Direct TV Satellite Antenna
The satellite antenna on our RV has gone belly-up. Looking for a replacement that will do: Both Standard and High Definition In-motion In researching, I have found several that will work f...
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I haven't had any experience with the dome type antennas, but I did a lot of research and from what I read the domes just do not have the ability to pick up a signal as well as a dish. I know from personal experience that my dish has locked on the sats under terrible conditions. I have been blocked by trees and caught in bad rainstorms and have almost never had a problem with my dish but I have noticed that it does not like to be near electric wires. My first day in NY I was too tired to back into the drive way so I parked the truck and camper in the street under the power wires. I could not pick up a signal till the next day when I backed the camper into the driveway. I had the same thing happen last year where I parked under wires.
Usually the dish is able to unfold itself and find satellites in about 5 minutes, as a matter of fact the dish is usually locked in before the HD DVR has finished booting up.
EDIT
If you think of the sat signals as rain and the antennas as rain barrels the larger barrel will catch more rain, and likewise with the dish the dish with the larger surface area will catch more sat signals
Usually the dish is able to unfold itself and find satellites in about 5 minutes, as a matter of fact the dish is usually locked in before the HD DVR has finished booting up.
EDIT
If you think of the sat signals as rain and the antennas as rain barrels the larger barrel will catch more rain, and likewise with the dish the dish with the larger surface area will catch more sat signals
