Okay I know this is not a necessity, but when the weather is bad I would like to continue my habit of "news junkie."We had Direct TV for 15 years and the old fashion way of having an extra dish and receiver with a satellite finder was hard to do, but was workable. Direct TV added things to my bill and would not correct it so I left them and went to Dish.We recently bought a new 5th wheel that was shorter and easier for me to pull. I seen an automatic dish at a park we visited so I called Dish Network. For a one time fee of just $398.00 they will be glad to send me the equipment as well as charge me $7.00 a month extra for use on the road. We do not get away as much as I would like however this is the time of the year we hit the road a lot.Can anyone make any suggestions as to what you do for satellite and also maybe the cost?Thanks in advance.

I was just looking at the Dish TV website yesterday.The pay as you go plan looks interesting.This site has all the costs involved and there were various antenna, receiver and programing options.Check it out. https://www.dishformyrv.com/

If you have an account that you use for home TV, you can buy a separate Tailgater antenna you carry with you on the road. Dish Network will set it up along with your home unit.You will need a separate box that you keep in the RV. Dish Network will not charge for programming that you will get for the RV.

The only problem that we have heard is that with the "tailgator" is that you can only view programs on 2 TVs only if they are on the same satellite. We spoke to the DISH rep at the camping show last week, about that, and they recommended the WINGARD receiver that retails around $400.00 but can receive programs on 2 receivers even though they maybe on different satellites. We currently have the "Old Fashioned" dish and tripod type but plan on getting the WINGARD in the spring. Also make sure you have one of the '211" series receivers. The "Pay As You Go" is a good deal also. One thing we noticed however when you call to "Turn" on the service make sure you speak to some one in the Camping dept. Not all employees are familiar with the DISH camping program. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!!

Sounds like the deal Dish Network offered is pretty good, assuming that you own the tailgater and receiver for that $398. I looked around a little and that price is competitive.Then there is the $7 per month for the receiver. That is the charge for another receiver added to your home account. If you go long periods without camping, you might be able to turn off that receiver sometimes.

I have both a Winegard Travler and a Tailgator. One is for our summer boondocker and the other is in the MH. I turn them on and off when needed at $7 per month. I own all the equipment. Bought the receivers refurbished on eBay and the Tailgator somewhere else. I carry 150' of cable when boondocking in case I camp in a wooded area and have to find sky. You can attach an external DVR to the Tailgator for a fee.With the Tailgator you can only watch one satellite at a time but does have a good HD picture. The VIP 222 receiver on the Travler does have a DVR. When watching a program on the HD side the DVR uses the SD side. You can have a conflict when someone goes to the bedroom in the MH to watch a channel different than what the main HD receiver is tuned to.

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georgelesley
Explorer
Sep 25, 2016
We use dish at home and on the road. When traveling we just take our hopper dvr from home and hook it up to the Winegard traveler. Stop almost anywhere push one button and the Winegard finds all the sats, wait 5 minutes and turn on the hopper. Same programming we get at home no extra charge. Change locals when out of area.

The big advantage of taking our dvr is we then have everything we have pre recorded along with us and if we are set up all our timers work and record as usual. It all works off outlets powered by the inverter so even in a Walmart lot we can if we wish, watch anything we want, pre recorded or live. Two separate tuners so two tv's can watch different programming.
PawPaw_n_Gram
Explorer
Sep 25, 2016
I never call Dish for any thing. I always use the chat feature for help. As full timers I often have to change my service address and chat is much better for that. This summer the rig was in the shop for a month. I used chat to suspend and later restart my service.
BB_TX
Nomad
Sep 25, 2016
We have had Dish at home for many years. I bought a vip211 receiver and Tailgater for the RV and added it to the home account for $7/mo. Worked great. And when we traveled outside our home viewing area, a call to Dish and we got local network channels from the nearest major city.

Only downside was that when they changed the local viewing area for the Rv to some new area, it also changed it at our home. No problem as we were not home any way. But our daughter moved back in with us, and it prevented her from watching our home channels. So I changed the RV to a separate dishformyrv pay as you go (monthly) account. That works great also, particularly since we only use the RV a few months during the summer. Now I can change the RV local viewing area without affecting the home receiver viewing area.
Thunder_Mountai
Explorer II
Sep 25, 2016
I have both a Winegard Travler and a Tailgator. One is for our summer boondocker and the other is in the MH. I turn them on and off when needed at $7 per month. I own all the equipment. Bought the receivers refurbished on eBay and the Tailgator somewhere else. I carry 150' of cable when boondocking in case I camp in a wooded area and have to find sky. You can attach an external DVR to the Tailgator for a fee.

With the Tailgator you can only watch one satellite at a time but does have a good HD picture. The VIP 222 receiver on the Travler does have a DVR. When watching a program on the HD side the DVR uses the SD side. You can have a conflict when someone goes to the bedroom in the MH to watch a channel different than what the main HD receiver is tuned to.
dan-nickie
Explorer
Sep 25, 2016
Sounds like the deal Dish Network offered is pretty good, assuming that you own the tailgater and receiver for that $398. I looked around a little and that price is competitive.

Then there is the $7 per month for the receiver. That is the charge for another receiver added to your home account. If you go long periods without camping, you might be able to turn off that receiver sometimes.
md_procouple
Explorer
Sep 25, 2016
The only problem that we have heard is that with the "tailgator" is that you can only view programs on 2 TVs only if they are on the same satellite. We spoke to the DISH rep at the camping show last week, about that, and they recommended the WINGARD receiver that retails around $400.00 but can receive programs on 2 receivers even though they maybe on different satellites. We currently have the "Old Fashioned" dish and tripod type but plan on getting the WINGARD in the spring. Also make sure you have one of the '211" series receivers. The "Pay As You Go" is a good deal also. One thing we noticed however when you call to "Turn" on the service make sure you speak to some one in the Camping dept. Not all employees are familiar with the DISH camping program. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!!
happycamper002
Explorer
Sep 25, 2016
If you have an account that you use for home TV, you can buy a separate Tailgater antenna you carry with you on the road. Dish Network will set it up along with your home unit.

You will need a separate box that you keep in the RV. Dish Network will not charge for programming that you will get for the RV.
clarkster
Explorer
Sep 25, 2016
I was just looking at the Dish TV website yesterday.
The pay as you go plan looks interesting.

This site has all the costs involved and there were various antenna, receiver and programing options.

Check it out. https://www.dishformyrv.com/

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