Satellite Antennas

[schnoot156]

I've been RVing for about 4 years. Bought a Winegard Carryout and have 2 211 boxes for DISH network. We didn't use the tv's much but I had issues last spring and never really had time to resolve them. I just purchased a new Raptor which will have 3 tv's. What satellite antenna will work best at this point. Additional info, I am primarily on the east coast and looking for a portable antenna.

[lanerd]

Does it have to be a portable? Why not get a permanently installed Traveler.

Ron

[usersmanual]

amandasgramma wrote:
We have tried two Dish portable sats. The white cube was good but you could only watch one tv. The big gray one we could watch two tvs HOWEVER, they had to be both on the same satellite. grrrrrr. And it took forever for it to search when you changed channels....yes, even 1 minute is forever to me. We also had trouble with it dropping the satellite. Every morning we had to do a search for the HD satellite.....no matter where we were parked, or what state we were in.

We finally went back to the original dish on a pedestal. We can hook up 3 tvs to it. We have had very little trouble finding the sats with it. Any problem finding the sats were minor compared to the trouble with the other two. And it was less than $100!!!!

never mind question removed as I realized you were not referring to the new Winegard PA-6002 Pathway X2 Satellite TV Antenna

[usersmanual]

schnoot156 wrote:
I've been RVing for about 4 years. Bought a Winegard Carryout and have 2 211 boxes for DISH network. We didn't use the tv's much but I had issues last spring and never really had time to resolve them. I just purchased a new Raptor which will have 3 tv's. What satellite antenna will work best at this point. Additional info, I am primarily on the east coast and looking for a portable antenna.

I too was looking for such and the most recommended one was the new
Winegard PA6002R Pathway X2 Bundle Satellite TV Antenna
with the 211Z receivers or the wally.its good for 2 tv but have to stay on same satellite. I paid 386$ plus 65$ for extra receiver

[amandasgramma]

We have tried two Dish portable sats. The white cube was good but you could only watch one tv. The big gray one we could watch two tvs HOWEVER, they had to be both on the same satellite. grrrrrr. And it took forever for it to search when you changed channels....yes, even 1 minute is forever to me. We also had trouble with it dropping the satellite. Every morning we had to do a search for the HD satellite.....no matter where we were parked, or what state we were in.

We finally went back to the original dish on a pedestal. We can hook up 3 tvs to it. We have had very little trouble finding the sats with it. Any problem finding the sats were minor compared to the trouble with the other two. And it was less than $100!!!!