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    Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 9:56pm
Thanks for the advice-
I expect I will have either a Dish Tailgater, Dish King Jack or similar.
By this time next week, I'll be hooked up.
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Originally posted by furpod

since it's satellite.. coming from outer space.. it isn't effected by "remote areas"it will require an unobstructed view of the southern sky, choose campsites accordingly. there are apps that help you find basic alignment angles.


Correct. I have the King Quest for DIRECTV. I get about 95% of my home service. I just added a receiver. H24 Receiver was free. It is SD only. No HD. Getting it programmed was a real pain. I had to call DIRECTV after the tech left to get it setup for my pod. I had to use two 50' cables to get to a clearing to the southern sky. I was worried that might be too far but absolutely no problem at all.

The app I use is SatFinder. I use the lite version. Need satellite 101. With the King Quest all you need is three things. A clear or almost clear opening. Level the unit and the handle due north. It will find the satellite 101. Automatic. King Quest is about $200 cheaper than Winegard(?).
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since it's satellite.. coming from outer space.. it isn't effected by "remote areas"

it will require an unobstructed view of the southern sky, choose campsites accordingly. there are apps that help you find basic alignment angles.
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Posts: 40 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 1:09pm
Calling all Podders....... 
I'm looking for opinions regarding TV reception.... I've been tooling around in my 180 for about 6 months (sometimes in heavily wooded remote areas) and I've finally had it with my King Jack antenna.
I'm going to call either Direct TV or Dish Network and just do it.
Any thoughts on companies or signal strength in remote areas?

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