I hope this doesn't sound stupid but I have no experience with setting up TV in the USA.My wife and I have a Class C in the US and we visit each year for about a month and travel about.This year we thought we would like to have TV available. Our RV has a Winegard wind up Satelite dish but that is all. I understand you need some sort of decoder box and I guess a subscription.Is it feasible for just a month and if so what do you system do you suggest?We are based in Oregon and this October planning on the Yellowstone area, weather permitting.Any advise would be much appreciated.

We get great HIGH DEF TV just about anywhere we go using the WINEGARD BATWING antenna with a WALMART SPECIAL VIZIO 22-inch Digital HDTV setup in our off-road POPUP camper.No way would I invest in a high $$ system to use just for a month haha... My BATWING Antenna is mounted on easy up pole on the side of my POPUP camper and is easy to setup. If your WINEGARD BATWING antenna on your Class C looks like this this you are good to go... (NOTE the addition of the small dipoles)The NATIONAL BROADCAST is available for free to general public and all you do is point the BATWING to the local town that is broadcasting the HDTV signal. Run a scan from the HDTV menu to log in the available stations and watch HDTV... Nothing else needed if you have a digital HDTV LCD TV set.My OFF-ROAD camper looks like this with the easy up pole and BATWING antenna for our OFF-ROAD outings...This works great for us and is all free to use here in the US.I'm sure the high $$ system guys on here will describe how you can use a Satellite Dish setup to subscribe to SAT TV for your Class C. Roy Ken

While I mostly agree with Roy on this one, if you are fond of really remote areas, getting an "off the air" signal might not work in those kinds of areas.I don't know about Yellowstone for sure but suspect it might be a problem.Others who have been there can probably provide that information.The other option is to stay at a campground that has cable.

As mentioned, over air land broadcast is free.You mentioned a crank up sat dish. If its old, it may not work with newer HD boxes. I had one and it was a pain to use.I would recommend an automatic carry out sat antenna like a Winegard Pathway X2 ($400) and a 211z SAT BOX. Find a clear spot, connect the cable and it finds the sats for you.DISH has a pay as you go plan; no contract.

Yup over air signals might be available in some areas but don't count on them. I CG host in the mountains 35 miles from San Diego and cannot receive even one channel.I am also I investigating satellite. While Dish has that pay as you go plan, you might want to Google reviews on it. Sounds like they are pretty predatory in fee collection. I called them for some pricing info a couple of days ago and they wanted permission to run a credit check BEFORE telling how much the service would cost. Excuse the English but screw them.

Perhaps pricing info is on their website.

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Sam_Spade
Explorer
Sep 04, 2016
While I mostly agree with Roy on this one, if you are fond of really remote areas, getting an "off the air" signal might not work in those kinds of areas.

I don't know about Yellowstone for sure but suspect it might be a problem.

Others who have been there can probably provide that information.

The other option is to stay at a campground that has cable.
RoyB
Explorer II
Sep 04, 2016
We get great HIGH DEF TV just about anywhere we go using the WINEGARD BATWING antenna with a WALMART SPECIAL VIZIO 22-inch Digital HDTV setup in our off-road POPUP camper.

No way would I invest in a high $$ system to use just for a month haha...

My BATWING Antenna is mounted on easy up pole on the side of my POPUP camper and is easy to setup.

If your WINEGARD BATWING antenna on your Class C looks like this this you are good to go... (NOTE the addition of the small dipoles)

The NATIONAL BROADCAST is available for free to general public and all you do is point the BATWING to the local town that is broadcasting the HDTV signal. Run a scan from the HDTV menu to log in the available stations and watch HDTV... Nothing else needed if you have a digital HDTV LCD TV set.

My OFF-ROAD camper looks like this with the easy up pole and BATWING antenna for our OFF-ROAD outings...

This works great for us and is all free to use here in the US.

I'm sure the high $$ system guys on here will describe how you can use a Satellite Dish setup to subscribe to SAT TV for your Class C.

Roy Ken

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