Satellite TV using Dish?

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mariner36

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I would like to add a satellite receiver to the boat this summer. I only want it to work when we are in the slip, i don't need a high end tracking unit to receive signals when under way.

Dish sells a portable unit called the tracker which they say can receive your exiting dish package for only $7.00 a month and no contract.

http://www.dish.com/technology/tv-outdoors/?WT.srch=1&KBID=5503&WT.mc_id=GSGNTAILGA_2988&gclid=CLDI8YzxxLUCFdGd4AodTEwAwQ&gclsrc="aw.ds
 
Your slip is not really fixed. Even gentle winds moving the vessel may result in loss of signal or TV screen pixelation (freezing). Mounting a dish on a piling might be an option?
Bill
 
How about a normal household dish screwed to one of the pilings? I see that all of the time. Anything that you set up on your boat will be affected by the movement of your boat, looking at your boat it is not all that big and heavy and therefore will already be affected by people just moving around.
 
I ve used a dish attached to a piling, works fine. You can connect the cable to your boat cable TV inlet and use that wiring to the receiver

I ve also used regular dish in the slip, it works fine as long as the lines aren't too loose
 
I have had a dish mounted on a piling and this worked well but I also had a portable dish that I took with me when I traveled and I would place on the dock or even my swim platform in a calm marina and it work just fine I had given thought to buying something similar to what you posted and I believe it would work fine at dock.
 
Two things for thought:
Check with your marina about permanently fixing a dish to your piling, some marinas don't allow that.
I have see people attach a dish to the bottom of a Spackle bucket, when they get to their destination they then slide the bucket over the piling.
 
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Originally posted by Audrey II

I have had a dish mounted on a piling and this worked well but I also had a portable dish that I took with me when I traveled and I would place on the dock or even my swim platform in a calm marina and it work just fine I had given thought to buying something similar to what you posted and I believe it would work fine at dock.

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Dave you have a pretty large boat but it doesn't have much surface area for wind. It might work on your boat but not another. I think the safest method would be (if the marina allows it) attaching the dish to a piling. Walter's spackle bucket dish mounting method might work fine if the bucket and piling are close in size.
Bill
 
We have had Direct TV for years on the boat house.
Even though the lake level on Texoma can go up and down
as much as 8 feet year we very rarely loose the signal.
Dish is mounted on the roof of the boat house
or bolted to a support beam.
Good Luck
About Time
 
i will check wit hthe marina and see if I can use a piling. Thanks for the help!
 
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Originally posted by mariner36

i will check wit hthe marina and see if I can use a piling. Thanks for the help!

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That would be the least expensive reliable method or reliable satellite TV reception at the dock.
Bill
 
I have Dish on my boat. The smallest receiver is a 211K receiver. About $100 and HD. Depending on what you want to receive, you are looking at a Dish 500 dish or a Dish 1000.2 or 1000.4 dish.
 
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Originally posted by Billylll

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Dave you have a pretty large boat but it doesn't have much surface area for wind. It might work on your boat but not another. I think the safest method would be (if the marina allows it) attaching the dish to a piling. Walter's spackle bucket dish mounting method might work fine if the bucket and piling are close in size.
Bill
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I used this on my last boat as well it worked better then I expected. The nice thing about the Tailgater is he can take it with him when he travels this is the only real advantage I see.
 
I have a Intellian I2 for sale. Just dish, you will need a ACU, can be bought online.
Make offer.
 
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Originally posted by CurrentSea

I have a Intellian I2 for sale. Just dish, you will need a ACU, can be bought online.
Make offer.

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Dave what are you using on the new boat?
Bill
 
I bought a new Intellian unit. Same one.
The ACU is around $500, and a new dome cover was like $300.
The current one, which I added to boat so was not part of the insurance worked fine but the dome was all sun faded and someone must of leaned on it and put a dent in dome.
I decided I didn't want it on my new boat and just bought a whole new setup.
I can keep the old one as a spare LNB but if I can get few bucks for it I would take it.
 
It looks to me like the dish tailgator is made by VU Cube. It is an excellent solution. When we had to move our boat to another marina because of tornado damage, I used every time i went to the boat. Just set it up then mark the dock where the rubber feet should sit and you are on the sattalite.
 
I have had the Intellian i2 for many years, great unit.

I thought the Dish Tailgater was supposed to acquire the signal pretty much inits own. Would seem like ou could just set on a deck when you want to use it. Would be quite a bit more expensive than the fixed dish though.
 
If you have dish at home and an internet connection at the boat, you might be interested in the sling box. It sends the programs from your home receiver to wherever you want. You must have the internet connection. Call Dish for details. PS More than one person can share the password.
 
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