tailgater portable sat..

JASPERJR wrote:
Dutchman,
what type of trailer do u have..i have a 35 ft 5th wheel, challenger, with a Sat. hook up on the outside.... how would I hook up the dish to two different receivers.. have to go thru the window n screens?

yes, sadly Dish requires a separate wire from the antenna to each receiver.

DirectTv LNB support is one wire, but their antenna's are expensive to get HD (who watches SD nowadays?) and their service policy stinks ( no monthly, turn on/off).

JASPERJR wrote:
Dutchman,
what type of trailer do u have..i have a 35 ft 5th wheel, challenger, with a Sat. hook up on the outside.... how would I hook up the dish to two different receivers.. have to go thru the window n screens?

Our TT is a 35 foot Keystone Outback (2013 model). I asked the folks at my RV dealership how to do exactly that, but I've not done it. We're OK with just one receiver and 1 television. The second television in the bedroom is just on over-the-air antenna.

But here's what they said: My camper has a second coax cable hook-up called "Satellite Prep". It's a coax jack hook-up on the outside and a coax jack on the inside (male ends). They told me I could put a T or splicer between the two jacks and run the coax under the camper then come up through the floor for the second television receiver. As I've done all re-wiring in my house, the idea of this is really pretty simple. Running the wire through the walls is impossible. You've got to go under the camper with the wire.

In my camper, I wouldn't have to go through the walls because of the location of the jack inside. I could just attach a short coax with the splitter. Run one side directly into the receiver right there, and then go through the cabinet and through the floor for the second one to the bed room. My only concern would be the wire exposed under the camper. But mine has that plastic cardboard with screws. I'd loosen them up and run the wire along the trailer frame then close up the under belly again.

Of course you will need 2 receivers, unless you have the dual receiver. You still need to run the wire, then everything runs off 1 receiver and you have two remotes. We have one of those in the house too.

JASPERJR wrote:

.... how would I hook up the dish to two different receivers..

You can not connect a Tailgater to two receivers.

We are full time and have used the Tailgater every day from Florida to Oregon and everywhere in between with only problem being heavy rain clouds. Once we could not get a signal and plugged in our spare cable and solved the problem. I have had to add a second 50 ft. cable a couple times to get away from trees, but that would be the case with any dish.

Dutchman,
what type of trailer do u have..i have a 35 ft 5th wheel, challenger, with a Sat. hook up on the outside.... how would I hook up the dish to two different receivers.. have to go thru the window n screens?

drfife wrote:
We've used a Tailgater for 2 years with great success.

I have an Android app to see where the satellites are. If the Tailgater can see them it can lock on.

I shoot through holes in trees on a regular basis.

My experience is nothing like randeez2001.

BB_TX wrote:
It does not take a very large hole thru the trees. If the Tailgater can get a relatively clear view of the sats, then it will get the signals. I use the dishformyrv app on my phone to decide just where to sit the Tailgater to get an opening thru the trees. And usually get the signal first try.

I agree with both of these posts and these are my experiences...exactly. As long as my dishformyRV app can see the sat's, so will the tailgater.

I've not had any problems using mine (after I got some bugs worked out). Been able to get a signal at ever campsite I've been to since I got my Tailgater earlier this year.

Here's some things I've learned in the process.

1) It does not like the top of my camper. I think the shaking of the camper is even worse on the roof, and causes the tailgater to loose the signal. On the floor the movement might be a fraction, but 10 feet up, it's quite exaggerated. If the camper were motionless, it might work OK.

2) It does not like being placed under any of my slide-outs with a clear view to the sky. I think the metal in the frame affects it somehow.

3) It does not like being to close to my truck either, for the same reason.

4) It does not like cheaper coax cable. When I stuck with the coax cable that came with the Tailgater it worked fine. Also, my DISH technician made me a shorter coax cable to connect from the inside trailer jack to run to the receiver. When I switched them, I couldn't lock into a satallite at all, but with the Tailgater in the same spot, switching cables, it worked. (very important ... use good coax!)

5) It does not work at all if you connect it to your cable TV jack on the outside of your camper.

6) and it seems to work best when it's at least 10 feet away from the camper. Any closer, and it can't seem to find the satellite and lock in.

It does not take a very large hole thru the trees. If the Tailgater can get a relatively clear view of the sats, then it will get the signals. I use the dishformyrv app on my phone to decide just where to sit the Tailgater to get an opening thru the trees. And usually get the signal first try.

Never had a problem finding a spot where it didn't work.

B.O.

funny, both of u are from texas.... must be north and south or east and west texas... I figure when we are out in Arizona shouldn't have a tree problem....