We are now retired and getting ready for some extended trips.We have DTV now and been carrying a SD box with us. Going to change to Dish and having a Hopper 3 and Joey installed at home.I've been doing searches and still have trouble coming up with the best plan for taking it with us.My plane for now is to get the Heavy-Duty tripod at tv4rv.com.I think I need the Dish 1000.2 is that correct?Was thinking of getting 2 Wally HD Receivers to take with us or would it be better to just take the equipment from home?How difficult is it to point the dish with the Hopper vs the Wally?We have looked at the Pathway x2 but thinking of just going with the manual.Any suggestions or recommendations very welcome.

I have Dish and asked them about the Hopper/joey setup in an RV. For some reason they highly discourage it, so I just ended up with two VIP211z receivers, (about $75 each on Amazon)one for the bedroom and one for the living room. You can attach up to 3 receivers to the 1000.2, so I simply run two cables, one for bedroom and one for living room. I had the Tailgater and liked how quickly it can be set up, but it's not good if you channel surf, and it seemed to have more trouble locking on to satellites (~10 inch dish vs ~18 inch dish maybe?) Have been very happy with the tripod setup, and once you get the hang of it, it's not hard to setup. Invest in a small kit that has the level, satellite finder, etc.Also, if you are able to find a way, run the cables directly to the receivers and avoid the onboard cable wiring. Too much signal loss, at least in my case. I found a way to feed the cable through the slide for one, and added a cable connection for the bedroom. The cable that comes with the antenna is good quality; make sure to get high quality cable if you make any additional runs/connections.

Ask Dish if they will activate a dual receiver 222k(available on ebay for under $100.) and pay the monthly "extra" receiver fee. I removed the cable from the back of the plate for the rear tv and sent it to an "A/B" switch on the "out" post. Cable from"A" to back of plate and cable from "B" to sat. receiver. That will allow you to watch different show from sat. in bedroom or let you watch OTA by switching to "A"with power button "on".I use a tripod mounted dish and can usually point it in under two beers.;)

I had the same tripod setup as you describe for years. Very easy to aim with a compass, level and decent meter. Depending on your travel and viewing habits it might be worthwhile to carry both Eastern and Western arc LNB assemblies. My currrent Winegard Trav'lr doesn't support the Hopper 3 or the Eastern Arc but I've had the older model for years with no problems.My experience is that you shouldn't accept anything from Dish customer service based on a single conversation.

I know a lot of people move their receivers from home to the RV and back. But I would just buy the extra receiver for the RV and add it to the home account for $7/month and get the same programming in the RV you have at home and not mess with disconnecting and reconnecting.The dishformyrv.com web site lists the Wally but not the Hopper. I assume there is a reason for that.

BB_TX wrote:I know a lot of people move their receivers from home to the RV and back. But I would just buy the extra receiver for the RV and add it to the home account for $7/month and get the same programming in the RV you have at home and not mess with disconnecting and reconnecting.The dishformyrv.com web site lists the Wally but not the Hopper. I assume there is a reason for that.Thanks that was my thinking also.I found the Wally looking on line.dishformyrv--119.00Amazon------- 72.80Tweety's----- 66.98Solid Signal- 61.99

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bob213
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Feb 20, 2017
Ask Dish if they will activate a dual receiver 222k(available on ebay for under $100.) and pay the monthly "extra" receiver fee.
I removed the cable from the back of the plate for the rear tv and sent it to an "A/B" switch on the "out" post. Cable from"A" to back of plate and cable from "B" to sat. receiver. That will allow you to watch different show from sat. in bedroom or let you watch OTA by switching to "A"with power button "on".
I use a tripod mounted dish and can usually point it in under two beers.;)
tinstartrvlr
Explorer
Feb 20, 2017
I have Dish and asked them about the Hopper/joey setup in an RV. For some reason they highly discourage it, so I just ended up with two VIP211z receivers, (about $75 each on Amazon)one for the bedroom and one for the living room. You can attach up to 3 receivers to the 1000.2, so I simply run two cables, one for bedroom and one for living room. I had the Tailgater and liked how quickly it can be set up, but it's not good if you channel surf, and it seemed to have more trouble locking on to satellites (~10 inch dish vs ~18 inch dish maybe?) Have been very happy with the tripod setup, and once you get the hang of it, it's not hard to setup. Invest in a small kit that has the level, satellite finder, etc.
Also, if you are able to find a way, run the cables directly to the receivers and avoid the onboard cable wiring. Too much signal loss, at least in my case. I found a way to feed the cable through the slide for one, and added a cable connection for the bedroom. The cable that comes with the antenna is good quality; make sure to get high quality cable if you make any additional runs/connections.

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