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This is for an RV. DISH is clueless about them.

I know DISH insists on doing initial Hopper 3 installs, but is it possible to buy a Hopper 3, wire it up, and install it yourself?

Yeah, it can be that simple, but sometimes (especially when your aiming is in doubt), press ID to make sure sat 110 is 110 and so on. And, yes, those are really good signal strengths. Great meter.

Please explain what's going on in the Hopper 3 "Test Installation" screen:

Where in Canada? I received it ok in Banff, but that's not too far north.

Not necessarily. While a phone tech knew, the chat tech either didn't know or wouldn't tell me. Besides they might not order equipment from DISH.

Not everyone knows this, especially new customers.

DISH CHAT: Rachel (17:44:25 GMT) : Hi, Tom! How are you doing today? Tom (17:44:35 GMT) : Is Caleb S around? Rachel (17:45:15 GMT) : I don't know who are you talking about, Tom. Can you tell me more about it? Tom (17:45:48 GMT) : Never mind. Can Get a Hopper 3 and a Joey on a Pay-As-You-Go...

That's your experience, not mine. Dutch, direct experience is different from indirect. OP, from my experience, I don't suggest hanging a DPH42 off your 1000.4, but it is the easiest solution.

Let me put it another way . . . how often do you change locations and need to reacquire sats with your H3 & DPH42?

Do you use a Winegard Travler?

From what I read, OP considered using his H3 & Joeys, three Wallys, a Hopper Duo, and two H3s. From my experience with a Hopper 3 in an RV, I would not suggest hanging a DPH42 from a tripod (nor mounting it flat on an RV roof for a Travler install). After working with a DPH42 for over a year in...

For one H3, sure. But for two H3s you'll need 2 coax runs if you mount the DPH42 on the dish or 3 coax runs if you mount the DPH42 inside But I think you mean "Why bother buying a 1000.2 dish when I just have to hang a DPH42 switch from my already purchased 1000.4 dish?" For me, the former is...

In my RV I have a H3 with two Joey 2.0s so pretty much much you want. Since wired Joeys use MoCA, crappy RG59 should be hunky dory as MoCA frequency requirements (650 - 875 MHz) were designed with bad wiring in mind. Here's how I did it (Note that I use a 1000.2 portable with DPH LNBFs so that...

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