"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message
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"Richard L." wrote:
| If you're getting weather-related drop-outs, it means your dish
| installation is inadequate -- not big enough, not pointing in the
| right direction, or suffering from water penetration.
|
| --
| Richard L.

Wrongo, Limey-boy!

Study the physics of microwave propagation,
paying particular attention to moisture attenuation,
then get back with the group when you're up to speed.

More excuses from digital shills: It seems like they've got
an answer for everything!


Our AFN-TV satellite dish looks pretty much at the horizon to see the bird
they use here. Under normal circumstances, we get a good solid signal with
a level of about 89 and a quality of 9 or 10. When it rains hard, that can
drop to 60 and 3 or 4.. and sometimes it goes out completely. It's funny
sometimes that there can be no rain here locally, but raining hard in the
distance between the dish and the bird, and we'll lose the signal
completely. I think the only thing with water penetration is Richard L.