King Tailgater Portable Dish Satellite

BB_TX wrote:
We also have Dish at home and the Tailgater and receiver in the RV for $7/mo. Have had it several years. Works great, .... most of the time. On rare occasion it will have a problem finding the sats. May take 2-3 tries but eventually finds them. Have traveled out of our home area multiple times and called Dish, told them we are in the RV, need to change our service address, give an address of our current location, tell them billing address does not change, and after a few minutes we get local network channels of the nearest large city.

Probably the biggest problem people encounter is the wiring in the RV from the outside connection to the inside connection. Difficulty determining which connection is which. Bad connections on the internal coax connector(s). No direct connection from an external connector to an internal connector. Just some of the potential problems you may encounter. If all else fails, run your coax directly from the Tailgater to the receiver bypassing the RV wiring to make sure it is working.

That actually made me wonder about using the wiring in the RV. I know some RV's has 2 connections. Mine has a direct external connection and then of course the one internal connection and you just choose on the tv setup whether your using an antenna or cable-satellite. Keep in mind I'm not an electronics wiz....:h

Thanks for the heads up on the local vs. traveling, I didn't even think about that.

We also have Dish at home and the Tailgater and receiver in the RV for $7/mo. Have had it several years. Works great, .... most of the time. On rare occasion it will have a problem finding the sats. May take 2-3 tries but eventually finds them. Have traveled out of our home area multiple times and called Dish, told them we are in the RV, need to change our service address, give an address of our current location, tell them billing address does not change, and after a few minutes we get local network channels of the nearest large city.

Probably the biggest problem people encounter is the wiring in the RV from the outside connection to the inside connection. Difficulty determining which connection is which. Bad connections on the internal coax connector(s). No direct connection from an external connector to an internal connector. Just some of the potential problems you may encounter. If all else fails, run your coax directly from the Tailgater to the receiver bypassing the RV wiring to make sure it is working.

Yes, I have one. Be aware that if you travel out of your home local (network ABC, NBC etc) channel service area and call Dish to have your local service area changed to where you are, your locals at home will also be changed. We use the Iphone app DishForMyRV to find the sats in wooded areas and place the Dish accordingly.

we got the tailgater also hooked up at home to try it very easy to set up point handle to north and scan have not tried it in trailer yeet

we got the tailgater also hooked up at home to try it very easy to set up point handle to north and scan have not tried it in trailer yeet