Automatic Dish?

Sultan1966 wrote:
We are on our 2nd rig with same setup, a Winegard Travlr with Dish Hopper 3 and 1 Joey. I carry a Eastern Arc LNB if I need it but use Western Arc for the most part.

I'm probably misunderstanding you but do you have an EA LNB assembly that works with the Trav'lr? Where did you get it?

Did you install new LNBs for the Hopper 3 yourself or did the Trav'lr come that way.

steveh27 wrote:
What is the black box on top of the arm in front of the dish?

Super Buddy sat meter

steveh27 wrote:
How much did the dish cost?

DISH 1000.2 Western Arc dish

DISH 1000.2 Eastern Arc LNBF

Sat dish tripod

Thank you TechWriter for the links, very reasonable. I wonder about trying that where my tailgater has problems....

ljr wrote:

Sultan1966 wrote:
We are on our 2nd rig with same setup, a Winegard Travlr with Dish Hopper 3 and 1 Joey. I carry a Eastern Arc LNB if I need it but use Western Arc for the most part.

I'm probably misunderstanding you but do you have an EA LNB assembly that works with the Trav'lr? Where did you get it?

Did you install new LNBs for the Hopper 3 yourself or did the Trav'lr come that way.

I bought Eastern Arc LNB at our local DISH authorized shop for $40 or so, in case I ever need it and the one that came on the Travlr was replaced with Western Arc by DISH service person and I kept the what he took off. Whenever we move to a new location we just start a chat session and give them a physical location where we are for local channels. 2nd rig we have done this on so obviously it was simple 2nd time around.

Sultan1966 wrote:

ljr wrote:

Sultan1966 wrote:
We are on our 2nd rig with same setup, a Winegard Travlr with Dish Hopper 3 and 1 Joey. I carry a Eastern Arc LNB if I need it but use Western Arc for the most part.

I'm probably misunderstanding you but do you have an EA LNB assembly that works with the Trav'lr? Where did you get it?

Did you install new LNBs for the Hopper 3 yourself or did the Trav'lr come that way.

I bought Eastern Arc LNB at our local DISH authorized shop for $40 or so, in case I ever need it and the one that came on the Travlr was replaced with Western Arc by DISH service person and I kept the what he took off. Whenever we move to a new location we just start a chat session and give them a physical location where we are for local channels. 2nd rig we have done this on so obviously it was simple 2nd time around.

If you ever successfully aim your Trav'lr with an EA LNB assembly please post. I've been trying to figure out how to do that for years and Winegard insists it won't work.

We're using the Winegard Pathway X2 with the 211z receiver with 200' of satellite quality coax. So far no problems with being able to get a straight shot out from under the trees with that much coax, been close a couple of times. Signal strength has not been a problem.

I've been fultiming for about 4 years now with a Pathway X2.

There are two reasons that being able to access both the eastern sats and the western sats is a Good Thing.

1. In some parts of the country it can be difficult for the antenna dish to see the 3 western arc sats because of where they are located in the sky - but the eastern set is more accesible.

2. There have been times when trees, campers, or some other obstacles blocked the dish's view of the western arc sats, but not the eastern arc set. I still remember being located close to a high ridge one time. My phone app showed the western arc sats being located behind the ridge but the eastern set was above it. It's great when you have two options.

I would like to hear about anyone who has ever been able to get the Trav'ler to work with the EA LNB as well. I think this poster is saying something else, I just can't figure out what.

GoPackGo wrote:
I've been fultiming for about 4 years now with a Pathway X2.

There are two reasons that being able to access both the eastern sats and the western sats is a Good Thing.

1. In some parts of the country it can be difficult for the antenna dish to see the 3 western arc sats because of where they are located in the sky - but the eastern set is more accesible.

2. There have been times when trees, campers, or some other obstacles blocked the dish's view of the western arc sats, but not the eastern arc set. I still remember being located close to a high ridge one time. My phone app showed the western arc sats being located behind the ridge but the eastern set was above it. It's great when you have two options.

Exactly, and at least on the east coast, that 10 degree or so higher elevation for the eastern arc sats alone can make the difference between a signal and no signal. We've been on sites where the higher elevation let the dish "see" over the trees just within the length or width of our campsite. Having the arc choice adds a lot of aiming flexibility.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
I would like to hear about anyone who has ever been able to get the Trav'ler to work with the EA LNB as well. I think this poster is saying something else, I just can't figure out what.

Bill, do I recall that the Trav'ler can be manually dialed in to receive the 72.7 sat? Or was it the 61.5 sat? I believe that only aimed the center LNB though, since there's no manual control over the skew I think.