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scaleman
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Feb 05, 2014

satellite dish for camping

I have been looking at all the different satellite dishes available.
Can anyone suggest what to get for a first timer? All I want is something simple. I have dish net at home if that helps in choosing.
Thanks,
  • We have a Winegard Carry out. We use a Direct TV receiver from the house. The Carry out can be used with either satellite company by changing the dip switches in the dome.
    It is easy to set up. I would be frustrated if I would be trying to use an adjustable model.
  • We have a tailgater with Directv now and it fine...we usually sit it on the roof to keep it out of the way. I have been looking at a dish from Winegard that combines the off air tv ant with your dish...If it will fit into the hole that the current TV ant is in we might go for that as an alternate when we are not covered by trees and need to use the portable dish...its about $250.
  • Simplest and cheapest is a basic tripod mounted dish, 1000.2 or 1000.4. But they can sometimes be a pain to get correctly aimed to receive all satellites.
    Easiest to set up is one of the automatic satellite dishes such as the Tailgater. But it is more expensive and only works with certain receivers such as the vip211k, vip211z, or a couple others. And some have reported having problems with their Tailgaters. Ours has generally worked fine so far.
    There is at least one other auto sat dish but it is even more expensive.
    You can add the RV to the home account for $7/mo.
  • wal mart sells a 211 receiver and automatic dish for about $452.
    bumpy