Rain fade in Florida?

[mini1]

Can anyone from Florida tell me about rain fade issues with the Slimline (assuming its aligned correctly)? Does a severe rain storm or approaching thunderstorm knock out the signal or does the larger dish reflect the signal better and overcome the cloud cover?

Thanks for your help in advance!

[Larry]

I have good signal strengths, but do get a lot of rain fade. I'm afraid it's just the nature of the beast.

[ptech]

Rain in Florida is like no other place. Nobody has ever seen a a storm until they have seen a Florida afternoon storm. You should be lucky your didh is still alligned after the rain, LOL

[jandar187]

I get rain fade during the heaviest of storms with my slimline setup.

Most times its pretty bearable, maybe once a week during summer. I did not even lose it during TS Fay as she dumped 20+ inches of rain on my house.

but like ptech said, some days i go check the dish to make sure it is still attached after those afternoon boomer storms.

[iceturkee]

i get the rain fade too but usually never more than 10 minutes max and that's during a monsoon. most times, its off a few minutes and then back on. and i rarely loose my sd!

[goober22]

I'm in the panhandle (Bay county) and it's really hit-or-miss. I've had downpours that did not phase it and drizzles that knocked it out!

It's never been out for more than 4-5 minutes for me. My signals are between 94-100 so I assume it's just blocking the signal. A normal, steady rain does not seem to affect it (YMMV). It's usually at the onset or if it's a real "gully-washer"!

[Jax Tom]

Northeast Florida here also. Lose it during big downpours for a few minutes. Not much of an issue at all.

[mini1]

Do you all find that the SD channels are less affected by a storm than HD?

[finallyretired]

i get the rain fade too but usually never more than 10 minutes max and that's during a monsoon. most times, its off a few minutes and then back on. and i rarely loose my sd!

I'm in Bham, Al, and also have occasional 5-10 min fades, usually only with HD. Sometimes, the TS doesn't have to be overhead, but that's uncommon. Hurricanes and heavy weather of long duration oddly enough aren't too disruptive.

[jtwex]

Do you all find that the SD channels are less affected by a storm than HD?

You've found my own personal weather predictor. First the spotbeam HD's go, then the national HD's go, then finally the sd stuff.