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Originally Posted by wejones

Well, we're finally getting some snow in Maine, about 10" on the way to what they predict will approach 20". My big dish is parked down on C3 (or whatever is's called now). It's still getting C-band, but if there was Ku on that sat, it would be long gone due to the weight of the snow pulling the dish down, and if I had left IT on AMC3, I wouldn't even be getting C-band on it.

However, this is the first real test of the little 3' Fortec dish. I still have it up on AMC3 on the PBS channels, and it's going strong. The offset design, and slippery surface allows the snow to just slip off. Big dish is half covered with snow, but there isn't any at all on the little dish. Even if it had picked up snow, it's easy to knock off, unlike the big dish that is all dented (some dents as big as a softball) from me hitting it with a broom.

Anyway, I'm impressed with the little thing. I didn't expect to see any satellite until Friday.

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