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tlemon
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Sep 14, 2016

Opinions on Dish Tailgater?

Has anyone had experience with Dish tailgater and would you recommend it? If not what is another option?
  • We've had the Tailgator for 2 1/2 years works fine our problem has been the Dish customer service when changing location and receiving local channels takes at least 2 calls to get them.
  • Big Katuna wrote:
    I am going with a Winegard Pathway X2. It has a bigger dish and works better in the rain, it gets DISH eastern AND western arc so better chances of getting a signal and it supports two boxes.


    We have the tailgater with a 211k receiver that works well if you have a clear path to the south. Just bought a Wally but have not hooked it up yet in place of the 211k to get the RF remote. I have talked to several people who have the Pathway X2 and they like it better but I hate to spend another $400 for another dish when ours works ok.
  • I am going with a Winegard Pathway X2. It has a bigger dish and works better in the rain, it gets DISH eastern AND western arc so better chances of getting a signal and it supports two boxes.
  • My neighbor has one and swears about it. Another guy too.
    I'm thinking about it myself.
  • Have the new model and used it for a couple of months last year. Works well when there's a way to get even a partial view to the south. I chose to not permanently mount it as every CG and camp site is different, and sometimes I'll put it on the roof, sometimes out a way from the trailer, etc., etc. Even if it only gets one or two satellites, there's still a lot of channels to choose from.

    We went to Canada this year, so I didn't activate the account. Next year we'll be using it for at least three months though.

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