Dry camping with satellite TV possible?
Update/Edit: It seems some people were confused by my original post, and I have some new discoveries. Looking into getting Dish Network's Tailgater and VIP 211K receiver. Or anything, really. ...
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Guysakar wrote:
Also, I wonder if the stationary tri-pod dishes can get local channels.
Open-faced tripod dishes like the DISH 1000.2 or 1000.4 can get all the channels as a standard house install because these are typically the dishes used for home accounts.
So, yes, tripod dishes can get local stations. Plus, once sats are acquired on a tripod dish, the sats remain acquired until you move the dish -- and a tripod dish uses no power.
However, setting up a tripod dish is more involved than setting up an automatic dish.
