"iBoaterer" wrote in message
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In article , "Mr.
Luddite" says...

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:33:31 -0400, "F.O.A.D."
wrote:

Every so often, I think about converting from cable to dish, but
the
two
dish companies here seem unwilling or incapable of distributing
info
that is clear and understandable.

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Satellite TV service is very susceptible to thunderstorm outages.
Fiber optic is the way to go if they have it in your area.

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I can understand that in your area given the almost daily
thunderstorms you have during the summer. Up here we have a few,
but
not often.
When we were in Florida we had Direct TV but we were only there for
the winter months with few thunderstorms.

The only problem I have up here with Direct TV is that a tree has
grown a leaf laden branch directly in liine with the dish to
satellite
view.
It's not normally a problem unless the wind is strong, blowing the
limb and leaves around. A tall ladder and a chain saw will take
care of that soon.
Oh ... and if we have a heavy, wet snowfall, I have to brush it off
the dish once in a while. I mounted the portable dish on the
railing
of a porch that goes off my man cave, so that isn't really a big
deal
to do.

I've heard they have come a long way as far as rain and storms
blocking
signal. Do you find that to be true?

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Hard to tell because I don't know how it was way back when. If we
have a very heavy thunderstorm roll in with thick clouds and rain,
I'll lose the sat signal until it passes. Same with a heavy
snowstorm. But, it really has to be coming down in buckets to screw
it up. My dish isn't anything fancy ... just a portable oval type
with one "pickup" or whatever it is.

What amazed me is when I had it on the boat. Scituate Harbor tides
can run 10 feet (low to high) and I never lost the signal or
reception. Also, if it was really windy and the boat was moving
around a lot in the slip, it also didn't bother it. This was a fixed
disk ... not one of the fancy auto adjusting servo types. Worked
well.