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I have a dish - direct tv eliptical dish. I need the correct settings for elevation, azmuith and skew, for satellites 110 and 119.
My zip is 16101. Thanks!

I have DirectV mobile in southern Baja. I am only getting part of my subscription. I have good strength from transponders 6 and 10 but it is coming from the 101 degree satellite. When I am mobile in the states I get all the transponders from the 110 deg. satellite. Is it possible to get a signal from the 110 satellite here or is it a spot signal. I have subscribed to CBSE and CBSW, ...

How do I catch the 95 satellite that directv has. I have an elliptical dish that catches 101, 119 and 110.
Can I use a normal 18 inch dish to get 95? Or do i need a special dish?

Where would i need to point it in terms of the azmimuth etc.? Can someone help?

How do local channels work? Can someone give me some technical details about how DirecTV local channels work?

I know they have a list of "local receive facilities" around the country which uplink the local channels to the satellites. Now I know they don't have that many satellites so am I to assume that every DTV satellite is constantly broadcasting every local channel? This would mean that the smart card knows which stations are local ...