Winegard Trav'ler problems with reception...
I have the roof top satellite setup, a Trav'ler by Winegard, with 3 horns, and DTV. It's been working fine for several months (bought the RV used so don't really know how old the system is, but the RV...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
Depending upon the age of the Trav'ler you might need the PI29 power inserter and not the home PI-25. Does your Trav'ler have 3 individual LNB's (eyes) or just a single housing that contains the 3 LNB's? If you have the 3 individual LNB setup then the antenna has been modified to SWM using a SWM8 setup and this requires the PI-29 (29V) power inserter.
My Trav'ler is Model SK-SWM3, with 3 LNB horns. It's a big 34" X 26" oval dish and seems to do fairly well picking up all 3 satellites even when there are trees. My neighbors with a newer Winnie just moved to another spot because their smaller, low profile dish (2016 model) couldn't pick up anything, right next to my spot. And with what appeared to be a straight shot through the trees sighting along a line with my dish.
The SWiM model PI-21 power inserter was supplied by DirecTV and is labeled at 21 volts.
I think this Trav'ler is a 2010 model, based on the copyright in the Users Guide. I priced them out shortly after I bought this RV in Feb. 2016 and they were approx $2500, plus labor to install, estimated at $800, so I decided to use it for a few years.
I'm pretty happy with it even with the occasional problem. Great HD picture. And the automatic deploy feature...can't get better than that.
