Can you bring your Dish Network into Canada?

[smallieman53]

Bringing up our mobile Dish Network setup as my dad is somewhat handicap and really cannot spend the entire day fishing. He wants to go just to hang out and get away for awhile but having some TV would help him spend his time while alone.

Does anyone bring up their Dish Network? Can you cross the border with it? Will it work up there?

Thanks again for any feedback

Chad

[Lakeside]

Can you bring your Dish Network equipment into Canada? sure.

Will it work? It depends. Just like at home, you'll have to get a clear shot at that part of the sky where their sattelite is positioned. Depending on where you're fishing (how far north) the bird may be low on the horizon. If you are on the north shore of a lake looking south you should have a fair shot. If you are on the south shore, with nothing but 100" pine trees to your south you might be in trouble.

Can you use it? That is an interesting question. For example "In Canada, the XM service is made available through XM's exclusive licensee, Canadian Satellite Radio Inc". (I bring my XM radio to Lac Seul. We can position the antenna to get a fairly good signal. It sure beats listening to CBC for a whole week). I have no intention of taking a license with CRSI. My XM radio is licensed, and the appropriate subscription fee paid and up to date on a US license. My interpetation is that I'm receiving the US signal, just a little out of the usual position. Since XM does not know where I am where I'm listening, I'm not asking any additional questions.

What the legal technicalities are with Dish Network I do not know. Nor would I ask.

Good fishing.

LS

[TALKER]

Good idea on the dish...I've traveled/fished with a disabled relative several times, and it does help that passing of the time....another suggestion, which you may already have looked into, how about taking him (?) to a video/dvd rental store, have him pick out a bunch of movies he likes (the "old classics", and bring along a small dvd player.....did that several years with my late father, and he had a ball, watching "talkies", movies from the time when movies were movies....I also learned they were his picks, and I was only along to drive....good luck

[DancesWithWaves]

Depends where you are. We were up in Lake Nipigon Ontario and with a little work got good signal but when we went to Reed Lake in Manitoba we couldnt get anything. Go ahead and try it out.