How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

[mahrkpat]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

so how much does this cost?

The cost is £19.99 for it here is a link for it if you are interested.
__http://www.beststuff.co.uk/store/Para-Protection-System-Satellite-Umbrella.htm

Personally I would just cut 2ltr plastic bottle in half and stick that over
the LNB to achieve a similar effect.

[stu667]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

Personally I would just cut 2ltr plastic bottle in half and stick that over
the LNB to achieve a similar effect.

Yes, this is what I was thinking. I actually made a protection out of a plastic cup. It works ok but with heavy rain, it's useless.

Am I missing something or does it have to have a specific design?

[mahrkpat]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

Yes, this is what I was thinking. I actually made a protection out of a plastic cup. It works ok but with heavy rain, it's useless.

Am I missing something or does it have to have a specific design?

It takes very heavy rain to affect signal reception of a properly
aimed and wired satellite home system. What causes signal
attenuation is mainly wave absorption by the rain drops.
There is also some signal scattering, due to refraction and
diffraction of electromagnetic waves in and around rain drops.
If you get a lot of heavy rain, it does make sense to consider
larger dish in areas where heavy rains or snow are relatively
frequent, to compensate for signal attenuation.
Not all satellite signals are affected equally. In general, the longer
radio wave, the less affected it is by the "rain fade".
Reception quality also can be affected by water or snow/ice
accumulating over the surface of a dish receptor.
This can cause scatter and less efficient focusing of the satellite
signal after its reflection from the dish surface.
To answer your question it helps a little but not as much as having
a bigger size dish.

[stu667]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

Mine is 80 cm. Signal loss is dramatic on 4.8e. I have multi lnb setup on the dish so it might be the cause of my problems.

I live in France and pointing on astra/HB.

[mahrkpat]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

Programming emitted in the longer C-band wavelength is significantly
less subject to this kind of interference than programming in shorter
Ku-band and, especially, Ka-band.
Astra 4.8e transmits in the Ku/Ka band so more likely to be affected by,
heavy rain also, the farther off central receiving area location, the
more pronounced rain-fade effect. Rain fade "over-sensitivity" indicates
less than optimally aimed dish.
So if you are watching programs transmitted in Ka they will be affected
the worst.

[mahrkpat]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.



Has anyone tried this spray on protector? they say one coating lasts
10 years.

__http://www.wx2100.com/how-it-works.cfm

[kostis]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

This is similar with the nano tech for cars and windows were it really does a nice work protecting the car from sun and dirt. they also claim that nano last on the car for almost 1 year but it really work great for only 3-4 mouths. i guess the same will happen here.

[sossenheim-ffm]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

I have tried that spray.
Got it here. At the starting it worked really fine and I was fascinated that it works so fine.
But after 10 weeks it is normal again.
I wouldn't buy them anymore because it works great only the first 4 weeks.
For the winter december till april it s okay but it won't work permanently.
Hope I could help

[findeciclo]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

I have tried that spray.
Got it here. At the starting it worked really fine and I was fascinated that it works so fine.
But after 10 weeks it is normal again.
I wouldn't buy them anymore because it works great only the first 4 weeks.
For the winter december till april it s okay but it won't work permanently.
Hope I could help

And what about the price? How much expensive is it?
10 protection weeks is very interesting if the price is low.
Best regards.

[mabega]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

Mine is 80 cm. Signal loss is dramatic on 4.8e. I have multi lnb setup on the dish so it might be the cause of my problems.

I live in France and pointing on astra/HB.

Stu, in a multi LNB installation one (or both) LNB use a secondary focus of the dish, with a slight signal reduction.

[Craig25]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

Are these common in the uk and would they also protect from wind

[pat3]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

no snow problems with kathrein dish.
It seems that they have a special finish.

[besit]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

I already wrote about how I fight rain
It looks familiar with that "PARA PROTECTION SYSTEM SATELLITE UMBRELLA"

This setup is very successful in preventing moisture on LNBF. It also helps with the snow in these rare cases when it falls and immediately melts.
I never needed to de-freeze dish surface.

[easydigital]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

Put a garbage bag over the dish and transponder. Tape it around the post so it won't blow off.

Has anyone tried any form of ski or snowboard wax?

[kalpikos]

Re: How to avoid snowy and rainy on our sat dish.

I consider the solution of dear findeciclo with the low voltage satellite dish heater, very very dangerous.

Instead of that, I suggest a very easy and low budget method:

-Wipe the satellite dish clean with a damp washcloth.

-Spray the entire dish with cooking oil spray.
The oil will form a slippery barrier that snow or rain cannot penetrate.

-Keep an eye on the satellite dish,
as you may need to do two or more applications throughout the winter.
Apply more oil as soon as you see snow sticking to the dish.