satellite Tv in RV

Hi again, helpful folks.
I saw a portable satellite antenna that
cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people take their
satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that they
only got certain channels depending on where they were in the country. etc.
but they did get major networks.
Our MH has an option that it is already wired
for satellite.
If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic satellite
service that provides all the equipment for home, can I take the receiver
and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic satellite in the RV?
Tim fm CT

"tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote in
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> Hi again, helpful folks.
> I saw a portable satellite antenna
> that
> cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people take their
> satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
> It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that
> they only got certain channels depending on where they were in the
> country. etc. but they did get major networks.
> Our MH has an option that it is already
> wired
> for satellite.
> If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic
> satellite service that provides all the equipment for home, can I take
> the receiver and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic satellite
> in the RV?
> Tim fm CT
>
>

When we signed up for Dish Network, I bought an extra dish + a Winegard
tripod for a lot less than $200. (CW charges less for the tripod than the
local installer charged...)

The local installer knew full well that we intended use with the RV from
the outset and, for the "home" setup, installed a 4-feed setup.

So far, *none* of the receivers has *ever* been connected to a phone line.

Of course, we're not "into" PPV...

tim fm ct wrote:
> Hi again, helpful folks.
> I saw a portable satellite antenna
> that cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people
> take
> their satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
> It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that
> they only got certain channels depending on where they were in the
> country. etc. but they did get major networks.
> Our MH has an option that it is already
> wired for satellite.
> If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic
> satellite service that provides all the equipment for home, can I
> take the receiver and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic
> satellite in the RV? Tim fm CT

Here is my experience with Direct TV over several years. I never
signed up for Direct TV in the house. I contacted them for an RV
Waiver. They sent me the forms to fill out, I returned them & a couple
of weeks later I got the OK to put the receiver in my RV. I signed up
for the "Choice" Package, PLUS East & West Coast feeds on the major
networks. So, what I have is, a system that has never been hooked to
a phone line, that gets the major networks every place I can get a
signal and if I want to see pay per view, I go on line and order what
we want to see at regular prices. If you phone in PPV, there is an
extra charge. For a dish, we have ours mounted on a T mount made from
1 1/2 plastic pipe with a verticle stem in the leg of the T that the
dish fastens to, so I can level the dish and lock in on the bird in a
very few minutes.

Now, the kicker. When we get home, we take the receiver out of the RV
and carry it into the house and hook it up to the house TV. We get
local networks off an antena in the attic and still get the national
east & west coast feeds. We have a seperate dish that we bought off
Ebay mounted on the house We HAVE NOT NEVER hooked it to a phone
line because it's a mobile unit in an RV. We would never ask for
local channels off the sattelite either, since we get them off a
regular antenna. If you ask for locals AND East & West Coast feeds,
THAT SETS OFF A TRIGGER!!

Good Luck!
Tom J

On Feb 14, 2:57 pm, "tim fm ct" <r.do...@snet.net> wrote:
> Hi again, helpful folks.
>                                    I saw a portable satellite antenna that
> cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people take their
> satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
> It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that they
> only got certain channels depending on where they were in the country. etc..
> but they did get major networks.
>                              Our MH has an option that it is already wired
> for satellite.
> If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic satellite
> service that provides all the equipment for home, can I take the receiver
> and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic satellite in the RV?
>                                 Tim fm CT

We have the King-Dome automatic satellite finder and pay the $18.00
per month for DirecTV service for mobile customers with the Los
Angeles/New York networks. When we happend to be up in the pacific
northwest we crank up the regular antenna and get local channels.
Seems to work O.K. We never feel the need to use PPV.

