turtleandtoad - 1-20-2005 at 08:05 PM
I've been told that once I get about 200 miles into Baja I will need at least a 1 meter dish to get Dish Network.
Does anyone know where I can by a portable dish of this size?
Are they available in Baja? and if so, are they cheaper than the US?
I am heading for Cabo and expect to be knocking about in Baja for about 2 months so need something easy to set up and store.
try this in Baja
yankeeirishman - 1-21-2005 at 12:18 AM
Fish, hike, walk, beach comb, catch snakes....so why ya want a T.V.?! It's Baja.
turtleandtoad - 1-21-2005 at 09:49 AM
You got to have something to do after dark, and since I'm single and don't frequent bars, that leaves books and TV.
Plus I'm addicted to CNN
Roberto - 1-21-2005 at 04:20 PM
It's ok, you're allowed to watch TV in Baja. Check out http://www.winegard.com . If you are going all the way to the tip, you WILL need a larger dish. In BCN, a regular size will do.
I confess!
yankeeirishman - 1-21-2005 at 05:36 PM
Yeah, yeah.... I confess that there's a Portable DVD or Xbox blasting away in our Rover during the long travels. I never watch the DVD movies while I
am driving, I prefer playing the Xbox as we cruise!
turtleandtoad - 1-21-2005 at 07:50 PM
Hey Yankeeirishman;
considering what I've heard about the width of the highways down there, I hope you're not looking at anything but the road while driving!!
And I plan on doing all that other stuff, plus more when I get there. But I'll leave the snake catching to you. I'm not afraid of catching them but
don't know what to do with them after I catch them. 
"it's a great gift"
yankeeirishman - 1-21-2005 at 08:50 PM
Oh, them snakes are great for the Mother in Law to play with.
Sat. dish in Baja
Phil S - 1-21-2005 at 09:52 PM
I bought a 1 meter in the states last year & brought down to Loreto. Couldn't raise Dish 500 with it. Been told I need something larger. Geezzzz!!!!
In LaPaz prior to that time, I priced 1 meters & was told it would be $395.00 u.s. I passed. Paid $150.00 from Sat. store in Oregon. Check with any
sat. installation where you are going & you shouldn't have any trouble finding one. Will just have to deal with the price. Good luck, and let us know
what you ended up doing.
turtleandtoad - 1-21-2005 at 10:11 PM
Phil S,
If I understand you correctly, a 1 meter dish will NOT be big enough in Cabo? I'm trying to get the Dish 119W satellite.
Does anyone know just how big I have to go?
[Edited on 1-22-2005 by turtleandtoad]
dish in cabo
Phil S - 1-22-2005 at 08:30 PM
t&t. It didn't work for us. Ask around. Must be some people living in Cabo or S.J. del Cabo who could respond to this request. However, the l meter
dish did work for us from a friend who loaned us their signal & receiver on Direct t.v.
I have a 2 meter dish that can get anything
capt. mike - 1-22-2005 at 09:54 PM
you want!! the thing is...it's in PHX area!
but if you want it...e me..otherwise it WILL eventually end up in baja...
now I know why I held on to it all these years...ha!!
Give NASA a hand?
turtleandtoad - 1-22-2005 at 10:11 PM
2 meter? With that I could find the missing Mars rovers!
But I'm having trouble finding a place to stow my beach umbrella as it is now, where would i store a 6.5 ft dish!!!
Thanks for the offer anyway
satellite dish
comitan - 1-23-2005 at 01:16 PM
In La Paz you need at least 1.2 meter dish cabo I don't know
Garry - 1-23-2005 at 01:18 PM
HOLA, I have a 3.5 meter dish in Sac. Ca in you need it?
turtleandtoad - 1-23-2005 at 02:08 PM
OK, so where do I buy a 1.2 meter portable dish?
The largest that Winegard lists is the 1 meter.
sat dish
comitan - 1-23-2005 at 07:56 PM
there is a person here in la paz that sells them I think they are around $300 but they are not portable.
Bruce R Leech - 1-23-2005 at 08:14 PM
you can make one out of Styrofoam and aluminum foil.
Antique C-Band dish...20 footer
Pompano - 1-24-2005 at 05:07 AM
this was great for watching those I Love Lucy reruns in the 70's!!! Anybody have a use for this? Has a receiver, tuner, motor, etc. Free to a TV
lover's home.
Opps..forgot the photo of the antique dish...
Pompano - 1-24-2005 at 05:09 AM
20' sat. antenna
Phil S - 1-24-2005 at 07:41 AM
Pompano. How abut turning it upside down, add oja's, and a post, and plant in ground & use as outdoor shade area? Seen them here in Loreto, but not
in the 20' size, used that way.
Then that would make it a...
Anonymous - 1-24-2005 at 08:12 AM
Parabolic Palapa!
turtleandtoad - 1-24-2005 at 08:48 AM
Thanks Pompano
Go anead and put that 42 up for sale, if you still have it and I haven't found anything else by Feb 7th I'll buy it and pick it up on my way through.
In the meantime I'll continue to try to find out just how big a Cabo dish has to be.
I think I'll give Dish Network a call and see what they say.
Dish
dono - 1-26-2005 at 09:46 AM
We have the 48" dish here in Los Barriles and it works great except when we get reall heavy cloud cover which happens rarely. We paid about $300