Dish tailgater weak signal

[Maguirre]

Hi all, I have a dish tailgater that will not receive a signal stronger then 45 for Sat 110 and 119. I have connected directly to reciever with different rg6 cables. I moved tailgater different locations. Is there a way to adjust the elevation on the tailgater ? Any suggestions? Thank you on ya my receiver is a VIP 211z.

 

[hoefler]

Pretty much normal, smaller antenna will recieve less signal.

 

[LBR]

^^X2^^.....never have seen ours up any higher neither. If the antenna was larger, so could be the strength meters.

 

[jayc]

When I had a Carryout antenna, that signal strength was pretty normal. It was strong enough to get a good hi def signal on the channels that offered it.

 

[Gary521]

I have a Tailgater and the signal strength is terrible and, in a lot of cases, I cannot find the satellites at all. I am tired of fooling with it.To solve this problem, I got a Winegard X2. The dish size is almost as large as a home dish. The dish works with both eastern and western satellites. Problem solved.

 

[MTPockets]

We travelled full time for over four years with the Tailgater and it worked flawlessly. But, shortly after getting it, we had issues until I replaced the 50 ft cable with a higher quality cable. After that, perfect.

 

[pegmikef]

I have used the tailgater since they were first manufactured with very few problems. Most of the signal reception problems I have encountered were location problems and I have noticed different areas of the USA have better reception than others. That being said, I have watched people moving their rigs two or three times to gain reception. My setup works perfectly for what we use it for. High quality cable is a must and make sure it is not RG58 (there's a lot of it still around being sold at "bargain" prices).

 

[Gary521]

We travelled full time for over four years with the Tailgater and it worked flawlessly. But, shortly after getting it, we had issues until I replaced the 50 ft cable with a higher quality cable. After that, perfect.

OK, what is a higher quality cable and what makes a higher quality cable? Just Curious!

 

['Lil Guy']

Not sure if it's RS, RG or RX but the last number is 6. Someone will jump in and give you the prefix.

 

[pegmikef]

Not sure if it's RS, RG or RX but the last number is 6. Someone will jump in and give you the prefix.

I think mine is RG60. Actually, the one that came with my tailgater was a good one. I am still using it. One other thing. Check all the cable connectors and connection. A loose connection or loose connector can also result in line loss.

 

['Lil Guy']

That’s it. I couldn’t remember the exact number but I read that it makes a huge difference with satellite tv. I believe the lesser cable is ok for cable hookup


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