Using our home Dishnet receiver while on the road

Traveling with our home Dishnet 322 receiver.

Many RVers travel the country roughing it with a satellite TV receiver. Although most of these travelers have a dedicated receiver / antenna system while traveling, we simply pack up our home receiver, and hit the road. Why not, no ones at home watching the home satellite, so why not use the home receiver while on the road. Its already paid for, so no extra fees for a different reciever or any pay-as-you-go plan fees.

USING OUR HOME RECEIVER
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External satellite antenna connection

satellite_1_800 We usually take our satellite dish with us on our long road trips. In some of the places we stop, there isn’t TV, cell phone, or anything, so having the satellite we can at least stay somewhat connected to the outside world.

Running the dish antenna cable has always been a problem, Like many, we initially solved the problem by using one of those ribbon type connectors and running the cable through a window and stringing the cable to the back of the satellite receiver, After our last trip, I decided I wasn’t going to do this anymore , I was going to add an external coax connector specifically for the satellite antenna.

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The Search

Mirada_Icon1 — Heading home in our “New to Us” Mirada

After months of searching, we finally purchased a “New to Us” RV.

Our first “RV” was a 1988 Toyota Dolphin that we bought specifically to do a bucket list drive up to Alaska. READ HERE. We aptly named the Toyota our “Toyhouse”. 🙂

We owned the Toyhouse for several years and it traveled all around the US and Canada. It served us well and gave us the opportunity to see if an RV would fit our lifestyle. The experience also helped us narrow down what we wanted in an upgrade. Continue reading “The Search” →