DirecTV dish for the trailer
So I bought an HD DirecTV dish off eBay for $127.50, I was checking all those kingdomes etc. and spending that kind of money was just crazy, especially since my trailer was only $2,500 haha So our ...
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Glad you were able to get it aligned, with more practice you will be a pro in no time. Takes us maybe 10 minutes tops, most times under 5 minutes and we are up and enjoying all the same channels including HD and even locals if we are still in NM.
Setting up the HD Directv dish in reality is no more difficult than the SD version as you are still trying to lock on and peak sat 101. If skew is properly set all the other sats come right in. Having a compass and sat app on your phone will make it easier and most of them are free.
Another thing to note is that we don't fiddle with the dish adjustments if we are camping within our region (four corner states) as they differ very slightly in most cases. We just set dish on stand, level mast and move dish to set azimuth. Using just a cheap compass I have locked on to 101 right off the bat with just minor tweaking to peak signal above 90%.
With Directv it is not possible to get HD content using an automated dome or portable, the other option is a roof-mounted sat system that can cost near $2K installed and will be nearly useless when camping among trees. Although we don't watch a ton of TV while RVing, it is unbearable having to watch SD programming.
Setting up the HD Directv dish in reality is no more difficult than the SD version as you are still trying to lock on and peak sat 101. If skew is properly set all the other sats come right in. Having a compass and sat app on your phone will make it easier and most of them are free.
Another thing to note is that we don't fiddle with the dish adjustments if we are camping within our region (four corner states) as they differ very slightly in most cases. We just set dish on stand, level mast and move dish to set azimuth. Using just a cheap compass I have locked on to 101 right off the bat with just minor tweaking to peak signal above 90%.
With Directv it is not possible to get HD content using an automated dome or portable, the other option is a roof-mounted sat system that can cost near $2K installed and will be nearly useless when camping among trees. Although we don't watch a ton of TV while RVing, it is unbearable having to watch SD programming.
