Satellite for Motor Home

[rblovett3]

I am looking to buy a satellite system for my motorhome. Looking at portable or roof mounted. We have 2 TV's and want to watch different channels at the same time. Please advise.

[prism]

rblovett3 wrote:
I am looking to buy a satellite system for my motorhome. Looking at portable or roof mounted. We have 2 TV's and want to watch different channels at the same time. Please advise.

simple just use a swim system and two separate receivers on two separate runs. My neighbour has this set up and works fine

[gasguzler]

The Winguard 1000 is really nice, after years of domes this thing blows them all away. Far better reception, locks on all 3 dish satellites and changing channels is flawless.

[Dale_Traveling]

I have both a roof mounted and a carry out. Prior owner paid for the roof dome. I only have one TV in the coach so can't comment based on experience concerning using the domed antennas to feed independent receivers. Both the domes have two coax outputs to support two receivers but I don't know how the dome would react to conflicting demands for signal from two different satellites. I've removed the domes and watched the antenna shift between satellites as I change channels.

What I will comment about is the roof mount and carry out. Most of my camping is in government parks (Mid Atlantic region) and the roof dome is blocked by trees and hills 80 to 90% of the time. The carry out I have gives me much more flexibility to find an opening where it can see the required satellites. I have a roll of 200' of coax/power cable and have used all of it a few times without a problem. I've also tried the roof dome while going down the road. Hit and miss with a lot of signal lose due to obstructions. Suspect when and if I ever get west of the Mississippi River and on the Great Plains it would probably work great.

Highly recommend a carry out over a permanent roof mount. Besides one less place for water to get in thru the roof and when you change rigs you can move it to the new coach. I've also used the carry out during our group rally around community big screen someone supplied.

[JetAonly]

I just put in a Travler, easy install. We have the DTV Genie, so 5 channel recording HD. For the rear TV you now have the option of the mini Genie, which is essentially a wireless HD connection to the front box. That lets you keep your current DVD and cable connection from front to rear plus the new option of HD.

In campgrounds we just ask for Satellite Friendly sites, has worked like a charm so far. Best money spent!

[lanerd]

Thanks... at least to those who know what they're talking about. I guess I'll just have to move both my 722's to the mh and see for myself....too many people here who jump in with nonsense just confuses the issue.

I suspect that what ever I do at home, I'll be able to duplicate in my mh since they both have the same antenna and receivers.

Ron

[Bill_Satellite]

lanerd wrote:
Bill & Jim...

Wait a minute.. you guys have me confused. Are you telling me that with my Winegard Trav'ler, I cannot put both of my DISH 722's in my mh and have them operate independently?

I only have one satellite antenna (DISH 1000) on my home and we not only have two 722's but also a 211 single receiver that all operate independently of each other. With the Trav'ler (also a DISH 1000), what would be the difference????

Ron

You can do whatever you want with a Trav'ler. It is the dome antenna that have serious restrictions.

[Dutch_12078]

My low cost portable satellite system picks up either Dish satellite arc (eastern and western) in HD or SD, and supports multiple receivers watching multiple programs on multiple satellites. The base system is a 1000.4 dish and VIP211K receiver.

[bhivetravels]

lanerd wrote:
Bill & Jim...

Wait a minute.. you guys have me confused. Are you telling me that with my Winegard Trav'ler, I cannot put both of my DISH 722's in my mh and have them operate independently?

I only have one satellite antenna (DISH 1000) on my home and we not only have two 722's but also a 211 single receiver that all operate independently of each other. With the Trav'ler (also a DISH 1000), what would be the difference????

Ron

The 211 receivers can operate with the other dish yes. The VIP722k receiver from dish is capable of watching two separate channels at the same time and to do that you must have a dish capable of receiving two signals at the same time and the lower end automatic dish's do not. The manual setup with the dual LNB can feed the 722 receiver, but the lower end automatic receivers can not do that. They "toggle" between satellites as you change chAnnels -- on one tv

[mdprince]

TechWriter wrote:

lanerd wrote:
Bill & Jim...

