NeverWet product to prevent rain fade

[bshumaker]

has anyone tested the new rust-oleum neverwet products on the dish to see if it will help with rain fade??
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Ole...rpose-Spray-Kit-274232/204216476#.Uhp7Aj-nnu0


the product testing that i have watched looks like it would do wonders on the reflector by making the rain fall off the dish in beads and not mess signal up as much

 

[Bobby]

The rain on the dish doesn't contribute much to the rain fade syndrome. Heavy cloud cover or pouring rain to south is what does it.....

 

[bshumaker]

it does where i live will have above 60 signal on 61.5 with heavy rain drops to zero

 

[Bobby]

It's the rain drops in front of the dish, not what is on it....

 

[bshumaker]

the hose test tells otherwise yes the term rainfade is about the rain between the reflector and the satellite, but the rain on dish will interfer with signal some and want to see about maybe getting the a 20-30 range by preventing rain/ snow from sticking on reflector.... if reflector is wet it will make the signal not go in center of the feedhorn as if it was dry... i relize would probably be a minor difference just wondering how big of a difference

 

[navychop]

I believe this has been posted elsewhere here. Some guy did a bit on YouTube and it doesn't last much longer than it takes to make the video.

 

[bshumaker]

i havent been able to find anything on youtube or here yet

 

[dwarren2]

What really would be good about the product would be if it prevents snow/ice from sticking to the dish in winter.

 

[mike123abc]

What really would be good about the product would be if it prevents snow/ice from sticking to the dish in winter.

Perhaps some heat tape on the back of the dish...

 

[bshumaker]

according to what neverwet claims it that all liquids will not stick look at the youtube videos of it

 

[r10fret]

Rain fade happens before the rain even arrives around here, when the rain is in the distance and the sky is dark, so dark it blocks out any direct sunlight and the street lights come on, once the rain starts right overhead the signal is usually back on. This product won't do a thing but a bigger dish like a superdish would and virtually eliminates outage time.

 

[dwarren2]

Rain fade occurs because the freq of the Dish signal is about the same size as a rain drop. The heavier the rain, the more the signal is blocked. Light or dark has nothng to do with it. Itr can occur at any time of day. If you have a heavy rainstorm that is between your dish and the satellite it is amined at, you can get rain fade.

 

[Yespage]

the hose test tells otherwise yes the term rainfade is about the rain between the reflector and the satellite, but the rain on dish will interfer with signal some and want to see about maybe getting the a 20-30 range by preventing rain/ snow from sticking on reflector.... if reflector is wet it will make the signal not go in center of the feedhorn as if it was dry... i relize would probably be a minor difference just wondering how big of a difference

I remember losing my signal once and went to see the dish. Snow was almost going from the LNB to the dish... it was completely covered and only then lost signal.

I've lost signal without a drop of rain over me, when a storm is passing south in the right spot. Nothing you can put on the Dish will improve that.

The product being sold to help with rain fade is a con. If rain on the dish is causing one to lose signal, they need a realignment.

 

[r10fret]

Rain fade occurs because the freq of the Dish signal is about the same size as a rain drop. The heavier the rain, the more the signal is blocked. Light or dark has nothng to do with it. Itr can occur at any time of day. If you have a heavy rainstorm that is between your dish and the satellite it is amined at, you can get rain fade.

From my experience light or dark does have something to do, I am not talking about time of day as you assumed, I am talking with respect to the cloud type, the darker the cloud the more saturated with heavy rain it is. That is why I say a larger reflector can overcome this for longer and sometimes prevent the signal from dropping out at all during the entire transit of the cloud between the earth station and the satellite. If a cloud is blocking out the sun and turning on street lights in the daytime it must be described as dark.

 

[Jimbo]

i havent been able to find anything on youtube or here yet

I think it was in the Pub, if your a pub member.

Try a search ...

 

[bshumaker]

ok im done with this post people are not understanding what im talking about and havent read the previous comments

 

[dare2be]

ok im done with this post people are not understanding what im talking about and havent read the previous comments

It is you that is not understanding and not reading previous comments. You specifically said you wonder how a wet reflector would affect signal...multiple people have chimed in that it is negligible (ie. no product on the reflector will affect signal any significant amount.) Bottom line: save your money.

 

[JimWH]

Assuming rain on the dish itself contributes to sgnal loss, maybe something like RainX would work as well?

 

[oldengineer]

OK, I just did an experiment with my 3LNB EA pole mount dish. 61.5 sat, transponder 23. SS was 55-56 dry, dropped down to 53-54 when soaking dish with hose. The stream was directed over the LNB so the loss was probably maximized.

 

[cfunk]

The product would help with snow sticking to dish.