Ok, let me go further into depth on what I did. I had the tailgater in clear sky, I ran 50ft of RG9 cable from the external camper connector to the Tailgater (I have been using this setup/camper with Directv for years - without the tailgater of course). I did a check dish and it went through the 3 steps, obtained the signal, guide and everything was great. Then all I did was unhook the connection at the camper and inserted the 100ft cable therefore now it's 150ft. The signal remained and the tv was fine. However, to ensure that the 150 ft of cable would work for initial setup, I did not touch anything (again it was working) and I did a check dish (4 times). Every time it failed on step 2. Then, I took out the 100ft and reattached the end of the original 50 ft, did a check dish and everything worked again. Then I completely removed the 50 ft of cable, installed 100 ft (camper to tailgater) and the signal remained and the picture was ok. Then, as if initial start up for a new camping trip, I did not touch anything and did a check dish. Step 2 failed, I tried 4 times. So the signal is good enough to travel the distance but for some reason with the longer cable(s), check dish will not complete and obtain signal on the 3 satellites. Thanks for the help.