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Hello SatelliteGuys ! !

So I have lurked for a while and we are about to go Fulltime in the RV. Need to ask your opinion on how to proceed.

Still have our apartment for 2 weeks. (until we are officially full timers then on the road). Do I get an install done at the apartment then transfer the Hopper 3 and Wireless Joey to our new digs (RV) or do I attempt to have an install done where (Dish) will only lease/provide me with something that is not a H3. It appears from some of the posts that they will not allow a H3 in RV's.

RV is wired with coax to all 3 tv's (New) and If I need to have the 3rd tv setup I can use the Wireless Joey for that other tv.

There appears no real advantage to purchasing the H3 vs leasing. So I will do the 2 year contract and move forward - that leaves install. Which depending on where it is set up (Sticks and Bricks vs RV) Home=It appears that I will be able to get the H3 and wireless Joey and then change address 2 weeks after install OR RV=DISH may give me a NO on the installation of the H3 and wireless Joey.

RV wired for all 3 TV's and has a self pointing dish (Traveler-SK1000)(I believe)

If more information is needed - I will respond ASAP in morning.

Appreciate the responses that are given. It appears that this Forum is the GOTO for information and accurate responses.

THANKS

CJ
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B
The only thing constant at Dish as in life is CHANGE.
When I replaced my 2 722s in my full time RV about 10 years ago, it required dozens of calls to Dish and retailers before I found the one right person in customer retention.
I was told it could not be done in an RV and even if it could Dish would not activate it.

So the first question is are you currently a Dish customer?
If not retention probably won't help much.
Today I would probably start with a good local retailer. I would want Dish or an authorized installer to do the install with close supervision and assistance by me.
The existing cables may not be to proper spec RG 6 3GHz. It may not be routed properly and may have splitters installed.
The LNB on your Traveler may not be the hybrid required. That may require a switch.
There are several folks here who are full timers with H3s so it can be done .
I am no longer in the RV. So I am not current on all the rules that you may have to bend.

I would absolutely want the installation done and verified to be working in the RV. It may require parking at the appartment and using that address.
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ChadT41
Install at apartment and then relocate everything yourself into your RV or get a retailer. Option 3, in your case, may be best to purchase the equipment. Don't forget, you'll also need a DPH42. As far as the autodishes go, I cannot speak on those.
Also, shop online, get yourself an OTA antenna. You'll need it at some point, and be glad you had it.
Brussam
You don't need to put a Hybrid LNBF on the Trav'ler for the Hopper 3 but you do need to install a DPH42 Switch. Three coax cables have to come from the Trav'ler to the DPH42 switch. One coax from the DPH42 to the Solo Hub. You could put the DPH42 on the roof next to the Trav'ler. I added more coax cables and have the DPH42 inside near the Hopper 3.

The coax in the RV is probably RG6 of reasonable quality. You can re-purpose the existing coax to the TVs but that is probably for the OTA antenna.

If a new RV, then there are probably HDMI cables from the TVs to where the receivers are. In my bedroom cabinet I have the Hopper 3 (HDMI to two TVs) and two Joeys HDMI to a TV.

Someday the wives tales about H3 not in RVs will go away. But the one on DVRs are still rampant.

You will have a better chance of a local installer to implement your system. Dish installers, at least their management, don't want to mess with houses on wheels. You get the same deals from a local installer. I would never buy equipment in the high tech turn of receivers. A two year contract is minor compared to the Trav'ler investment.

Be reasonable, Dish, or the local installer, will want to stick with Dish equipment. When I had the H3 installed, I had a ground tripod dish that I let the installer put a Hybrid LNBF head on then tested out the system with the tripod.

From previous installations of VIP622, VIP722K and Hopper 1 in the trailer I had coax for the Joey connections. So the installer hooked every thing up with the Hopper 3. This was a Dish installer. I connected the switches and the Trav'ler after the installer left. Not bad having a ground tripod as a backup to the Trav'ler anyways.

In my Bounder motorhome, the coax cables from the Trav'ler were routed into the bedroom compartment where the DPH42 Switch, Power Inserter, Solo Hub, and the Hopper 3 and Joeys were installed. I did the install in the Bounder.

Auto-Satellite Install.
ChadT41
You don't need to put a Hybrid LNBF on the Trav'ler for the Hopper 3 but you do need to install a DPH42 Switch. Three coax cables have to come from the Trav'ler to the DPH42 switch. One coax from the DPH42 to the Solo Hub. You could put the DPH42 on the roof next to the Trav'ler. I added more coax cables and have the DPH42 inside near the Hopper 3.

The coax in the RV is probably RG6 of reasonable quality. You can re-purpose the existing coax to the TVs but that is probably for the OTA antenna.

If a new RV, then there are probably HDMI cables from the TVs to where the receivers are. In my bedroom cabinet I have the Hopper 3 (HDMI to two TVs) and two Joeys HDMI to a TV.

Someday the wives tales about H3 not in RVs will go away. But the one on DVRs are still rampant.

