Let's Dish...

No, nothing to do with celebrity gossip.

Our Dish satellite receiver has been acting up.  We called Dish, and they will send out a technician to replace the receiver; actually, they consider it a whole new install.  In our RV.  We were very specific about what we wanted for a receiver, and the person on the phone assured Joan that the installer would have exactly what we wanted.

He didn't.

"They don't even make that receiver any more."  Yeah, we know that... it worked better for RVers, so they "upgraded" it with a receiver that doesn't work as well in an RV.

So, he replaced our receiver with the same model receiver.  Well, Joan replaced it - she said, "I will swap those out."

"I wouldn't argue with her if I were you," I said.

It took Joan about 12 seconds to swap the receivers out.  The new one couldn't find the signal at all.

"It must be your Tailgater," the installer said.  He set up a fixed dish next to our Tailgater.  It took forever to get a signal, but it finally happened.  "You can have that dish," he said.  It's free with your install.

I don't really want a big ol' dish.  I don't really have a place to put a big ol' dish every time we move.  So, we have a new receiver and a big ol' dish.  I moved our Tailgater and am trying it just over from the big ol' dish.

We used to have to go through 3 "switch installation checks" with the other receiver.  This new one has to go through 38 checks.  Yeah, that is real convenient.

The installer suggested that the Tailgater isn't really meant for being in one place for any length of time... he said, "Use the Tailgater when you're moving around, and this big ol' dish (my words) for when you're in one place for a while."

Some of you may recall that I was looking to "simplify"... how's that working out for you, Jim?