dome atop the coach. What am I missing here? I didn't think DTV was available via an OTA antenna.
TJ
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04-21-2019, 06:54 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club Entegra Owners Club
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Location: AZ
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[emoji51]not sure what to make of this. Scratching my head
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04-21-2019, 08:33 PM
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Registered User
Newmar Owners Club
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Don't have a clue. But his situation is not normal at all.
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04-21-2019, 08:43 PM
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Was this in one of the states where "wacky tobacky" is legal ? Was this person wearing a tin foil hat ? Was there a distinct aroma of moonshine in the air ? Was he dragging several miles of coax behind the rig ?
Absolutely no clue how he expected to receive DirecTV without the right equipment.
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04-21-2019, 08:44 PM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
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Was it a straight bat wing or did it have an internet antenna attached?
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04-21-2019, 09:19 PM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Star Don
Was it a straight bat wing or did it have an internet antenna attached?
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Looked like a straight bat wing antenna to me.
TJ
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04-21-2019, 09:24 PM
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Senior Member
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I don’t care what antenna he has or doesn’t have, if it only connects while drive around what happens when he pulls in to a spot? This is crazy
Is it possible that he was driving somewhere to purchase a new antenna and they needed to “load” the new antenna into his cargo bay?[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
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04-21-2019, 09:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
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Maybe he meant “The” TV and he was dictionally challenged, and it came out “Dee” TV. Other than that, or the foil hat comment, I don’t have a clue what he was trying to accomplish.
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04-21-2019, 09:53 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Maybe has DTV over the net and was looking for a good WiFi Signal.
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04-22-2019, 03:45 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 6,427
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Maybe he was pulling your leg, as he was unable to admit he left the antenna up due to embarrassment.
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