Satellite Antennas - Old Fashioned Dish
I am looking to buy equipment to receive satellite broadcasts via Dish network. We would only use it 3-4 times a year so I am leaning towards the old fashioned dish vs a portable unit. Specifically a ...
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Most important when setting up the dish is to make sure the mounting pole is as perfectly plumb as possible. Any time I had trouble locking onto a sat signal, I would go back and double check my mount and invariably it would be a little out of plumb. Once I made sure it was plumb the signal would lock.
I always used 100 feet of coax just in case I had to move the dish away from the RV to get a clear shot to the satellites.
It can be frustrating... It's taken any where from 20 minutes to put the dish and mount together and align it to an hour. Once it actually took about 8 hours over 3 days until I was finally able to find a spot where I could get a signal.
I now use a Dish Tailgater portable antenna and it is well worth the $400 to me. I screw in the coax and it's ready.
I always used 100 feet of coax just in case I had to move the dish away from the RV to get a clear shot to the satellites.
It can be frustrating... It's taken any where from 20 minutes to put the dish and mount together and align it to an hour. Once it actually took about 8 hours over 3 days until I was finally able to find a spot where I could get a signal.
I now use a Dish Tailgater portable antenna and it is well worth the $400 to me. I screw in the coax and it's ready.
