I've aimed a few home satellite dishes, so purchasing a lower cost, portable dish and having to aim it is not an issue for me. However, I do have a question about some of these portable, lower-cost dishes that seem to only support one satellite at a time. Since I'll be using Dish Network, I believe Dish requires access to 3 satellites for full-feature support (110, 119, and 129).Although I can live with just SD and basic programming (using only satellite 119), I'd prefer to have HD and extended tier SD channels (110 and 129), too. Have any of you (using the Dish Network) encountered any access issues (with HD or specific programs/channels) when using your portable satellite dish? If so, which make and model satellite dish are you using?Thanks!

The basic 3 LNB Dish dish will pick up all three sats simultaneously. I have a 1000.2 (or is it the 1000.4?) sat dish we originally used in the RV. Now we use the Tailgater in the RV but at home we have the single dish with the 3 LNBs.The 3 LNB dish will work with a multiple channel receiver. The Tailgater only works with a single channel receiver but can serve a SD TV with the same channel as the primary HD TV.We get HD both at home and in the RV.

I have the Tailgater for Dish and it works very well for me. While it is going to look for 3 sats it does not need to find all 3. This can be an issue if you are trying to shoot through THICK trees. It will work fine with 2 (I'm not sure which 2) and simply drop the other channels. Occasionally in high winds through trees, one of the remaining two will degrade, but service has remained fine on the third (and only remaining) sat.It is remarkably easy to use, although the OP says that doesn't interest him. While it can take 10-15 minutes to reacquire sats, I can't imagine anyone getting a manual dish aimed quicker than that. As said, HD comes direct from each sat, so even with fewer stas and fewer channels, you will still get HD on the remaining HD channels. Not all channels are offered in HD.

Tailgater.....get that one. Easiest one on record, I swear. Any of the others took DH 1/2 hour or more to find the signals....even with the equipment you get for finding the sats. With Tailgater, you just set it out, with the handle facing north and bingo, you have the sats. We got ours a week ago and will NEVER go back to the other.

Even though we have a King Dome on the front of our MH I would NEVER be without our Tailgater. Twice this summer I needed to use it due to trees blocking the mounted dome.

Really comes down to what you want to do. One channel...Tailgater. Two different channels at the same time...go with BB_TX's setup (but you'll need a dual tuner.)

Wanting Satellite TV (Dish Network) for my TT

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greenrvgreen
Explorer
Nov 08, 2013
I have the Tailgater for Dish and it works very well for me. While it is going to look for 3 sats it does not need to find all 3. This can be an issue if you are trying to shoot through THICK trees. It will work fine with 2 (I'm not sure which 2) and simply drop the other channels. Occasionally in high winds through trees, one of the remaining two will degrade, but service has remained fine on the third (and only remaining) sat.

It is remarkably easy to use, although the OP says that doesn't interest him. While it can take 10-15 minutes to reacquire sats, I can't imagine anyone getting a manual dish aimed quicker than that. As said, HD comes direct from each sat, so even with fewer stas and fewer channels, you will still get HD on the remaining HD channels. Not all channels are offered in HD.
BB_TX
Nomad
Nov 08, 2013
The basic 3 LNB Dish dish will pick up all three sats simultaneously. I have a 1000.2 (or is it the 1000.4?) sat dish we originally used in the RV. Now we use the Tailgater in the RV but at home we have the single dish with the 3 LNBs.
The 3 LNB dish will work with a multiple channel receiver. The Tailgater only works with a single channel receiver but can serve a SD TV with the same channel as the primary HD TV.
We get HD both at home and in the RV.

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