In message k.net
"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:


"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.

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.

Thank you, I'm well aware that moisture in the atmosphere
attenuates microwave signals; nonetheless, with a properly sized
and installed dish, loss of signals should be a very rare
occurrence. It's only happened to me twice in quite a number of
years of digital listening, and then only during exceptional
rainstorms, and only for a few minutes.

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

If I knew what a shill was, I might be able to comment on that.
But on the occasions I mention, it seems a safe bet that analogue
signals would have been pretty unusable too.

BTW, I don't see that there was any cause to be offensive about
this.

73,
--
Richard L.