Free local channels from Directv mess

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What market are you in. Your locals are probably NOT on 101, unless they're
in a spot beam. Most locals that are on 101 are being moved off, with
exception of East & West Coast network stations (and now HD versions).

Aside: It's great to know that soon 8 HD channels and 9 SD channels on 101
will be used for channels that most are not eligible for.


"Harri85274" <harri85274@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040808155452.12089.00003128@mb-m01.aol.com...
>I was given a notice that I am entitled to 6 months of free local channels
>from
> Directv, for being a steady good customer. Fine! I turned on my hdtv
> Philips
> set and tested the channels out. I could not get them. Called Directv and
> got
> what limited support they are able to give, and still can't get them. I
> have
> OTA where I get my hdtv local channels. I went into Main
> menu\installation\setup\source and clicked on Satellite 101 and the
> transponder
> read 62. I was told to go a notch down on my oval antenna. I did and I
> managed
> to get it up to 74...but still cannot get the local channels. About a year
> ago,
> I was given a free bee on my local channels and got them with no problem
> and
> certainly no tweaking as I'm trying to do now. Personally, I can't see how
> the
> wind ( according to the female tech ) could of disaligned my dish...but
> anything is possible.

Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?)

>What market are you in. Your locals are probably NOT on 101, unless they're
>in a spot beam. Most locals that are on 101 are being moved off, with
>exception of East & West Coast network stations (and now HD versions).

I'm in nyc. How do you hear about these things...the moving bit? When?