Wait a minute.. you guys have me confused. Are you telling me that with my Winegard Trav'ler, I cannot put both of my DISH 722's in my mh and have them operate independently?

I only have one satellite antenna (DISH 1000) on my home and we not only have two 722's but also a 211 single receiver that all operate independently of each other. With the Trav'ler (also a DISH 1000), what would be the difference????

A Winegard Travler is essentially a "home" sat -- it's a DISH 1000.

So whatever you use at home, you can use on a Travler -- including both of your 722s.

nbargolf wrote:

Because the Trav'ler has to move between sats so if you want to watch one sat on this receiver and another sat on second receiver won't work. Also problems if you want to record shows on 2 sats.
Dish uses 3 sats for it's channels so you see the problem.

You don't know what you're talking about.

The Travler does not need to move once it has locked onto its 3 sats (110, 119, and 129).

Correct !! The Dome type Sat. Antennas can only lock in on one Satellite at a time (Dish has 3 and Direct has 5), but as long as they are Dual LMB, 2 Receivers can watch different programs, as long as they are on the same Satellite.

We just upgraded from a Dome to the Wineguard Traveler for Dish and now get all 3 Satellites and, just like home, can watch any of our subscribed channels at any time. Just cannot watch while driving anymore. The DW can always put in a movie if she gets bored !!

[TechWriter]

lanerd wrote:
Bill & Jim...

Wait a minute.. you guys have me confused. Are you telling me that with my Winegard Trav'ler, I cannot put both of my DISH 722's in my mh and have them operate independently?

I only have one satellite antenna (DISH 1000) on my home and we not only have two 722's but also a 211 single receiver that all operate independently of each other. With the Trav'ler (also a DISH 1000), what would be the difference????

A Winegard Travler is essentially a "home" sat -- it's a DISH 1000.

So whatever you use at home, you can use on a Travler -- including both of your 722s.

nbargolf wrote:

Because the Trav'ler has to move between sats so if you want to watch one sat on this receiver and another sat on second receiver won't work. Also problems if you want to record shows on 2 sats.
Dish uses 3 sats for it's channels so you see the problem.

You don't know what you're talking about.

The Travler does not need to move once it has locked onto its 3 sats (110, 119, and 129).

[nbargolf]

lanerd wrote:
Bill & Jim...

Wait a minute.. you guys have me confused. Are you telling me that with my Winegard Trav'ler, I cannot put both of my DISH 722's in my mh and have them operate independently?

I only have one satellite antenna (DISH 1000) on my home and we not only have two 722's but also a 211 single receiver that all operate independently of each other. With the Trav'ler (also a DISH 1000), what would be the difference????

Ron

Because the Trav'ler has to move between sats so if you want to watch one sat on this receiver and another sat on second receiver won't work. Also problems if you want to record shows on 2 sats.
Dish uses 3 sats for it's channels so you see the problem.

[nbargolf]

We have had a roof mounted, Winegard carryout and a large tripod mounted dish. The Winegard and the large dish work fine but never get a roof mounted dish unless you are only going to stay in private parks and not state or federal parks. Problem is we got about 50% usage out of the roof mounted due to trees etc. There are sites where we had to go out 100 ft to get a clear shot of the sky.

[lanerd]

Bill & Jim...

Wait a minute.. you guys have me confused. Are you telling me that with my Winegard Trav'ler, I cannot put both of my DISH 722's in my mh and have them operate independently?

I only have one satellite antenna (DISH 1000) on my home and we not only have two 722's but also a 211 single receiver that all operate independently of each other. With the Trav'ler (also a DISH 1000), what would be the difference????

Ron

[bhivetravels]

Wth the 722k receiver you CANNOT use most of the automatic dish's recommended above. Even those with "dual" capabilities actually toggle between satellites and cannot receive or see both at the same time. Having said that your options are the manual tripod based, or the $1400 and above automatic dish's that are available. I speak from experience having purchased and returned the Anser, Tailgater, all of the $700 and less portable devices.