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Originally Posted by HD-man
Hi all,
I have a question regarding dish orientation. My house is backing trees (I live in Northern Virginia). The distance from my house to the trees is approximately 80 feet. I am assuming the height of the trees to be around 80 feet. So a the calculation would give me an angle of 45 degrees. Thus, I would not be able to overcome the trees. However, if I install the dish on the roof of my house, This would reduce the height by 30 feet and thus the angle would be reduced to 30 degrees. Since miost satelites have an elevation of 40 deg. (from where I live), I should be able to capture a signal. Am I correct to assume that? My ultimate question would be: If some branches of tree are in the line of sight between the dish orientation and the satellite, is it possible to still get a signal? Do any of you dish expet have any thoughts on that?
Thank you for your help
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Sounds like a good plan. I would go that route. As far as a few branches it will reduce your signal & quality slightly. If there is dense foliage, It may block it enough you wont be able to receive anything. Keep in mind when the wind blows you may experience an intermittent outage from the trees swaying. So, since your going to keep a thresh hold of around thirty degress & most sats are above 40. You should be fine. Hope this helps.
