Dish Tailgater

[Linda_Z]

Does anyone know how far south into Mexico the Tailgater will work?

THX

[davidaf]

I could never get the tailgater to work in the states but my Carryout worked 120 miles down the baja w/o issue but that's as far as we usually go without wings. I don't know if it picked up all three birds since we only had a SD TV.

[Linda_Z]

Dish is available all through Baja, too. Lots of people in La Paz (where we are) subscribe to Dish. Mexican Dish is also available, but we can get US Dish, too. A small dish will pick up most of sat 119 - the signal is strong here. A second dish or a big one will get 119 and 110. We have a Tailgaiter and are moving into a house this week and were trying to figure out if we could get by with just what we have. Tried it last night and got zilch. So we're going to have to bite the bullet and have a new dish installed. Thanks.

[crandle]

Here is the footprint for Starchoice (Anik F2) It's footprint extends down as far a Nicaragua (for now).

[url=]http://www.global-cm.net/Shaw%20D3.jpg

[crandle]

Dish only works along the Mexican border. Some people get it a little further south by using large dishes but their footprint is pretty much limited to the border.

Here is an image of their footprint (Echostar 5)

https://www.cobham.com/media/254599/dish-network-series-04.jpg

[bilmarde]

I know that dish works in Puerto Penasco but that is only 60 miles south of the border. We cheat at tell dish we are in AZ and they hook up with Tucson local channels.

/bill D