You don't have to spend hundreds on a typical RV satellite system. I bought a Direct TV dish with a triple LNB and 100' of cable off of Craigslist for $20. I had a spare receiver in the house from when my oldest daughter moved out that wasn't being used. I built a wood platform with holes in it to mount three long, large bolts with extra nuts on them to adjust the level. A three point level is easy to accomplish. The receiver has setup options that allow you to see and hear the signal strength. Once I performed the set up a few times I could set it up and aim the dish in 10 minutes. We had local channels on our system and as long as you stayed with 250 miles of home the local channels will always work. If you travel 250 miles outside of your home area there is always local channels available via your standard RV antennae.