Will the "Cube" pick up Direct TV HD?

It will all work with the Genie with the addition of the SWM hardware but you have to forget about a dome if you want any of the HD programming. I don't see anyone even trying any more.

Bill.Winegard wrote:
He is referring to a very large and very heavy antenna. It weighs about 45# before you mount it to some kind of a platform and the chance it would fit in any compartment other than one of the bus conversion full pass-through bays is quite unlikely.
If your floating home moves even slightly from side to side, you will lose your HD. If you can put the antenna on a non-moving dock or shoreline you should be fine. Otherwise, I don't think even the Trav'ler would keep you happy. The Trav'ler does not track the satellites once it locks on like an in-motion dome would. That means once it's locked, if there is any movement at all your signal strength will likely drop substantially requiring you to start a new search again and again.

With handle like Bill Winegard, I assume you work for the company. Is there anything on the horizon that might work for us? I like the idea of Direct TV as you can record 5 different shows at the same time. I guess we could give up on the idea of having HD.

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Is this a heavy thing to move around? There is a reason I want an automatic dish. A few years back, our old TV bit the dust so we entered the digital age. Direct TV came out to put up the HD dish and refused due to our home is a floating home on the Columbia River and between spring and end of summer water levels vary as much as 15 to 20 feet. The HD has to focus on three satellites at the same time so we would lose our picture. I want the automatic so I can readjust it when we lose the picture. I will drive to Camping World tomorrow and see how much the antenna weighs and see if it will fit into a compartment. So far, it has been hard to find the straight scoop so that's why I posted here. Thanks everyone and if you have any other ideas, please let me know. Thanks again.

The HD7 will keep you locked onto the satellite while your floating house rises and falls due to water levels, or rocks due to wind or wakes.

He is referring to a very large and very heavy antenna. It weighs about 45# before you mount it to some kind of a platform and the chance it would fit in any compartment other than one of the bus conversion full pass-through bays is quite unlikely.
If your floating home moves even slightly from side to side, you will lose your HD. If you can put the antenna on a non-moving dock or shoreline you should be fine. Otherwise, I don't think even the Trav'ler would keep you happy. The Trav'ler does not track the satellites once it locks on like an in-motion dome would. That means once it's locked, if there is any movement at all your signal strength will likely drop substantially requiring you to start a new search again and again.

Tom N wrote:
If you want a stand alone DirecTV HD dish just mount the roof Winegard HD dish on a board and set it clear of the trees. The auto Winegard HD dish does not have to be mounted on the RV roof.

Is this a heavy thing to move around? There is a reason I want an automatic dish. A few years back, our old TV bit the dust so we entered the digital age. Direct TV came out to put up the HD dish and refused due to our home is a floating home on the Columbia River and between spring and end of summer water levels vary as much as 15 to 20 feet. The HD has to focus on three satellites at the same time so we would lose our picture. I want the automatic so I can readjust it when we lose the picture. I will drive to Camping World tomorrow and see how much the antenna weighs and see if it will fit into a compartment. So far, it has been hard to find the straight scoop so that's why I posted here. Thanks everyone and if you have any other ideas, please let me know. Thanks again.

If you want a stand alone DirecTV HD dish just mount the roof Winegard HD dish on a board and set it clear of the trees. The auto Winegard HD dish does not have to be mounted on the RV roof.

Will "The cube" pick up direcHDTV in HD.

NO, it is a "Dome" type antenna and at this time no DOME does DirecTV in HD,

IT will, however, pick up the SD bird.

Popsie wrote:
The Tracvision HD7 is advertised as picking up both Ku and Ka programming from DirecTV which includes High Definition programming (note the model name).

See coverage map below -- why they don't sell this for RVs I don't know, but it looks like one could purchase it for your "boat" and use it on your "land boat".

I should have known this would pop up. This is not for RV's because the dome is about 28" tall due to the 24" reflector required inside. It also costs $10,000+ but the size alone prohibits its use in/on an RV.

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Bill.Winegard wrote:
No dome style antenna from any manufacturer can pick up the DirecTV HD programming. I suspect he was thinking about Dish Network where the domes can receive the HD programming.
The domes contain only 1 LNB and that LNB can only receive programming broadcast on the KU bands. The DirecTV HD programming is broadcast from 2 KA band satellites.

Just to pick nits, there is some DirecTV HD programming on Ku, but more on Ka. Ka is where most of the local channels are carried.

There used to be but I don't believe there is any longer. Do you know what channels you are referring to?

Bill.Winegard wrote:
No dome style antenna from any manufacturer can pick up the DirecTV HD programming. I suspect he was thinking about Dish Network where the domes can receive the HD programming.
The domes contain only 1 LNB and that LNB can only receive programming broadcast on the KU bands. The DirecTV HD programming is broadcast from 2 KA band satellites.

Just to pick nits, there is some DirecTV HD programming on Ku, but more on Ka. Ka is where most of the local channels are carried.