KING DTP4950 DISH Tailgater Pro Bundle - Premium Portable/Roof Mountable Satellite TV Antenna and DISH Wally HD Receiver, Western & Eastern Arc Satellites, Clear(Smoke)

This is one of the better purchases we've made. Seriously fun to take this thing on the road - works like a charm for tailgating. It was easy to set up and orient the device to the signal. We bought the tripod to mount it, and the padded carrying case so it won't get beaten up on road trips. We just purchased the plan to use during the season, and cancelled when done. We will rev it up again in the fall and resubscribe and pay month to month. Love the flexibility!

So there items to only like and there are items to love. I couldn't give a 4.4 rating so I just went with 5 Stars.The entire package is the right way to go. Antenna and receiver included. If you cannot place the antenna at least 3 feet off the ground opt in for the tripod. I configured a small piece of plywood over a fence post to secure my antenna too and its working great.I can only speak to the Wally receiver at this time, that's the package I purchased. If you purchase the Wally receiver and Antenna the instructions are wrong. You don't just plug everything in and call to get activation when prompted. You actually need to call and activate before starting the scan process. The Wally receivers are different apparently and need the upfront activation. The Zip code where the receiver is positioned is important to getting local stations. If you choose your billing address of say RI and you are in FLA you will not get the local RI stations. Once activated you are good to go. Note the activation process is also where you will get to listen to the disclaimers and jargon regarding your account it only takes a few minutes but you have to answer yes and no for acknowledgment. You also pick your channel package and need a credit card to pay.The tailgater antenna...Automatic antenna is definitely the way to go. Some of my fellow campers have to move theirs around and perform a ritual dance to get things lined up. I live in Connecticut so here are a few tips. Download a compass app for your phone that shows you the degrees. Line the Antenna up so the front (non handle side) faces between 218 and 225 degrees (southwest), not just straight south. This gives you access to the 110, 119 and 129 satellites. Cloud cover shouldn't hamper your line of sight but a mere tree branch can wreck havoc.I'm getting mostly HD channels with clear picture with those settings. I will post additional information the first time it rains to let you know how it worked out.

This thing works great! My first test was in my yard, surrounded by trees, fences and power lines- and on a cloudy, rainy night. I just hooked up the cable, put it down on my lawn, and went back inside figuring that it would never work- but it found all of my channels! Then we took it on our next camping trip- it was another stormy, rainy night and I put it on the ground next to the south side of my RV. The next RV was pretty close and they had their awning out, (in a storm?- not too smart), so again I didn't have much hope of it working, but again I was surprised that it managed to find my channels. A one point it was really pouring outside and I started to get the message that it was switching to an SD equivalent channel, but I'm pretty sure that was just because of the water on the dome. Really impressed with how well this works. I plugged its cable into the Cable TV input of my RV and then removed the Cable TV cable from my switch box and connected to the 211Z receiver input. Took like 5 minutes to install. Just need to get a cable to lock it to something as I was a bit worried that someone nefarious camper would walk off with it.

Added this setup to our RV this summer. This package improved our picture so much that it looks like we bought a new TV. Setup each time you move to a new location can take a little while and a call to DISH but the support team will have you up and running in minutes with all of the local channels for that area. Paying only for the months you use it is a huge bonus.

Works great - simple and easy.As a fulltime motorcoach family, we have used a standard manual 'dish' 1000.2 with a tripod, which can be tricky to learn to setup and find the sats. I purchased this new King Tailgater when I realized that setting up a manual dish everyday when traveling can be a little too labor intense. I also wanted this unit because it can be mounted to your roof, either fixed, or with us, with a temporary bracket setup that allows me to leave it where it sits if the sats are in view, or easily move it slightly to either side of the roof, or even down to the ground, if needed. This creates a much easier and more enjoyable setup to watch our favorite channels. Just park, turn on the receiver, and watch it find the sats.One draw back that I might note: the 'secondary' coax OUT will allow you to run another receiver, but the secondary receiver will only provide channels from the satellite that the MAIN tv is tuned into. So, if you are watching a channel on the MAIN tv in the living room on sat 110, then the bedroom SECONDARY receiver will only pick up channels from that same satellite. This works fine, until you forget and change the main tv to a channel from a different sat, such as 119 or 129. The secondary tv then goes 'blank' and says that it can not find the channel. We leave our main tv on sat 110, which seems to provide most of the common channels we prefer, and the secondary tv can watch any of those same channels. It's a little aggravating when you are accustomed to watching anything you want from any tv, but it works as described, if you can find the 'flow' and stick with it.