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Did I Get Screwed By an Incompetent Roofer? Need Advice mg 06-03-2007
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Posted by mm on June 4, 2007, 11:16 pm
On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:00:58 -0700, Tim Smith

>> I am often stupid but to be fair to me, not in this case. I was
>
>It wasn't meant to imply anything about you. The thread with you just
>reminded me of that conversation because of the way it was structured,
>not the actual content and its brilliance or not. :-)

I can see that, thanks. And thanks, Eigenvector.

Posted by JimR on June 4, 2007, 8:28 am

> @bigfoot.com says...
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Having the dish within arm's length helps with snow removal. You can
>> >also
>> >more easily move it if tree growth interferes.
>>
>> Don't these signals go through trees?
>
> No.
>
>> Rabbit ears work, and I thought the satellite frequencies were higher
>> than UHF.
>
> They are, but consider that visible light is much* higher yet. It
> gets scattered pretty well by trees.
>
> --
> Keith

Satellite signals are in the 4 GHz range and can be blocked by thunderstorms
as well as trees, etc. Also, any upgrades to a dish will probably be to
either the software or possibly the feed horn, so the installation itself is
relatively permanent. Over a few years we've had a few feed elements
replaced, which isn't a big deal. --



Posted by mg on June 4, 2007, 11:06 am
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > @bigfoot.com says...
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >Having the dish within arm's length helps with snow removal. You can
> >> >also
> >> >more easily move it if tree growth interferes.
>
> >> Don't these signals go through trees?
>
> > No.
>
> >> Rabbit ears work, and I thought the satellite frequencies were higher
> >> than UHF.
>
> > They are, but consider that visible light is much* higher yet. It
> > gets scattered pretty well by trees.
>
> > --
> > Keith
>
> Satellite signals are in the 4 GHz range and can be blocked by thunderstorms
> as well as trees, etc. Also, any upgrades to a dish will probably be to
> either the software or possibly the feed horn, so the installation itself is
> relatively permanent. Over a few years we've had a few feed elements
> replaced, which isn't a big deal. --- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Unfortunately that's not the case. I'm currently on my third dish
antenna from DirecTV, for instance. If there's a bright side, though,
the mounting hole pattern on the dishes does appear to stay the same.
Here's the scenario with my 3 dishes:

Dish 1 - Standard dish
Dish 2 - Upgrade to HDTV
Dish 3 - Upgrade to receive local HDTV channels and HDTV from new
satellite
http://www.solidsignal.com/satellite/directv_dish_antenna_types.asp



Posted by PeterD on June 4, 2007, 9:02 am
wrote:

>wrote:
>
>>
>>Having the dish within arm's length helps with snow removal. You can also
>>more easily move it if tree growth interferes.
>
>Don't these signals go through trees?

Nope. Not through leaves.

>
>Rabbit ears work, and I thought the satellite frequencies were higher
>than UHF.

They are, they are microwave. Easily absorbed by water for example.
The water in leaves is what makes the trees 'microwave opaque'. <g>

Posted by mm on June 4, 2007, 1:56 pm

>wrote:
>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Having the dish within arm's length helps with snow removal. You can also
>>>more easily move it if tree growth interferes.
>>
>>Don't these signals go through trees?
>
>Nope. Not through leaves.
>
>>
>>Rabbit ears work, and I thought the satellite frequencies were higher
>>than UHF.
>
>They are, they are microwave. Easily absorbed by water for example.
>The water in leaves is what makes the trees 'microwave opaque'. <g>

Uh huh! I get it now. That's what gets hot in microwave ovens too.
We got to get rid of all that water. It seems to cause a lot of
trouble. Aren't there old mines in Utah or Nevada where we could put
the stuff?

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