Dish for RV's
Well, we're about a month into 4 months of snow birding in Florida and thinking about getting Dish pay as you go or whatever it's called for RV's. We were looking at the low end packages and were n...
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TechWriter wrote:
Lots of wrong info, Big Katuna . . .Big Katuna wrote:
A DISH HD dish with a two LNB Easter arc 1000.
A twin-LNB 1000.2 dish is Eastern Arc. Otherwise a 1000.2 is a triple-LNB Western Arc.
Sir, YOU are incorrect; the western arc is 1000.4Big Katuna wrote:
The Joey is wireless and mirrors the Hopper with a dedicated WAP.
There used to be 3 different kinds of Joeys -- Wired, Wireless, and Virtual. Only the Wireless Joey needs a WAP. The Wired Joey is networked to a Hopper using RG5 or RG59 coax. The Virtual Joey is no longer sold.
DISH is EOLing the wired Joey. The latest and what I got last week is the wifi Joey. I was not incorrect.Big Katuna wrote:
Hopper/Joey does not require a special dish.
Hoppers (and Joeys) require an open-faced dish like a DISH 500 dual LNB, 1000, 1000+, 1000.2, or 1000.4.
When I say not special, it is the same dish you use for any DISH HD; it isn't unique to a Joey setup.
Sheesh; what a nitpicker.
