The wife & I are planning our first trip in our 1999 Winnebago Adventurer later this month. We are currently stocking the coach With whatever we think it needs. So in a spare moment of time I find a roof mounted satellite dish offered in Camping World...My question is how prevalent is satellite TV offered in campgrounds? Do I spend the money on this or not? Thanks for your insight on this. TomB

TomB. wrote:The wife & I are planning our first trip in our 1999 Winnebago Adventurer later this month. We are currently stocking the coach With whatever we think it needs. So in a spare moment of time I find a roof mounted satellite dish offered in Camping World...My question is how prevalent is satellite TV offered in campgrounds? Do I spend the money on this or not? Thanks for your insight on this. TomBWe find that cable is common but still Sat. service is our preference. We went many years with only park cable but the station selection can be a bit iffy.

Can't always rely on campground connections.If you have satellite at your house, get a portable automatic dish that is compatible with the receiver.We have an early Winegard carry out. The newer version of their automatic is smaller and would fit in a compartment. Ours does not so I carry in in toad. A portable allows you to work around trees and the like to get signal. An automatic makes it nicer to setup.

Some campgrounds have cable but it is often pretty minimal. I would recommend you get an external dish and not mount one on the roof. We find that we have trees blocking the roof mounted dish a considerable amount of the time. We purchased the Pathway X2 and the stand. So far, it is working very well. We purchased a 50 foot low loss cable and we can add another 50 foot if needed.

TomB. wrote:my question is how prevalent is satellite TV offered in campgrounds?Cable, yes. Satellite, no.

I though about the mounted one but brought the winegard carry out.Glad I did some campground the trees can mess up the signal.So with longer cable I can move it.By being auto matic that makes it much easier.

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enblethen
Nomad
Dec 06, 2014
Can't always rely on campground connections.
If you have satellite at your house, get a portable automatic dish that is compatible with the receiver.
We have an early Winegard carry out. The newer version of their automatic is smaller and would fit in a compartment. Ours does not so I carry in in toad. A portable allows you to work around trees and the like to get signal. An automatic makes it nicer to setup.
bluwtr49
Explorer II
Dec 06, 2014
TomB. wrote:
The wife & I are planning our first trip in our 1999 Winnebago Adventurer later this month. We are currently stocking the coach With whatever we think it needs. So in a spare moment of time I find a roof mounted satellite dish offered in Camping World...
My question is how prevalent is satellite TV offered in campgrounds? Do I spend the money on this or not? Thanks for your insight on this. TomB

We find that cable is common but still Sat. service is our preference. We went many years with only park cable but the station selection can be a bit iffy.

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