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legolas
Jun 16, 2013Explorer
bullydogs1 wrote:Which Winegard, specifically, do you have. Last year I bought the GM-1518 Carryout. This is the unit that looks like a small igloo. I have used it several times, and have tried to use it several more. As long as there is little to no tree canopy it works fine. I used it in Utah(Bryce Canyon, Escalante NM, and Sedona AZ with great success. I tried it at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon...no dice, just to much tree canopy. I am now looking for a standard definition Direct TV dish to add to my stash as I think (hope being able to "aim" the dish might get results where the "igloo" won't. There was a guy right next to me at the North Rim who had one of the Winegard "suitcase models" essentially a standard type dish in a carrying case. He sat it on top of his TT and after about 20 minutes of fiddling got a signal.
I purchased this some months ago and used it twice and it did work but now won't work at all...Would like to return this to Camping World and purchase the tailgater and new 211 unit at the sale prices...I use a phone app to aim and it's been dead on..but the satellite will not pull in any signal at all. Can CW help?
Also, I wonder if CW has stopped carrying the "1518 carryout" as I tried to find it on the website last weekend and did not see a listing for it.
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