That's an interesting idea Steve. This is what winegard chat told me:
Glenn,
The SK-1000 Trav'ler is a DISH only system, it cannot be switched to DirecTV.
Thank you,
Winegard Customer Support
800-288-8094/800-788-4417
I have been with Dish for 14 years but I'm only looking into my options at this point. My antenna is only two years old so I'm thinking it has the latest stuff. What I'm doing is looking into getting rid of Sprint (worthless data roaming policy) and thinking about AT&T because they have towers where I go. If I switch to them they also own Directv and will give a discount if I switch to them. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet.