portable satellite dish

[katoommaster]

looking to buy a portible satelite dish made by windgaurd it come in a nice fold up carry case has anyone used or own one of these?

[Ron & Dee]

Are you refering to this one?

Winegard GM-MP1 Carryout Manual Portable Satellite Antenna Camper Trailer RV

I don't have one, but was thinking of getting one but changed my mind. I'm glad I did because what I'm using now is quite a bit cheaper

Actually we need a little more information on what company you will be going with and what programs you plan to watch.

Ron

[katoommaster]

I have Dish network in my house and will be using one of my boxes from home

[Ron & Dee]

Then I would do something like I did

http://www.fototime.com/inv/99C5DC82B8CF5CC

or any of the other suggestion for making your own that the members have suggested.

Ron

[Ron & Dee]

Here is a thread to one of the discussions I had about portable antennas.

Portable satellite antenna

Ron

[katoommaster]

Can you tell me what you purchased and are you happy

[katoommaster]

Ok I did it.... I purchased a portable dish 500 and got a great deal on ebay brand new came with everything and included the meter Ready to go........................

[Ron & Dee]

Looks like you are good too go.

My stand was the one that I bought at Camping World several years ago, I just changed the Direct TV dish to the Dish 500.

If you need any help in setting it up, there is plenty of information on this Forum.

Good luck and lets us know how it goes,

Ron

[katoommaster]

Thank you I will.....I should be getting the dish around the end of the week and will be going to Calistoga California Wine Country about 3 hours from my house and hope to be able to set it up for the first time Me and the wife are so excited this will be our first dish in our coach cant wait

[Ron & Dee]

I'm sure you will, but be sure and do a dry run before you leave.

The Dish Network antennas aren't the easiest to set up, at least for me it wasn't

But I finally managed with lots of practice

Ron

[jetfromtn]

Katoo, Hope the same thing that happened to me with dish network doesnt happen to you. I went with Dish in 97 and started going to FL in winter in 98. In spring of 07 I got a call from Dish saying I had been using my receivers illegally, had 3, and they shut off service to 2 of them. I was going to have to have separate receivers and 2 accounts to use them travelling. I had always called customer service to have my address changed and local channel added wherever I was. No amount of talk would change what they wanted me to do. I saw an add in Highways for a separate dish, and accessories from Direct tv and went with them. Have had no problems with them and have been happy with their service. I got calls from Dish for a long time asking me to come back and nobody I talked with could understand why I was treated that way. BTW if you read the Dish contract it states the receivers are not to be used outside your primary residence.

Jim and Tanya Thompson
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07 Pathfinder 40' DP
07 HHR toad

[Ron & Dee]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetfromtn BTW if you read the Dish contract it states the receivers are not to be used outside your primary residence. Jim and Tanya Thompson ______________________________ 07 Pathfinder 40' DP 07 HHR toad

Jim,

I can't find this in my contract. I only have one receiver that was installed in my MH.

On my last local camping trip, 40 miles from my home residence, I could not get the proper signal so I had my wife call Dish to have them reset my system. I have to do this sometimes when I haven't used the MH for awhile, or for some other reasons. I have never been questioned as to where I'm located. I just tell them I haven't used the receiver for awhile and they reset my programing, no problem.

Ron

[katoommaster]

Things have changed from 1998. I have several friends that travel with me and have never ever had any problems so I am asumming all wil be ok.for $5.00 a month they will give you a box to use if you dont want to take one from home no big deal.

[Ron & Dee]

When we had Direct TV we had 3 receivers, two stayed at home and the third one stayed in the MH

We traveled all over and never had any problems.

Ron