You will have a better chance of a local installer to implement your system. Dish installers, at least their management, don't want to mess with houses on wheels. You get the same deals from a local installer. I would never buy equipment in the high tech turn of receivers. A two year contract is minor compared to the Trav'ler investment.

Be reasonable, Dish, or the local installer, will want to stick with Dish equipment. When I had the H3 installed, I had a ground tripod dish that I let the installer put a Hybrid LNBF head on then tested out the system with the tripod.

From previous installations of VIP622, VIP722K and Hopper 1 in the trailer I had coax for the Joey connections. So the installer hooked every thing up with the Hopper 3. This was a Dish installer. I connected the switches and the Trav'ler after the installer left. Not bad having a ground tripod as a backup to the Trav'ler anyways.

In my Bounder motorhome, the coax cables from the Trav'ler were routed into the bedroom compartment where the DPH42 Switch, Power Inserter, Solo Hub, and the Hopper 3 and Joeys were installed. I did the install in the Bounder.

Auto-Satellite Install.
It's because RV installs are not covered under the standard install. Basically, an RV is meant to move, and if Dish sent a tech out to RV customers who needed a new alignment or warranty work, they'd lose a lot of money. It's very similar to how customers who get a new roof, take their dish down, and then get charged for putting it back up.
HipKat
I agree, get it installed at your apartment, tell the tech it has to go on a semi-permanent, non-penetrating mount because you're not planning to stay at that address long. You don't have to tell him about the RV, but the tech is just a tech, not the KGB. This will keep from a permanent Dish being installed on the structure and get the guy's number, tell him you'll call him so he can pick his mount and blocks up when you're ready.
Scott Greczkowski
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys
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Boom Boom ( Out Go The Lights ) - Pat Travers
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Palisades Park - Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon
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Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal
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Lakeside Park - Rush
Bruce
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I was reading this article


That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.

And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.


Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.

There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.

In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.

Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.

Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.

So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households

So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.

That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.

But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.

Imagine what 2024 will be like.
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Bruce
And again, 15 months in a row, streaming wins-

Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%

Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.

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Jimbo
And again, 15 months in a row, streaming wins-

Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%

Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.

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Your Still Thrilled about all this ?

These numbers will Never be accurate as many people use Both still ...

You have services like Hulu Live and You Tube TV that do, what you call Cable, but they ARE Streaming, so Which is is ?

Does it get counted 2x as both Streaming and Cable ?
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Your Still Thrilled about all this ?

These numbers will Never be accurate as many people use Both still ...
Nobody is "happy" or "sad" about this. Simply posting data in an non-editorialized way has nothing to do with anyone's feelings.

The data on the streaming side is immensely accurate, I'm guessing to the millisecond. Plus most people likely have not turned off data sharing and thus they are grabbing a huge swath of data. Much more accurate than cable which relies on a smaller sample size and probably not to the second.

In either case, nobody is getting "double counted" because it's usage based. If I watch 100 minutes of content and 30 minutes is on Youtube and 20 minutes on Disney and 50 minutes on YTTV, it's going to show up as 30%, 20%, 50% slices of my personal pie respectively.
Q.
Who does the Counting for Streaming ?

Neilson does the Broadcast/Cable ...
Nielsen does. If you go into the settings of any of your streaming accounts, you can turn off the option to share to usage data with their third party measuring service - Nielsen.
Jimbo
Nobody is "happy" or "sad" about this. Simply posting data in an non-editorialized way has nothing to do with anyone's feelings.

The data on the streaming side is immensely accurate, I'm guessing to the millisecond. Plus most people likely have not turned off data sharing and thus they are grabbing a huge swath of data. Much more accurate than cable which relies on a smaller sample size and probably not to the second.

In either case, nobody is getting "double counted" because it's usage based. If I watch 100 minutes of content and 30 minutes is on Youtube and 20 minutes on Disney and 50 minutes on YTTV, it's going to show up as 30%, 20%, 50% slices of my personal pie respectively.

Nielsen does. If you go into the settings of any of your streaming accounts, you can turn off the option to share to usage data with their third party measuring service - Nielsen.
I have turned some off, not others ...
dishstaller

Funny thing is that as the screen size and pic quality increase, the quality of the programming has DEcreased.
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skipped the OLED Tv entirely?

AI slop
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I figured some of the guys would be looking here for an answer. You'll need to use this link

I'll mention what happened over there. I don't want to cause Scott any issues or put him in a bad spot.
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dishstaller
If any of you know some of the guys from the board and you have their contact info, please reach out to them....many failed to update their contact info and some even had starband email addresses.
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I figured some of the guys would be looking here for an answer. You'll need to use this link

I'll mention what happened over there. I don't want to cause Scott any issues or put him in a bad spot.
Now I have to go check out what happened now. Lol!
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Scott Greczkowski
Went and looked, not too bad...

Just let people know the address is satelliteretailer.com as DishRetailer.COM is not working. :)
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osu1991
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:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs

My health Insurance renewal for 2027 just came in. Going from $827 a month to $1,187 a month. Deductible going up a $1k to $9,350. Max out of pocket also going up $1k to $11,000. Doctor co-pay of $40. Urgent Care co-pay $50. ER 50% coinsurance after deductible. That's all in network. Out of network is double, should it be needed.

