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jmcgsd
Explorer
Sep 03, 2016

Using a manual satellite antenna for Direct TV

I am a complete novice on satellite TV, but for the past 6 months we have been CG hosting and spending more time in our rig than our house. That looks like it will continue so I'm thinking about cance...
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allen8106
Explorer
Sep 05, 2016
Not too difficult to set up. We had a spare DTV receiver when my daughter left home. Installed it in the camper, bought a DTV dish with a triple LNB off of Craigslist with 100' of cable for $20. First time took me about an hour to set up and aim. It got progressively easier each time. within a few times setting it up I could do it in about 10-15 minutes. Only thing is if you have the local channel option they will only work within 250 miles of your home zip code.

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