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Originally posted by Furious_Male
DirecTV broadcasts are line of sight. The signal is NOT always bouncing off your car, your lawn or your body. This is not Analog AM radio this is digital.
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I guess if you emphasize "always" in that sentence, I'd agree. It doesn't take much to block most of the signal. But it is usually peppering your property, unless clouds are blocking it first. DirectTV peppers your head with its signals when you step out the door. The digital or analog issue doesn't really make a diff...people send analog signals via satellite, and digital signals using FM and AM. It's all radio signals, just going over different frequencies, using different encoding algorithms, and different transmission technologies.
The ethics of decoding the signal without payment is another issue, and I'll stay out of that discussion, but the technical details are pretty clear; the signal is being broadcast places whether there's a dish there or not.