Can a Direct tv satellite dish be used as an antenna?

I subscribe to Direct tv for my summer cottage and in the warmer months I watch Direct tv broadcasts but I shut it off in the late fall. I still visit a few times between fall and spring and I would like to know if that dish can be used as an antenna for digital signal tv.|||Actually it is an antenna - for satellites. It will not work for over the air TV, though. That's a completely different animal.|||No, you need an OTA Over the Air antenna to receive digital signal. If you have an older tv you will also need a digital converter box.|||The question has been asked here hundreds of times. No, it will not work as an antenna for broadcast TV.