A recent topic prompted me to post some pics of my satellite dish working in situations where I had extreme doubts wether I would get a signal.
The third pic down with the power wires produced an unreliable signal but it may have also been the weather with heavy rain and thunderstorms.
The other situations produced perfect reception.
This may help someone in making a decision about an auto roof mounted dish. The dish wont lock onto a satellite if the view is blocked so as you can see the view does not have to be perfect.
Hi Dickodownunder, Just to bring some info to your attention. You will not receive a suitable signal from the Sat unless you have a clear view to it.
this means Trees, buildings, hills, etc unless you have that clear view you will get either no signal or one that is too weak for the receiver to lock too.
Along with those issues are the weather ones. Heavy rain like you might get in a thunderstorm will also produce the same effect.
Trust those comments are helpful to you
briche
Oops, read that wrong. My switched off brain misread the comment.
you have of course, got all the issues covered.
briche
-- Edited by briche on Monday 26th of November 2018 09:57:48 AM
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Hi Dickodownunder, Just to bring some info to your attention. You will not receive a suitable signal from the Sat unless you have a clear view to it.
this means Trees, buildings, hills, etc unless you have that clear view you will get either no signal or one that is too weak for the receiver to lock too.
Along with those issues are the weather ones. Heavy rain like you might get in a thunderstorm will also produce the same effect.
Trust those comments are helpful to you
briche
Oops, read that wrong. My switched off brain misread the comment.
you have of course, got all the issues covered.
briche
-- Edited by briche on Monday 26th of November 2018 09:57:48 AM
Hahaha briche,
When we first got the roof mounted unit I was like you and assumed that we had to have an absolutely clear view of the sky.
I was very surprised to find that it is not the case.
Obviously it must depend on exact positioning. I was on a site at Gigandra with less trees than in the pics above and could not get a signal.
I was used to my portable dish where I would go to extremes to get a clear view of the sky when probably I didnt need to.
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The angle of the dish is entirely dependent on where the dish is on the earth in relation to the desired satellite.
While it would be very easy if we had a hard and fast rule regarding the angle it is totally up to where you are.
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