Alternative satellite option?
I’m curious if, in addition to a mounted satellite on top of your rig, you also have a portable unit for use when your mounted antenna can’t get a signal when obstructed by trees, etc. ? As somewhat o...
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We have the Winegard Traveler and also carry a portable dish. Whenever we check in to an RV park, we tell them we would like a site with satellite access. 90% of the time, they are more than happy to accommodate us since a lot of people want sites with a lot of trees/shade. We very seldom can't get the dish to lock on. For those few instances our Winegard will not work we use the portable dish but we have also found that in a very few RV parks, the trees are too dense for even a portable dish to lock on to a satellite. In those rare cases, we crank up our TV antenna and can usually find some local stations to watch for the news/weather. We used DirecTV because we could take our receiver from the house and use it in the RV when we travel.
