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Marv_Hoag
Explorer
Dec 30, 2016

Winegard SK1000 Satellite dish kapot afer 2.5 years

Its hard to believe after only 2 1/2 years my Satellite turret motor has malfunction. Unfixable except by returning to Winegard, cost $600.00 plus shipping heavy assembly both ways. That will be after...
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TechWriter
Explorer
Dec 31, 2016
ljr wrote:
My SK1000 is obsolete and becoming more so. I wouldn't invest a dime in it. It doesn't fully support all the satellites or the newest Hopper.

That would be quite a trick for the SK1000 to be able to acquire both DISH's Western and Eastern Arc sats. Even DISH's fixed tripod dishes can't do this w/o setting up two, separate dishes.

Also, a standard SK1000 can be modified to support the new Hopper 3s.

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