DISH Network Tailgater Question

You are free to install as many dish tailgater satellite antennas to as many compatable receivers you have on your account. You pay a monthly fee for the use of the receivers, Dish does not care how many tailgaters you are using as long as they are connected to paying receivers.

I doubt there is any limit to number of accounts you can have as each account is defined by your individual Dish receivers. HOWEVER, Dish customer support is easily confused by the RV and Tailgater accounts. I recommend you use a separate charge card, separate address, and a separate telephone number when you create two accounts. Dish has mixed up my home Dish account with my RV no contract account in the past, thus my suggestions.

Thanks for the insight!

If you have Dish as your residential sat provider, and have some combination of Hoppers and Joeys on your account, Dish will only allow one VIP211 series receiver/Tailgater on that account. You can of course set up a separate account for the receivers used with multiple Tailgaters, at a much higher cost.

Well that's a much different answer, Dutch. Thanks for the info!

There is another antenna that will feed two receivers. Probably cheaper than multiple tailgaters.

King Controls ( the maker of the Tailgater) also makes the Flex that is capable of supplying two sets, you might want to research the Flex.

I personally upgraded to the Winegard Pathway X2, much larger receiver dish for a better signal, also can supply two receivers.

I had the Tailgater and am much happier with the X2.

I upgraded from the Tailgater to the X2 also - much more robust piece of equipment, and pulls in a much stronger signal. It will support two receivers, but both receivers must be watching the same satellite - can be different channels, but they must be coming from the same satellite. there are list online that say what channels are hosted on each satellite, so if you do a little searching, you can get an idea whether or not that is going to be a big problem to you .

Dutch_12078 wrote:
If you have Dish as your residential sat provider, and have some combination of Hoppers and Joeys on your account, Dish will only allow one VIP211 series receiver/Tailgater on that account. You can of course set up a separate account for the receivers used with multiple Tailgaters, at a much higher cost.

Dish has no way of knowing if you are using a Tailgater or a standard dish,so I can see no reason why you can't use a second receiver on the same amount. If you are using the X2 and you have 2 receivers only one has to be the 211 (the main one) the other one doesn't control the dish so I can see no reason to be one but for the price I would use the 211. When you call and change your locals all receivers on your account will be changed at the same time so there should be no confusion if you have 2 receivers, they also have no idea were the second receiver is located. It would be just like having multiple receivers at your house.

If my Tailgater quits I may change to the X2, not for the second receiver but because it's bigger, time will tell.

Denny

Dutch_12078 wrote:
If you have Dish as your residential sat provider, and have some combination of Hoppers and Joeys on your account, Dish will only allow one VIP211 series receiver/Tailgater on that account. You can of course set up a separate account for the receivers used with multiple Tailgaters, at a much higher cost.

I have the Pathway X2 with two, 211 receivers on my same home account with a 322 dual receiver in the house. One is a 211Z and the other a 211K. Works great! It will also take a 411 receiver too.