"Tom J" <tomnews@> wrote in message
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> tim fm ct wrote:
>> Hi again, helpful folks.
>> I saw a portable satellite antenna
>> that cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people take
>> their satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
>> It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that
>> they only got certain channels depending on where they were in the
>> country. etc. but they did get major networks.
>> Our MH has an option that it is already
>> wired for satellite.
>> If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic
>> satellite service that provides all the equipment for home, can I
>> take the receiver and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic
>> satellite in the RV? Tim fm CT
>
> Here is my experience with Direct TV over several years. I never signed
> up for Direct TV in the house. I contacted them for an RV Waiver. They
> sent me the forms to fill out, I returned them & a couple of weeks later I
> got the OK to put the receiver in my RV. I signed up for the "Choice"
> Package, PLUS East & West Coast feeds on the major networks. So, what I
> have is, a system that has never been hooked to a phone line, that gets
> the major networks every place I can get a signal and if I want to see pay
> per view, I go on line and order what we want to see at regular prices. If
> you phone in PPV, there is an extra charge. For a dish, we have ours
> mounted on a T mount made from 1 1/2 plastic pipe with a verticle stem in
> the leg of the T that the dish fastens to, so I can level the dish and
> lock in on the bird in a very few minutes.
>
> Now, the kicker. When we get home, we take the receiver out of the RV and
> carry it into the house and hook it up to the house TV. We get local
> networks off an antena in the attic and still get the national east & west
> coast feeds. We have a seperate dish that we bought off Ebay mounted on
> the house We HAVE NOT NEVER hooked it to a phone line because it's a
> mobile unit in an RV. We would never ask for local channels off the
> sattelite either, since we get them off a regular antenna. If you ask for
> locals AND East & West Coast feeds, THAT SETS OFF A TRIGGER!!
>
> Good Luck!
> Tom J
Man, this group is awesome!! Seeing we have cable already at home, and like
it. When we travel more, I'll go the cheap basic satellite route for the RV.
* Hint: I just shared my idea with my wife, and she reminded me how we are
newly retired and have to figure out our regular expenses. I think getting
new chrome wheels for the Super glide is still in the running though...<VBG>
See ya,
Tim fm CT
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"Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodlem> wrote in message
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> tim fm ct wrote:
>> Hi again, helpful folks.
>> I saw a portable satellite antenna that
>> cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people take their
>> satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
>> It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that they
>> only got certain channels depending on where they were in the country.
>> etc. but they did get major networks.
>> Our MH has an option that it is already wired
>> for satellite.
>> If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic satellite
>> service that provides all the equipment for home, can I take the receiver
>> and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic satellite in the RV?
>> Tim fm CT
>>
>>
>
> I would definitely check what's in that "basic package" We have a basic
> package on Direct and it consists of religious channels, shopping channels
> and kiddie channels. Nothing interesting to us. You might want to go up to
> the next level or check on Dish Network's basic channel package.
>
> The only reason they require a phone line is if you want to subscribe to
> MLB Extra Innings or the NFL package, etc. These cost over $120 per year
> and probably don't interest you.
>
> You will need to get the waiver forms to send in so that you can get the
> East and West Coast feeds of the networks. They will turn your receiver on
> with local networks, but they won't work out of a certain area.
>
> I have both services and I think Dish is much more responsive to RVers,
> but it's easier to get distant networks with Direct as with Dish you have
> to get them from another company.
>
> Whichever one you decide to go with, make sure you can live with the
> package you are buying.
>
> J
>
>Thanks Janet,
I get Dish and Direct mixed up. Being a Yankee fan
it makes a big difference. Only one of them has the Yankees..
Tim
fm CT

<ernest.atkinsonm> wrote in message
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On Feb 14, 2:57 pm, "tim fm ct" <r.do...@snet.net> wrote:
> Hi again, helpful folks.
> I saw a portable satellite antenna that
> cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people take their
> satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
> It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that they
> only got certain channels depending on where they were in the country.
> etc.
> but they did get major networks.
> Our MH has an option that it is already wired
> for satellite.
> If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic satellite
> service that provides all the equipment for home, can I take the receiver
> and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic satellite in the RV?
> Tim fm CT

We have the King-Dome automatic satellite finder and pay the $18.00
per month for DirecTV service for mobile customers with the Los
Angeles/New York networks. When we happend to be up in the pacific
northwest we crank up the regular antenna and get local channels.
Seems to work O.K. We never feel the need to use PPV.

Ernest,
Only $18 a month??!! Do they have the Yankees ???
Tim fm CT

Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
> According to DirecTV, that is not quite legal. The reason they require
> the land line is so that the demographics they sell will have
> geographic integrity. Fulltime RVers do not present that kind of
> geographic intgrity as their location is always changing and
> advertisers are not interested in them.
>
> While Peter Pan might have gotten away with it for football, It won't
> work for baseball. The waivers form for Distant Networks from DirecTV
> specifically states that one cannot have MLB Extra Innings and Distant
> Networks.

