"Dennis Pogson" wrote:

Glenn A. Heslop wrote:
I know there are lots of folks that use Satellite TV when cruising.
I've looked up the little while receiver 'bubbles' and found they
were $5000. Not in my budget! How can I receive satellite TV while
aboard & at anchor?

If leaving the USA, how far south through the Bahamas and to the
islands will I be able to receive signal?

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net

You're gonna have fun adjusting the antenna constantly whilst on a swinging
mooring. The wife might do it for ten minutes or so, but what then?

The follow-me is for adjusting the antenna when at anchor - that's the
expensive part. (It isn't for adjusting for latitude)

We have a dish on the boat and a dish on the house. We take the
receivers from the house to the boat when we move aboard. All you
have to do is point the dish at the satellites. Bob does this using
the GPS (or by looking at other people's satellites.

As for how far south you can go - we've only been down to Key West and
over to the Bahamas, and I know you can get the signals there although
you are not supposed to be able to use it in the Bahamas.

Plus if you don't tell them you are on a boat and let them think you
are in an RV, you can even get local channels. We can get the DC
channels all over the Chesapeake and down to about the Alligator
River, and we can get the Miami channels from about Ft. Pierce down to
Key West.


grandma Rosalie