Have to think about this. I'm really tempted to just go without now. I only go to the doctor once or twice a year. I pay out of pocket for Tirzepitide and can do without the Rosuvastatin (crestor) now. Really tired of spending over $10k a year and getting nothing out of it.

After years with Blue Cross I switched last year to Ambetter as my Blue Cross premium was going from $1200 to $1800 for a Silver plan and the Bronze plan was still going to be $1300 at BCBS. Ambetter was $827 for the same coverage with a Bronze plan. Didn't think it would jump this much so soon.

I'm guessing a Silver plan is probably over $2,000 a month for 2027.
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Pissed off at the crappy healthcare costs
Are you employed with no work insurance or that is what you are paying for your workplace insurance? Or is that through Healthcare.gov? Retired? Eligible for medicare?
vazhog
that cut is only for illegals to get off the rolls and I was being sarcastic before -
osu1991
Are you employed with no work insurance or that is what you are paying for your workplace insurance? Or is that through Healthcare.gov? Retired? Eligible for medicare?
Started my own business in 2006, been self employed for 20 years this year.
meStevo
that cut is only for illegals to get off the rolls and I was being sarcastic before -

Even sarcastically it's wrong. Undocumented immigrants already weren't eligible for federal Medicaid, so there's no one to "get off the rolls." The immigrant-related pieces are a small part of the ~$1 trillion. They cut the federal match for emergency care from 90% to the state's regular rate and end eligibility for some lawful immigrants like refugees. Most of the "savings" come from work requirements, more frequent eligibility checks, and provider tax limits, which hit citizens.

Either way, the cost doesn't disappear. It shifts to states, hospitals, and everyone else's premiums and will only serve to make issues like those raised in this thread worse.
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dishstaller
Undocumented immigrants already weren't eligible for federal Medicaid, so there's no one to "get off the rolls."
That's only part correct. Actually I had to look it up to make sure. There is NO Federal money going to Medicaid for illegals but there ARE some states that use State money to pay for Medicaid for illegals. Here's the list

    • California: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Colorado: Covers specific adult demographics (with upcoming budget caps in 2027). [1]
    • Illinois: Covers specific adult age brackets. [1]
    • New York: Covers specific adult demographics. [1]
    • Oregon: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Washington: Covers specific adult demographics. [1, 2]
    • Washington, D.C.: Provides adult coverage through the D.C. Health Care Alliance. [1, 2]
meStevo
That's only part correct. Actually I had to look it up to make sure. There is NO Federal money going to Medicaid for illegals but there ARE some states that use State money to pay for Medicaid for illegals. Here's the list

    • California: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Colorado: Covers specific adult demographics (with upcoming budget caps in 2027). [1]
    • Illinois: Covers specific adult age brackets. [1]
    • New York: Covers specific adult demographics. [1]
    • Oregon: Covers all income-eligible undocumented adults. [1, 2]
    • Washington: Covers specific adult demographics. [1, 2]
    • Washington, D.C.: Provides adult coverage through the D.C. Health Care Alliance. [1, 2]

Fair point, but it's consistent with what I said: no federal Medicaid money goes to undocumented immigrants. Those programs are state-funded, so the federal ~$1T cut can't touch them. Whatever states decide to do with their own programs is a separate budget decision.
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vazhog
The feds give money to the states for them to use - Cutting the fed funding only means the taxpayer savings will passed onto the states that need to make up the Fed dollars cut -See the list above for those states affected
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... :)
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Chili dog bowl, water… (homemade chili)
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Leftover wanton soup and pork fried rice. Water.
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Tuna salad sandwich on toasted honey whole wheat bread with a handful of kettle chips. Water.
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Breakfast for lunch. Crispy corned beef hash, home fries, two over easy eggs and sourdough toast.

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Weird F1 weekend is already over with a Saturday race.
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Today is the anniversary of Dan Wheldon's passing at Las Vegas in a dreadful crash that luckily didn't take more drivers' lives. I vaguely remember the crash, but I more strongly remember Paul Tracy trying to keep it together as he left the Medical Center knowing that Dan most likely wasn't going to.

The safety in these vehicles is beyond incomprehensible, especially relative to what it was 60 years ago, when dying wasn't unexpected. But it is still very dangerous. I always scoff at the prayer invocations, but never scoff at the risks these drivers take and the emergency workers out there who might need to pull short of a miracle to save a driver's life.
Tried to watch the truck race but the stage c**p is why I don't watch NASCAR anymore…
HBO Max has the live in car streaming without commercials, which provides an interesting take, but you are driving blind, knowing only what the team is telling the driver about what is happening on the track. The stages definitely ruin the NASCAR set up.
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NASCAR is an abject mess, but at least it has Kyle Larson. Guy had the lead on the green/white checker, fell back to 12th or the like, kept his cool, and charged back to win with room to spare at the line. And win very cleanly!

NASCAR needs to stop racing at Talladega. Especially if they are going for elderly Sunday drives at the track! Stage racing is real stupid, but NASCAR should consider one half point a second per group gap as a bonus.