Susie,
I did exactly what you want to do.
I had the same receiver, a portable standard definition dis(18" round)
I built my own collaspable tripod out of 1-14" pvc pipe and generally had it working in about 10 minutes or so.
What I got was Standard Definition from Directv.
That being said, Directv is supposed to stop broadcasting in standard definition in April of 2019.
I had a high definition dish and all the other stuff you need for HD but it took up too much space in my trailer.
That being said, I just recently switched to Dish after being with Directv for 15 years.
Channel for channel I'm saving 600 a year (50.00 a month) plus what I didn't expect was the other technology that Directv doesn't have.
If you want more info please feel free to PM me.
Josh
