Dish 1000 (Converson)?

[merrilea]

Hello,
As I posted in an earlier post, I installed a dish 1000 dish and a 20" dish pointed at 61.5 all tied together with a DP44 switch. All signals were good 85% to 89% and good reception.
We have been having a lot of storms and a lot of wind lately.
So I have been experiencing a lot of rain fade, more than before with the dish 500.
My question is: the dish 1000 is 20"x 18" dish; would the dish 1000 set-up work better with a dish 500 20" dish?
(That is swapping-out the 18x20 for the 20" Dish)

If this cannot be done, is there anything else that can be done to limit the loss of signal?

[reallyniceguy]

yeah you have to try and get `100 % signal..it is attainable on 61.5 and ive seen 99% on sat 110 and 110 on dish 1000 basically if your signal is at 80 percent/..when it rqains it will fade however if your signal is at 100 when it rains it rarely goes out.

[merrilea]

Well, I figured out my problem. I had a cedar tree about ten feet to the right of the dish; when the heavy winds blew certain ways it shadowed the dish.
A good hair cut solved the problem. DAA!
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