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hex · 09-08-2002, 05:00 PM

Has anyone removed their home dish and taken it with them on the camping trips. Actually I guess you just take your home convertor and buy another dish...right?

Would not this save you from having to subscribe to Dish or Direct again?

I assume there is some type of sender in the convertor box that tells them you are a paid-up user, but would it tell them where you are located? ie. recieving from.
Of course for pay per view etc you need a telephone line hooked up, but I disconnected that 'BigBrother' about 4 seconds after the installer left.

Now where and how do yall attach the dish, and don't the wives object to climbing up there and aiming the damm thing?

Thanks

jkleven · 09-08-2002, 05:10 PM

I simply unhook one of my Direct TV receivers and take it with me. Obviously, sans a phone line, one can not order any pay TV programs while camping. I had an extra dish to begin with, and bought a tri pod from Radio Shack. The only other item you need is a compass to aid in pointing the dish to the proper azmuth.

Most of the campgrounds do have cable hookup, but never the quality picture, nor the acceptable (IMO) channel selection.

Jack

hex · 09-08-2002, 05:14 PM

Thanks friend that was a quik reply!

Do you remove the dish while on the highway?
Or does it tuck down for less resistance? or what/

Also where on your rig is it mounted?

jkleven · 09-08-2002, 05:53 PM

I have the dish attached to the tri pod and transport it in the back of my pick up. The advantage of this set up is when you are at a site with trees, you can place the dish strategically. Often, when you have a dish roof mounted, you are restricted.
Once, camping next to a friend with a 38' Diesel motor home, he was unable to get a signal, but I was able to place my tri pod where I could receive the signal.

Jack

BobbyW · 09-08-2002, 06:02 PM

I have mine with me this week while I sit in a cabin (pouring down rain from tropical storm Fay) in Austin.

I to have an extra dish and mount. I am on my 3rd system. You will tend to accumulate dishes the longer you have the systems. I bought my first one the day they came out 8 years ago. The system cost me $1600 to be on the bleeding edge on that day.

I just pull the slave unit from my bedroom and tossed it all in my truck.

-BobbyWright

gwsullivan · 09-09-2002, 09:06 AM

Jack Kleven, have you ever tried to download pay-per-view without the phone line hooked up? I have a friend who claims to do it all the time while boondocking in the Sierras. He says the access card records the pay-per-view and then charges him when he returns home and connects the receiver to a phone line. He says he can view 9 or 10 movies before the card fills up.