Direct Tv and Weather

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I just got Direct TV last Saturday. I live in Florida and this time of year
we get thunderstorms every day. Not real severe all the time. I lost
signal for over 15 minutes twice.. Sunday and Monday (today) during late
afternoon storms. The tonight at 9:00 I lost signal and in a few minutes it
started raining, but no thunder, no lightening. Signal was gone for 15
minutes.

I called Direct TV support and they say my signal is strong when good
weather, so nothing they can do. I'm not happy with this and need to know
what other people experience as far as outages.

Direct TV site says short interruptions during severe storms. That is not
what I am experiencing.

Thanks,

Guy Martin
Longwood, Fl 32779

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Guy: We experience short outages here in SE Virginia. I've been with
DirecTV for almost a year and the longest it's ever been out was about 30
minutes. It normally has to be a real gully washer before I lose the
signal. I did lose just my locals the other day (AM) and the weather was
clear. The 'upper' channels were fine. When I came home that night, things
were fine. Not sure what happened there.

Jim


"Guy Martin" <gmartin4@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3wszc.100490$Ol3.77453@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> I just got Direct TV last Saturday. I live in Florida and this time of
year
> we get thunderstorms every day. Not real severe all the time. I lost
> signal for over 15 minutes twice.. Sunday and Monday (today) during late
> afternoon storms. The tonight at 9:00 I lost signal and in a few minutes
it
> started raining, but no thunder, no lightening. Signal was gone for 15
> minutes.
>
> I called Direct TV support and they say my signal is strong when good
> weather, so nothing they can do. I'm not happy with this and need to know
> what other people experience as far as outages.
>
> Direct TV site says short interruptions during severe storms. That is not
> what I am experiencing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guy Martin
> Longwood, Fl 32779
>
>

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There is really a pretty simple solution. I installed a regular directional
rooftop antenna in my attic. I ran coax cable out a vent in the roof and to
a convenient entry point as near as possible to the main TV and connected to
the antenna input on the back of the TV. Then, I ran from a splitter a coax
into the upstairs room where there is another TV. On occasions when
weather-related outages occurred, just turn the satellite receiver off, go
to Ch 3 (or 4) and you're in business with a ground signal in the
old-fashioned way. According to you abilities, you may need some expert
assistance.

hd
"Guy Martin" <gmartin4@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3wszc.100490$Ol3.77453@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> I just got Direct TV last Saturday. I live in Florida and this time of
year
> we get thunderstorms every day. Not real severe all the time. I lost
> signal for over 15 minutes twice.. Sunday and Monday (today) during late
> afternoon storms. The tonight at 9:00 I lost signal and in a few minutes
it
> started raining, but no thunder, no lightening. Signal was gone for 15
> minutes.
>
> I called Direct TV support and they say my signal is strong when good
> weather, so nothing they can do. I'm not happy with this and need to know
> what other people experience as far as outages.
>
> Direct TV site says short interruptions during severe storms. That is not
> what I am experiencing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guy Martin
> Longwood, Fl 32779
>
>

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Hmmmm. My DirecTV tuners all have a place to plug in a regular
antenna for if I wanted to do local channels that way. I could save a
few bucks going that route I guess. But I am too lazy to investigate
whether a good antenna would have super clear non-ghosting pics like i
get with satellite. I'd have to buy the antenna and install it too.
I think a lot of people who are getting into high def TV do it that
way because most of the local channels put out a HD signal.

You must have some old tech equipment. I sure think since he just got
DirecTV he's got a place to plug in an antenna into his tuner(s) . I
see"tampabay" as part of his address. He must be able to get a bunch
of local channels the old fashioned way.

I live in California - what are "weather-related outages" ? ;-)

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"ExTex" <demere@NOSPAMsbcglobal.net> wrote:
>There is really a pretty simple solution. I installed a regular directional
>rooftop antenna in my attic. I ran coax cable out a vent in the roof and to
>a convenient entry point as near as possible to the main TV and connected to
>the antenna input on the back of the TV. Then, I ran from a splitter a coax
>into the upstairs room where there is another TV. On occasions when
>weather-related outages occurred, just turn the satellite receiver off, go
>to Ch 3 (or 4) and you're in business with a ground signal in the
>old-fashioned way. According to you abilities, you may need some expert
>assistance.
>
>hd
>"Guy Martin" <gmartin4@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:3wszc.100490$Ol3.77453@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
>> I just got Direct TV last Saturday. I live in Florida and this time of
>year
>> we get thunderstorms every day. Not real severe all the time. I lost
>> signal for over 15 minutes twice.. Sunday and Monday (today) during late
>> afternoon storms. The tonight at 9:00 I lost signal and in a few minutes
>it
>> started raining, but no thunder, no lightening. Signal was gone for 15
>> minutes.
>>
>> I called Direct TV support and they say my signal is strong when good
>> weather, so nothing they can do. I'm not happy with this and need to know
>> what other people experience as far as outages.
>>
>> Direct TV site says short interruptions during severe storms. That is not
>> what I am experiencing.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Guy Martin
>> Longwood, Fl 32779
>>
>>
>



D.

