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Here is the one he is talking about. Poles and Holders
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dedmiston
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smokster wrote:htwheelz67 wrote:I use a poles and holders mount by the ramp door and use 1 1/4 pvc to mount it, even in 50mph winds it never looses signal, I got tired of the tripod, as long as the trailer is level I just turn it and find the signal in seconds.
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I have recently purchased a Vcube and cannot seem to find a good place to mount in a variaty places to ensure good reception in the woods
The Vucube is the same as any other dish: If it can't see the sky, then it won't find the bird. It's pretty easy to aim if there's a clear shot at the sky though.
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smokster
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dedmiston wrote:smokster wrote:htwheelz67 wrote:I use a poles and holders mount by the ramp door and use 1 1/4 pvc to mount it, even in 50mph winds it never looses signal, I got tired of the tripod, as long as the trailer is level I just turn it and find the signal in seconds.
pictures?
I have recently purchased a Vcube and cannot seem to find a good place to mount in a variaty places to ensure good reception in the woods
The Vucube is the same as any other dish: If it can't see the sky, then it won't find the bird. It's pretty easy to aim if there's a clear shot at the sky though.
My first weekend out it was pretty useless
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dedmiston
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smokster wrote:My first weekend out it was pretty useless
Hmmm. Did it work at all? Did you try putting it on your roof for clearance over the trees?
I'd test it someplace else and see if it was the location (heavy trees) or something wrong with the connection.
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fly-boy
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I have a Wineguard dome and it has been flawless-
When we arrive at camp we turn on the receiver, flip a switch to power up the dome and within a minute or two we have TV. If I had it to do over I would get the same thing again.
There just is nothing like sitting the middle of no where- brewing a fresh cup of coffee and tuning into some "fair and balanced news." 
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fly-boy wrote:I have a Wineguard dome and it has been flawless-
When we arrive at camp we turn on the receiver, flip a switch to power up the dome and within a minute or two we have TV. If I had it to do over I would get the same thing again.
There just is nothing like sitting the middle of no where- brewing a fresh cup of coffee and tuning into some "fair and balanced news."
X2... we had ours installed this past spring and like fly-boy mentions, a touch of a button and viola.... all the channels you have at home. We have the Dish 1000 Winegard Trav'ler and with discounts and sales coupons, we got ours for $800 plus $250 installation. We take the DVR from home and put it in the MH and upon arriving at our destination, we call Dish and they re-list our present location as "home" and we receive all the local network stations.
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Kingdome 99 % of the time and a portable tripod for the other 1%, and then use a receiver from the house, no locals but who cartes, I got sport, weather and movies.
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fly-boy wrote:I have a Wineguard dome and it has been flawless-
When we arrive at camp we turn on the receiver, flip a switch to power up the dome and within a minute or two we have TV. If I had it to do over I would get the same thing again.
There just is nothing like sitting the middle of no where- brewing a fresh cup of coffee and tuning into some "fair and balanced news."
This would be nice.
I will try again this weekend and hopefully will have that cup of coffee as well over a football game.
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Hap Hazard
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smokster wrote:fly-boy wrote:I have a Wineguard dome and it has been flawless-
When we arrive at camp we turn on the receiver, flip a switch to power up the dome and within a minute or two we have TV. If I had it to do over I would get the same thing again.
There just is nothing like sitting the middle of no where- brewing a fresh cup of coffee and tuning into some "fair and balanced news."
This would be nice.
I will try again this weekend and hopefully will have that cup of coffee as well over a football game.
Just a suggestion if you've mixed and matched componets like the dish and another receiver. Have a tech look at the feedhorn and your unit. As I said, we purchased our dish off of e-bay and the feedhorn didn't match the receiver I had at the house. I messed with it for hours.
A service guy looked at it and had us matched up, working, and out the door in minutes. He even gave us a deal on a new feedhorn as he had a market for the old one.
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nayther
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Hap Hazard wrote:smokster wrote:fly-boy wrote:I have a Wineguard dome and it has been flawless-
When we arrive at camp we turn on the receiver, flip a switch to power up the dome and within a minute or two we have TV. If I had it to do over I would get the same thing again.
There just is nothing like sitting the middle of no where- brewing a fresh cup of coffee and tuning into some "fair and balanced news."
This would be nice.
I will try again this weekend and hopefully will have that cup of coffee as well over a football game.
Just a suggestion if you've mixed and matched componets like the dish and another receiver. Have a tech look at the feedhorn and your unit. As I said, we purchased our dish off of e-bay and the feedhorn didn't match the receiver I had at the house. I messed with it for hours.
A service guy looked at it and had us matched up, working, and out the door in minutes. He even gave us a deal on a new feedhorn as he had a market for the old one.
I think that's the problem I'm having. I bought a dish on ebay and have not been able to get it to work. I have to find a "strore" somewhere that can help me.
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