I have had my Dish Network Satellite dish for three months now and have lost my signal 3 times due to snow. Can anyone suggest a good way to keep this from happening. We've sprayed it with PAM and it didn't help. Are the silicone covers the answer. My dish is 30 feet in the air so a heater really isn't capable. Please help....
Snow Problems
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When the new satellite at 129 Ciel 2 kicks in, hopefully in a few days, it should work better as the signal will be stronger ... melting the snow off of the dish.
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With that being said ... I have seen some of the dome covers that you see sometimes for dishes. Not sure how well those work though ...
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With that being said ... I have seen some of the dome covers that you see sometimes for dishes. Not sure how well those work though ...
As long as that signal has to shoot through snow, you'll lose signal strength. If you are losing signal only when it is snowing, not much you can do about it. If you are losing it because of accumulation on the dish, only thing you can do is clean it off if heating your dish is not an option.
For the FIRST time in over 12 years of having dish I have cleaned the dish perhaps a dozen times this winter. normally every couple winters perhaps one wet sticky snow needed cleaning.
if this keeps up i will heat my dish......
if this keeps up i will heat my dish......
You could try mounting your dish inside the house. You may not get reception, but it won't get snow covered either!
I was fortunate enough to have Line of Sight (LOS) with the dish mounted on the edge of my wooden deck/porch. So when it gets bad, I just go out with a broom and push the snow off. Height is not needed if you have LOS unless you have vandals.
-Ken
-Ken
