I have Directv, when I go camping can I hook up a portable dish to my current box if I take it with me?

Question

I have Directv, when I go camping can I hook up a portable dish to my current box if I take it with me?

Answer 1

Yes! I've done this many times.  In my case I mounted a small 18" dish to a piece of wood and just weigh it down with rocks or whatever when I set up.

You CAN get some neat equipment to help though; there are mobile dish verions with adjustments that are easier to make frequently on, they also fold up. There's also tripod stands that you can use.

In order to make this work well though you need to be comfortable setting up the angles on the dish to point it correctly to the satellite. A sat finder will help but you still need to have a general idea where to point the dish first; bring a compass with you.