I have a King Pro one 4800 portable dish and a direct tv receiver for my travel trailer. It works well as long as there are no obstructions between the dish and the southern sky however I don't get channels 2-69 ( local channels). I talked to 2 different direct tv techs yesterday and tried to trouble shoot . Both told me I should get exactly same channel lineup as in the house when the camper is parked at the house . Wasted about 4 hrs working with them and they finally said we'll send a local tech out. Local tech got here this morning and immediately told me none of the portable sat dishes will get local channels because they all point to satellite 101. He said the only way is to get a sat dish like the one I have on the house.

Does this sound right? It's a problem if I'm camping during football season because some of the games are only on local network channels (ABC, CBS, NBC).

Anyone here have any insight or solutions?

How far away from a TV Tower are you when you camp? There are web sites that will tell you where the nearest local towers are located and you can point your antennae in that general direction.

Maybe mount a antennae as high as you can while camping and just use the on TV tuner to get locals?

Thanks for those suggestions . Distance from tv tower varies widely depending on what I'm up to.

I was kinda hoping the portable sat dish and direct tv would be the universal answer but it looks not to be the case . I am thinking about mounting a house dish on something that makes it more portable like maybe a large wagon but small enough to put in the back of a pickup .

I suspect that dish is a single lnb for one orbital slot. I think to get coverage for all locals and domestic hd you need 5 lnb to cover all those slots. If you need international you need a separate antenna since those sats are further east in orbit.
Every auto setup dish i have used is a single lnb, but yours may be multiple but i suspect not. I don't mess with this anymore. But in the past solidsignal was the vendor that knew how to make off normal implementations work. Or tell you how to do it better.

Yes, for locals especially in smaller markets you need a dish that can see all orbital locations. Also note that the locals are broadcast using "spot beams" that only extend a few hundred miles away from the cities with the local channels in question. Not a big deal if you are tailgating in BCS and try to get locals from Dallas or Houston (for example), but if you go RVing across the country you will likely find yourself out of local coverage fairly quickly.

Thanks for all of ya'lls input.

The issue is when I'm out in the boondocks like say Port Mansfield or Big Bend.

halfastros81 said:

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Thanks for all of ya'lls input.

The issue is when I'm out in the boondocks like say Port Mansfield or Big Bend.

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See my post three above yours.

From what I've read, your system is obsolete and before long you won't be able to receive ANY programming.

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Yes, the KING Pro One 4800 portable dish is obsolete for DIRECTV service because it only receives standard-definition (SD) signals, and DIRECTV is phasing out its standard-definition broadcasts, making it unable to receive most channels. To continue receiving programming, you will need to upgrade to a high-definition (HD) capable antenna system, such as a Winegard Trav'ler HD dish or a different HD-compatible dish for your receiver.

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Check out Winegard offerings here: RV DIRECT Programming

I have the Winegard Playmaker for our 5th wheel, but we're on DISH Network.

Tailgate88 said:

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halfastros81 said:

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Thanks for all of ya'lls input.

The issue is when I'm out in the boondocks like say Port Mansfield or Big Bend.

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See my post three above yours.

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Starlink is specifically designed for the wilderness. If you switch to starlink and a smart tv, you'll never look back.
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Ive removed all the obsolete directv stuff from my rv and installed a Starlink on the roof. We stream to all three TVs on the rv and have high speed internet… it's a no brainer.