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We live in Ontario and have a Bell TV (nee Express-Vu) HD receiver. We have been using the tripod dish with two LNB's. I'm sick of the difficulties of acquiring a signal, similar as described by gelswick. I've been researching various options for a self-aiming dish, stationary-only. While at an RV show yesterday, I happened upon the Ontario rep for Winegard and other satellite equipment brands. I learned that the FCC has banned Bell from aiming their satellite signal into the USA. This is apparently in retaliation for Canada's CRTC banning American networks from aiming signals into Canada, to protect Bell's turf. So, while the Winegard Mission rooftop dish is mostly network-agnostic, so it will receive Bell and Dish easily, we can't get our Canadian Bell signal in our American travels. This makes an expensive dish less attractive. We've also heard that we can get some kind of short-term receiver rental deal while in the United States. Does anybody have any knowledge about this or ideas about our situation?
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