Do you loose Satellite Signal in the Rain?

I don't !

(Well NO WHERE near as often as I did, I am now LAST in the neighborhood to loose signal, and I am the FIRST to get it back again, the result being more often than not I NEVER loose satellite signal at all!

I noticed my signal quality degrading over the last couple of weeks and a quick look at the calendar confirmed it was time to re-apply some Rain Shield (Also called Dome Magic in the RV industry) to my 90cm Hot Dish manufactured for DMSi the best antenna at that size available in the USA

I firstly washed off the old coating and the last six months of dust and grim (Did you know simply washing your dish at any time will help with signal quality!) Rinsed it off and waited around an hour until it was COMPLEATLY dry. At that point I gave the front of the reflector a good thick coating of the product. I like the wipes available from www.Kingdom2.com but a spray can is also available.

I consent rate on the bottom third of the dish, this is where most water collects during a storm, I often give this area a double coating, starting the wipe down and ending it on the bottom third.

It seems to have been raining here in the Metro area for a couple of weeks so this Fall break in the H2o has been ideal!! Here is to a nice mild winter with no signal outages caused by Rain, sleet or snow!

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[poolmanishere]

Rain-X...or Silicone spray, cheaper

[psb2usa]

@poolmanishere agree, but will not last as long.

[boxa888]

is it because the dish is getting grounded by the water connecting it to the earth??

[psb2usa]

@boxa888 Its because each little beadlet of water deflects the signal, so instead of the signal being focused and consentrated into the LNB, a lot of signal never makes into the LNB. Instead the signal reflects off the dish into nothing!

[rickcain2320]

Mount the dish on a pole near the ground, then you don't have to risk life and limb on top of your house. Makes the chore of cleaning it effortless.

[DxExcalibur]

Or maybe a inverted offset dish will resolve the problem, depending on the latitude.

[DxExcalibur]

This video is useless. The only problem in the rain with an offset dish are the rain drops on lnb. Maybe this treatment is good for snow. Snow will not stick to the dish.

If there is a rain drop on the lnb feddhorn, the signal decrease a lot. The solution is a cover for lnb, or a PFA ( prime focus antenna ) who will not have this problem.

[2009gibran]

WTF I DINT GET IT.....



[DStyleBoxing]

I have no idea why that would work... lol but if it works it works