x-no-archive:yes "Cheshire" wrote:
I'm seriously considering buying the Follow-Me device, because I have talked
to several people that say they work great. My concern is the satellite TV
service. The local Direct-TV dealer says that he can sign me up for the
service that will get me the major networks, et al. However, I keep reading
that FCC regulations do not permit boats to have this service. Does anyone
here use Direct-TV (or the other one whose name eludes me) with the
Follow-Me? I would some information.
We have Direct-TV and have the local networks and we got it for the
boat. We told them to get us service as if it were an RV as RVs are
allowed to have local networks. I did not hide what we were doing.
Everyone involved was told we were on a boat, and the address is a
marina address. We have the follow-me and it works great.
We got it in anticipation of going south last winter and then didn't
go. So we brought it home and used it at home. Eventually we got
another receiver so my husband could see his shows and I could see
mine. We do not have a direct phone line to the set-up because we
told them we were on cell phones on the boat. They resisted, but we
insisted.
I don't know what will happen when we get outside of our local network
area - whether they will cut us off from that. I haven't enquired
because I don't want to call attention. We took one receiver and
moved it down to the boat and went down (from southern MD) to the
Northern Neck of VA and over to Crisfield and back, and it worked
great.
Bob has made an extension for the dish because the Follow-Me and the
dish would be in the way of the boom (we have it in the aft cabin).
The only problem we had was that in the slip in Crisfield the signal
came in directly into the boom so we had to move the dish to a
different place. We put it back in the stowed position (not on top
of the Follow Me) and that worked fine. The follow-me worked great at
anchor.
HTH
grandma Rosalie
S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
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