The DW and I were discussing those satellite receiver antenna cubes we see at the campgrounds.Do you just take your home satellite receiver and plug it into the cube or do you need a special set up.I sometimes see a dish on a tripod and was wondering about the advantages of one over the other.

Yes, you can either "borrow" a box from your house, if compatible with the cube, or purchase a receiver from the SATV companies or local retail such as CW. The cube will self setup for the most part, while the dish on a tripod needs more manual aiming.

Depending on whether you have service at home or not. Direct needs a large oval dish to receive HD programing. Dish can work with the portable cubes or a large free shanding dish.

donn0128 wrote:Depending on whether you have service at home or not. Direct needs a large oval dish to receive HD programing. Dish can work with the portable cubes or a large free shanding dish.my HD dish dish is not really much larger than the old two LNB one.bumpy

rbpru wrote: sometimes see a dish on a tripod and was wondering about the advantages of one over the other.Cost. Aiming. Nobody steals a dish on a tripod.

I bought a used triple LNB DTV dish and 50' of duel cable off of Craigslist for $20. I made a three legged platform out of wood, then later uni-strut so I could level it. I then took a receiver from the house that wasn't being used since my daughter moved out. I got to where I could set it up and aim it in about 10-15 minutes.The only issue I ever had was the local channels. Once you go beyond 250 miles from your local service area the local channels don't work anymore so we just used the over-the-air antennae on the 5er for local channels when we wanted them.

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Bumpyroad
Explorer
Nov 15, 2017
donn0128 wrote:
Depending on whether you have service at home or not. Direct needs a large oval dish to receive HD programing. Dish can work with the portable cubes or a large free shanding dish.

my HD dish dish is not really much larger than the old two LNB one.
bumpy
donn0128
Explorer II
Nov 15, 2017
Depending on whether you have service at home or not. Direct needs a large oval dish to receive HD programing. Dish can work with the portable cubes or a large free shanding dish.
janstey58
Explorer
Nov 15, 2017
Yes, you can either "borrow" a box from your house, if compatible with the cube, or purchase a receiver from the SATV companies or local retail such as CW. The cube will self setup for the most part, while the dish on a tripod needs more manual aiming.

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