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Explorer

Aug 10, 2023

what is best way to get TV stations in RV

So wife wants to always have the ability to watch her shows on TV while away.

The new to us unit we are waiting on has I bleieve a standard winegard antennae you crank up, but I never found them much good, this one did have some area where they must have been able to hook up to a satellite system, or something.

So am curious which is the best bang for the buck, and how close does one have to be to the signal source?

I have no clue how to tell where the heck a tower would be, especially when traveling to different areas of the province or the alaska hwy.

Anyone know about TVd when traveling?

Thanks

23 Replies

CarnationSailor
Nomad
Aug 10, 2023
RF Mogul satellite antenna and DISH Network. The antenna automatically acquires the satellites. Love it!
ford_truck_guy
Nomad
Aug 10, 2023
^^^ I use a Winegard Traveler satellite antenna... Once I am level, I hit the button to turn it on, let it acquire the sats while I finish setting everything up... By the time I'm done its done
Sandia_Man
Explorer II
Aug 10, 2023
We do most of our RVing in the four corner states where our batwing has difficulty picking up ota tv stations reliably unless we happen to be near a major city. We have been RVing 3+ decades and started with Directv and manually set up our satellite antenna. We then switched to Dish network and HD content, still setting up our satellite antenna ourselves, takes just a few minutes and a compass to lock in all 3 satellites. Last few years we use automated satellite antenna domes and by the time we have our coach set up after arriving, our HDTVs have already downloaded satellite channels.