The Limitations Of Satellite Rears Its Ugly Head

[slick1ru2]

Finally get access to the NFL Red Zone channel and just about the entire second half of the broadcast is missed today due the record rains in Atlanta. A trade off I have to live with, I have yet to have a good cable experience in metro Atlanta. I have never loss satellite radio signal, but of course the data difference is huge. Cable was a continuing nightmare of bad picture on different channels. Just a post from frustration really. Sigh.

 

[digiblur]

What kind of signals do you get without the rain? You might need a repoint. Even in the "wet" state I live in, I rarely get any drops of signal.

 

[commodore_dude]

I've had HD less than 50% of the time for the past week with the rain in Atlanta. It's abysmal.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I bet your on a Eastern Arc Dish...

 

[jmccurrytech]

We've had a lot of rain here in Carolina's too, I lost signal on 61.5 a couple times, my receiver has been using 129 for a while for HD.

 

[ncted]

I almost never lose signal with Dish. It has to be monsooning for me to lose signal, and, if it is, the cable (and Internet) is out too. I have a 1000+ with a 500 wing dish for 61.5.

Ted

 

[HiDefRev]

Interesting

I live just south of Atlanta, and very seldom have signal loss. In fact, I had none this weekend. I would suggest a re-alignment of your dish.

 

[bnewt]

I live just south of Louisville, Ky & have western arc. What type of signals should I be getting? I lost signal yesterday a.m. during the rain.

 

[kvnfl]

Another cause could be a loose cable connection. Never hurts to grab a couple of 7/16" box wrenches and make sure all your connections are tight inside and outside.

 

[JEFFinINDY]

I just talked to a friend in ATL and he said that the clouds are so thick that it's almost as dark as nighttime in the middle of the day.

 

[slick1ru2]

We are having our second 100 year storm in 5 years, like 20 inches this weekend, this isn't normal at all. Another 1-5" coming, its like the 3rd world. Over 100 roads closed in my county alone, deaths, evacuations, mudslides, etc..

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[Pete K]

I had no problems watching Red Zone yesterday and the weather in my area east of Atlanta wasn't much better than what Atlanta was getting. I agree with those who say you should re-align your dish and check your cable connections. Rain will kill the signal, if it is extremely heavy, or what we call a "toad strangler" in these parts.

 

[slick1ru2]

I'm in Cobb county. Its raining now and overcast and I have about 45 on 129 West.

 

[slick1ru2]

The closest weather station on wunderground.com to where I am, probably within 5 miles shows 18 inches since midnight Sat.

 

[slick1ru2]

I had no problems watching Red Zone yesterday and the weather in my area east of Atlanta wasn't much better than what Atlanta was getting. I agree with those who say you should re-align your dish and check your cable connections. Rain will kill the signal, if it is extremely heavy, or what we call a "toad strangler" in these parts.

What I am seeing coming from the SW and going to the NE so I guess it depends on where you are to the east.

 

[Awohar]

You should be more concerned that your dish and everything below it is going to be submerged in a few days. Maybe you can sign up to beta test the H2.0 dish.

 

[8bitbytes]

I'm in Cobb county. Its raining now and overcast and I have about 45 on 129 West.

There's your problem, 129. That's a low angle satellite requiring a lot of horizon. You are not able to use 61.5?

 

[Carl B]

I haven't had a rain-fade problem with Dish since the new satellite went on line at 129, and we had a very rainy spring and early to mid-summer. However, in these parts the problem is snow buildup. When the snow flies and the accumulation is greater than about 4 inches, I'm out with my pole broom cleaning off the dish every few hours. I looked at the dish heaters, but they are pricey and I'd have a problem getting them to a power source. I used to do the Pam on dish thing years ago, but it didn't help much and then your dish turns burnt yellow from the sun.

 

[commodore_dude]

I bet your on a Eastern Arc Dish...

Western Arc here. Unfortunately I'm pretty certain I can't use Eastern Arc due to trees, there's one gap in them that the installer said my signal level was great through for the 1000.2 dish... obviously not.

 

[jwgreen68]

I bet your on a Eastern Arc Dish...

Same problem here and I'm on EA. I missed the last 15 minutes of "House" and "Heroes" last night because of rain. And no repoint helps. If a bird flies over my dish and pisses, I'm out service.