We only use our DISH, activating the subscription when we travel.  Our last trip through the south in February 2012 we were unable to access local channels through DISH and were told we had to pay additional.  This used to be included in the subscription pkg. we had.  When we would call for assistance we got the phone staff who had never heard of the RV  program. We sent an email and have had no response no acknowledgement. 

 Have others had this trouble and or what do you use for occasional travel.  We thought that DISH was our answer but evidently they are no longer intereted in on and off again RVers??' 

We use dish and just became full timers, We are having the same problems, thier supervisors seem to know about RVing ,but not the average tech. Dish and direct tv are now owned by the same company so threatening to go to the other company does not help. We bought a box from camping world  and installed it and called dish to activate now they are claiming that we are leasing it from them. Still no local channels. Have an appointment on Thursday maybe it will get resolved, won't hold my breath. 

We have been DISH customers since 2001.  We have always taken our reciever from home when we traveled and used an outside dish to the  auxillary connection in our service compartment.  Local channels from our home area (KY) were never a problem until 2007, even in FL or IA.  Then when we couldn't get them and contacting Dish they told us the government rules had changed and you had to receive local stations from the Marketing Area in which your receiver was located. 

They sent us a 'Dish Network Proof of Ownership Form' which we filled out and faxed to them with a copy of our then current MotorHome registration.  Since that time when we are away from home we take our DVR with us and when connected to satallites 110 and 119, phone to tech support and give our location address and site number to receive the local channels.   As previously stated by others not all techs are knowledgeable in the switching procedures.  This time the tech reformatted our hard drive which resulted in loosing all our previously recorded programming!  I guess I will no longer try to educate the 1st line techs and request a supervisor for switching locals or as previously suggestet, request an RV tech.

Harry and Rowena Johnson

2002 Southwind 35R

2000 Accord n 2012 CRV toads

We had Direct TV in our prior RV.  Our new one has Dish.  Since it was already equipped that way we decided to give Dish a try though we have Direct TV at home. Because Dish has to access 2 satelites the response time when changing channels is very slow.  I also hate listening to the darn thing grind around when it is changing from locking on one satellite to locking on the other.   We have also found that if we don't turn it off at night it will often go into search mode - I suppose if weather or something causes it to loose the satellite.  We find it very aggrivating compared to Direct TV and I suspect that we willl end up changing it out and getting Direct TV.

Lynn Simon and Gary Averett