Nothing to get away with and perfectly legal.... You have to have an address
for a postpaid cell contract, and there are many people that have "cut the
wire" ie no land line, cell only. The demographics are based on your account
address.... As for DNS, I had those too (and national PBS), just say no to
any locals (even if free), and no to order ppv via remote (tell em you have
kids, and never want them able to hit the order button)... You do have to
pick your "location" when you set up the account (ie no teams within 100
miles or they may black you out, got burned on that using a baltimore
address, they blacked out the ravens<--football, was told they would do the
same for the orioles<-- baseball)... Luckily, I like the raiders and could
watch them on the west coast feed, like when I was in an analog cell area
and couldn't get authorized - you need digital for caller id to work :)

"Neon John" <no@never.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:50:13 GMT, "tim fm ct" <r.dolan@snet.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Man, this group is awesome!! Seeing we have cable already at home, and
>>like
>>it. When we travel more, I'll go the cheap basic satellite route for the
>>RV.
>>* Hint: I just shared my idea with my wife, and she reminded me how we are
>>newly retired and have to figure out our regular expenses. I think getting
>>new chrome wheels for the Super glide is still in the running
>>though...<VBG>
>
> One other thing you might want to check on. I hear a lot of the seasonal
> residents
> in this little community talk about a "vacation package". Apparently this
> is
> satellite service that you only have and pay for when you want it. I
> don't know
> which company offers it, or maybe they both do. Just another heads-up.
>
> John
> --
>
Now, there's a thought - - maybe chrome wheels and a satellite... lol

"Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodlem> wrote in message
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> tim fm ct wrote:
>>
>> "Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodlem> wrote in message
>> news:47b4e242$0$25467$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>> tim fm ct wrote:
>>>> Hi again, helpful folks.
>>>> I saw a portable satellite antenna
>>>> that cost less than $200. I also have read articles where people take
>>>> their satellite receivers from home and put then in their RVs.
>>>> It went on to say how the could not get their local channels or that
>>>> they only got certain channels depending on where they were in the
>>>> country. etc. but they did get major networks.
>>>> Our MH has an option that it is already
>>>> wired for satellite.
>>>> If I purchase the portable antenna, then subscribe to a basic satellite
>>>> service that provides all the equipment for home, can I take the
>>>> receiver and then put it in the rv and I'll have basic satellite in the
>>>> RV?
>>>> Tim fm CT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would definitely check what's in that "basic package" We have a basic
>>> package on Direct and it consists of religious channels, shopping
>>> channels and kiddie channels. Nothing interesting to us. You might want
>>> to go up to the next level or check on Dish Network's basic channel
>>> package.
>>>
>>> The only reason they require a phone line is if you want to subscribe to
>>> MLB Extra Innings or the NFL package, etc. These cost over $120 per
>>> year and probably don't interest you.
>>>
>>> You will need to get the waiver forms to send in so that you can get the
>>> East and West Coast feeds of the networks. They will turn your receiver
>>> on with local networks, but they won't work out of a certain area.
>>>
>>> I have both services and I think Dish is much more responsive to RVers,
>>> but it's easier to get distant networks with Direct as with Dish you
>>> have to get them from another company.
>>>
>>> Whichever one you decide to go with, make sure you can live with the
>>> package you are buying.
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>> Thanks Janet,
>> I get Dish and Direct mixed up. Being a Yankee
>> fan it makes a big difference. Only one of them has the Yankees..
>> Tim
>> fm CT
>
> Direct has the Major League Baseball Package, but you will not be
> permitted to pay for it if you are putting the receiver in the RV. For
> this package, you MUST have the receiver hooked to a phone line.
>
> Dish used to have the package, but MLB entered into an exclusive agreement
> with DirecTV, which is why we now have one TV hooked to DirecTV and
> everything else hooked into Dish, which we much prefer for service,
> equipment technology, programming and pricing. Dish did not require the
> phone hookup for the MLB Extra Innings package but they couldn't come up
> with the mega millions DirecTV was paying MLB to continue to offer the
> package.
>
> One of the things Dish lets us do that DirecTV does not is subscribe to
> channels 9 and 11 in NYC and we can get local broadcasts of Yankee games
> way down hers at the bottom of Texas.
>
> I'm sorry to have to be the barer of bad tidings, but if you are going to
> put the receiver in the RV, you will not be able to subscribe to MLB Extra
> Innings (unless you have the dish and receiver installed in your house and
> forgo the distant networks and never talk to DirecTV for any reason while
> traveling in the RV---and that's no guarantee)
>
>
Thanks Janet,
So far,I'm satisfied with the YES network and my9.
I've never subscribed to the sports packages.....YET !
Tim fm CT