Will the "Cube" pick up Direct TV HD?
I was at a large well know TV and audio store here in Portland Oregon and spoke with the owner about a portable automatic dish that picks up Direct TV HD and he told me that his Cube works just find. ...
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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.
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.
