If I am going to redo the camper the crank-up antenna is going to go away. It causes problems and is a place where a leak can occur plus it wears on the roof. Yes I know I can install a protective sheet where it rubs...but why!!!I would like comments on mounting a dome type dish on a pole that is supported off the back of the TC and is below the roof line when moving...out of harms way and less wind issues plus no thru roof issues.Plus having it sort of portable, if need be it could be moved to a better location, not that I have ever had that issue.Has anyone done this? What dome type is good for DISH Net? THX.

don't buy a dome!( waste of money) they suck unless your parking in a Wal-Mart parking lot. If there tree no signalbuy a windguard crank up or auto find dish WWW.DMSRVSATELLITE.NETcheck this guy out he the guy I use for info. He know his stuff. his name is DaleI have a old moto sat on my FW

I absolutely LOVE my Dish Network Tailgater system.Completely self-pointing, HD, and one step setup.

Ive had 3 campers with crank up dishes, they work good , but when I wanted high def tv , I swiched to dish from direct , free HD, and direct w/ crank up is SD , you can us the crank up w/ dish HD but you have to move the dish to get all three sat`sI got a tailgater a 211k receiver and an external hard drive for a DVR It works good , but because of the smaller dish inside is more prone to rain fade . you cant beat the auto tracking , but you do have to wait longer for it to do its thing as opposed to the crankupI made my own ladder mount and put a padlock on it , its always ready when I stop, if I park somewhere that I cant get reception I can remove it quick and put a 50 ft cord on it, and lock it up there .I use a switched plug strip on the tv , and sat receiver because if it has power to the 211k it searches for a sat constantly You can get several types of ladder mts online if you search for them ,or us a tripod, or just set it on anything as long as there are no bandits aroundBy the way , there is supposed to be a metal plate on the roof where the crank up dish roller comes down

Now there's a thought...mounting to ladder system. With the constant search, where is it getting the power to move around? Is that why you say the switch plug strip? Do all these dome search systems constantly search?Thx for all the ideas and responses.

The tailgater, made by kingdome, is powered by the rg6 coaxial wire and the low voltage going thru it, if the receiver is off but has power it will still "search for sat" so I turn the plugstrip off because my inverter my be on for other things or while driving for the refrig , and I don't want to see how long the tailgaters motors will lastThe tailgater only searches when its not locked on the sat Other dome types require a separate power cord , and are not really portable

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okan-star
Explorer
Jul 09, 2014
Ive had 3 campers with crank up dishes, they work good , but when I wanted high def tv , I swiched to dish from direct , free HD, and direct w/ crank up is SD , you can us the crank up w/ dish HD but you have to move the dish to get all three sat`s
I got a tailgater a 211k receiver and an external hard drive for a DVR
It works good , but because of the smaller dish inside is more prone to rain fade . you cant beat the auto tracking , but you do have to wait longer for it to do its thing as opposed to the crankup
I made my own ladder mount and put a padlock on it , its always ready when I stop, if I park somewhere that I cant get reception I can remove it quick and put a 50 ft cord on it, and lock it up there .
I use a switched plug strip on the tv , and sat receiver because if it has power to the 211k it searches for a sat constantly

You can get several types of ladder mts online if you search for them ,or us a tripod, or just set it on anything as long as there are no bandits around

By the way , there is supposed to be a metal plate on the roof where the crank up dish roller comes down
Boatycall
Explorer
Jul 09, 2014
I absolutely LOVE my Dish Network Tailgater system.

Completely self-pointing, HD, and one step setup.
Mark_Heisler
Explorer II
Jul 09, 2014
don't buy a dome!( waste of money)
they suck unless your parking in a Wal-Mart parking lot. If there tree no signal
buy a windguard crank up or auto find dish
WWW.DMSRVSATELLITE.NET
check this guy out he the guy I use for info. He know his stuff. his name is Dale
I have a old moto sat on my FW

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