Problems with Dish TV and Tailgater
We were given a Tailgater and after several problems have it working fine in our driveway. We have Dish TV at home so added it in the camper after purchasing another receiver. We have been camping thr...
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One of the advantages Dish has over Direct, is that with the correct antenna, you have a choice of aiming at the western arc satellites or the eastern arc satellites. The eastern arc sats are higher in the sky east of the Mississippi than the western arc sats. The Winegard Pathway X2 is one portable automatic dish that can tune to either arc, and a simple LNB change on tripod mounted 1000.2 and 1000.4 manually aimed dishes allows them to use either arc. We us a tripod mounted 1000.4, and my typical setup time, including leveling the tripod and aiming is 15 minutes or less.
Having the choice of satellite arcs can be the difference between no signal and a good signal.
Dish western arc sats (Direct also uses 110 & 119):
Dish eastern arc sats from the same location:
Having the choice of satellite arcs can be the difference between no signal and a good signal.
Dish western arc sats (Direct also uses 110 & 119):
Dish eastern arc sats from the same location:
