campgrounds with cable boxes
A new thing to me is the growing number of campgrounds that now use a cable box instead of the old analog where the box was not necessary. In the old days I connected the cable to the coach and all Tv...
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jerseyjim wrote:
Dump cable...go satellite. Either a roof-top dish or a tripod/dish basic setup.
While you can certainly get channels like CNN FoxNews, Discovery, etc.,etc, once out of the satellite "spot beam", put up the amplified directional antenna and get the local networks.
Why would I care what the weather is in NYC when I'm in Phoenix?
We do have a Dish satellite account, and both roof and tripod dishes, but we from time to time we get into campsites where the satellites are just not "seeable" through the heavy tree cover. In those situations, having cable available is a nice alternative offering more channels than the limited OTA selections. When we do have satellite service, getting the spot beamed locals for the area is a simple five minute process using Dish's customer service chat feature.