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"D." <d@no_usenet_email..org> wrote in message
news:cptad0hor9rgk780u7r7ht66h8dtld2l6t@4ax.com...
> Hmmmm. My DirecTV tuners all have a place to plug in a regular
> antenna for if I wanted to do local channels that way. I could save a
> few bucks going that route I guess. But I am too lazy to investigate
> whether a good antenna would have super clear non-ghosting pics like i
> get with satellite. I'd have to buy the antenna and install it too.
> I think a lot of people who are getting into high def TV do it that
> way because most of the local channels put out a HD signal.
>
> You must have some old tech equipment. I sure think since he just got
> DirecTV he's got a place to plug in an antenna into his tuner(s) . I
> see"tampabay" as part of his address. He must be able to get a bunch
> of local channels the old fashioned way.
>
> I live in California - what are "weather-related outages" ? ;-)
>
> -------------
> "ExTex" <demere@NOSPAMsbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >There is really a pretty simple solution. I installed a regular
directional
> >rooftop antenna in my attic. I ran coax cable out a vent in the roof and
to
> >a convenient entry point as near as possible to the main TV and connected
to
> >the antenna input on the back of the TV. Then, I ran from a splitter a
coax
> >into the upstairs room where there is another TV. On occasions when
> >weather-related outages occurred, just turn the satellite receiver off,
go
> >to Ch 3 (or 4) and you're in business with a ground signal in the
> >old-fashioned way. According to you abilities, you may need some expert
> >assistance.
> >
> >hd
> >"Guy Martin" <gmartin4@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> >news:3wszc.100490$Ol3.77453@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> >> I just got Direct TV last Saturday. I live in Florida and this time of
> >year
> >> we get thunderstorms every day. Not real severe all the time. I lost
> >> signal for over 15 minutes twice.. Sunday and Monday (today) during
late
> >> afternoon storms. The tonight at 9:00 I lost signal and in a few
minutes
> >it
> >> started raining, but no thunder, no lightening. Signal was gone for 15
> >> minutes.
> >>
> >> I called Direct TV support and they say my signal is strong when good
> >> weather, so nothing they can do. I'm not happy with this and need to
know
> >> what other people experience as far as outages.
> >>
> >> Direct TV site says short interruptions during severe storms. That is
not
> >> what I am experiencing.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Guy Martin
> >> Longwood, Fl 32779
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> D.

You can get a bigger dish with more gain fot not much moola.
DM

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Hello

As for the interruptions of DirecTV and weather, "short" interruptions are only
common in other parts of the country.

You are from FL, where nasty weather occurs on a regular basis and loss of
signal for over an hour is pretty common.

Sadly, the DirecTV customer service personnel seem to know nothing about this.
But it's common.



ExTex <demere@NOSPAMsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:zpPzc.1745$Pt.1414@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> There is really a pretty simple solution. I installed a regular directional
> rooftop antenna in my attic. I ran coax cable out a vent in the roof and to
> a convenient entry point as near as possible to the main TV and connected to
> the antenna input on the back of the TV. Then, I ran from a splitter a coax
> into the upstairs room where there is another TV. On occasions when
> weather-related outages occurred, just turn the satellite receiver off, go
> to Ch 3 (or 4) and you're in business with a ground signal in the
> old-fashioned way. According to you abilities, you may need some expert
> assistance.
>
> hd
> "Guy Martin" <gmartin4@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:3wszc.100490$Ol3.77453@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> > I just got Direct TV last Saturday. I live in Florida and this time of
> year
> > we get thunderstorms every day. Not real severe all the time. I lost
> > signal for over 15 minutes twice.. Sunday and Monday (today) during late
> > afternoon storms. The tonight at 9:00 I lost signal and in a few minutes
> it
> > started raining, but no thunder, no lightening. Signal was gone for 15
> > minutes.
> >
> > I called Direct TV support and they say my signal is strong when good
> > weather, so nothing they can do. I'm not happy with this and need to know
> > what other people experience as far as outages.
> >
> > Direct TV site says short interruptions during severe storms. That is not
> > what I am experiencing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Guy Martin
> > Longwood, Fl 32779
> >
> >
>
>

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I'm not saying your experiences aren't true but I live in New Orleans and I
would venture to say we get as much, if not more, rain as the average area
in Florida. My signal outages due to weather are few and far inbetween and
I have _never_ had the signal knocked out for a couple of hours. My father
(who lives nearby) would frequently have problems with outages. After
trying unsuccessfully to tweak his dish, we finally bought him a new dish
w/new triple lnbs. Now his experience is the same as mine. As always,
YMMV.

"Stellijer" <howapropos@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:klkJc.998$vD6.424@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
> In Florida you will lose your channels nearly on a daily basis for at
least 30
> minutes each time during the summer stormy months.
>
> It's easy that big storm systems can knock out the recption on all
channels for
> a couple hours in a stormy place like FL, any time of the year. They just
are a
> lot more common in summer
>
>
>


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