Changing out a roof mount satellite dish

wtmtnhiker wrote:
Hi all,
I'm looking at buying a class A motorhome. It currently has a King Dome or King Air not sure which mounted on the roof. It is a Direct TV receiver. Would it be difficult and/or expensive (over 500.00) to change it out to a Dish antenna? I have two dish receivers now and I like my package and programming. Thanks.

The King Dome antennas can be used with both DirecTV and Dish Network. If this is an older King Dome then the recent changes to the Dish service will have rendered it unusable with Dish. Do you know the model #? Is it capable of in-motion viewing or stationary only? How old is the RV (the dome can't be any older than that).
If it is a recent model King Dome you will only need to get an installer to connect a keypad and enter a couple of numbers or King Dome will send you one (which you must return) and you can do it yourself.
The major draw back to ANY dome is trying to use 2 receivers can be a real challenge. Dome style antennas can only "see" 1 satellite at a time so both receivers must be watching programming broadcast from the same satellite. This also limits you to single tuner receivers (add a hard drive if you like) but you can't do use true DVR's as you might at home.