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Doug427 · 04-14-2022, 03:31 PM

I'm not wanting to throw thousands at a Traveler dish at a time when satellite is on it's way out. However, Dish satellite is what we have now until mobile Starlink is available and perfected. Right now I have two Wally's running off an inexpensive roof mounted King/Dish Tailgater Pro. We can watch the two seperate TV's on their own reciever and watch two seperate channels, but they must be channels that are on the same satellite. You guys know the drill, I'm sure. What I'm thinking of doing is tossing another $330 Tailgater Pro up on the roof, one for each receiver, and essentially be able to watch two independent systems. Have any of you guys done that before? How did that work out for you?

I have a pair of coax running from the current antenna area to the inside of the coach. I have been told that I can actually connect the second dish to the first and not need to use the second coax at all, sort of slave the second antenna to the first somehow, connecting the second dish directly to the first. Anyone have any idea if that will work, how to connect that, and does that introduce any limitations to the two independent system concept (watching two different channels on two different receiver/TV's without worrying about what satellite they're on)?

Any input anyone has would be greaty appreciated.

lllkrob · 04-14-2022, 03:45 PM

If that's what you want to do, there's no reason it won't work.

Bigd9 · 04-14-2022, 04:42 PM

I know a friend who is using two Wingard Pathway X2 dishes to do exactly what you want to do. He said he found his second X2 on Craigs List.

cletesingler · 04-14-2022, 06:50 PM

I'm doing that......'cause wife and I don't always agree on what Dish channel to watch. I've been RV'ing for over 20 years so had a Vcube that works great, then couldn't refuse the offer for a new King with single output at only a couple hundred, and I always set up both one to the living room TV and one to the bedroom, I long ago ignored the internal coach coax and drilled holes for good ole RG6 quad shielded, and I'm happy. Now you ask, what is the better sat antenna and pointing system, the old Vcube or the King? they both have the same size antenna. yep you guessed it: the Vcube!

vsheetz · 04-14-2022, 07:00 PM

I've used two sat antennas and two Wally receivers. But with separate cable runs - antennas to Wallys.

I don't think daisy-chaining the two antennas and receivers would work well, if at all. It's not just a matter of the television signal, it's the control commands that reposition the antenna when viewing channels are changed.