Sky TV on windy days
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The dish needs aligning better.
There should be enough tolerance to small amounts of movement.
If you have it on the end of a high pole pointing over your roof then you will need a larger diameter steel not aluminium pole and probably bigger brackets on the wall.
If your dish is fixed directly to the side of the house you should be having no problems at all.
Are there any trees in line of sight?
There should be enough tolerance to small amounts of movement.
If you have it on the end of a high pole pointing over your roof then you will need a larger diameter steel not aluminium pole and probably bigger brackets on the wall.
If your dish is fixed directly to the side of the house you should be having no problems at all.
Are there any trees in line of sight?
Fixed to the gable end about 12 foot above GL. It's a bit of a wind tunnel and when wind is from one particular direction I guess it's causing vibration.
Friday with gusts of 40+mph I gave up trying to reconnect as it just lost signal within a few minutes. The sort of windspeeds that make you brace against it at ground level so must be stronger at the location of the dish.
No trees in the way but I believe "connection" to the satellite in our area can be complicated due to a bit of a mountain about a mile and a half away. Satellite "visible" over the top of said mountain.
Wondered if there was a way of bracing it back to the wall.
Friday with gusts of 40+mph I gave up trying to reconnect as it just lost signal within a few minutes. The sort of windspeeds that make you brace against it at ground level so must be stronger at the location of the dish.
No trees in the way but I believe "connection" to the satellite in our area can be complicated due to a bit of a mountain about a mile and a half away. Satellite "visible" over the top of said mountain.
Wondered if there was a way of bracing it back to the wall.
Skyedriver said:
Fixed to the gable end about 12 foot above GL. It's a bit of a wind tunnel and when wind is from one particular direction I guess it's causing vibration.
Friday with gusts of 40+mph I gave up trying to reconnect as it just lost signal within a few minutes. The sort of windspeeds that make you brace against it at ground level so must be stronger at the location of the dish.
No trees in the way but I believe "connection" to the satellite in our area can be complicated due to a bit of a mountain about a mile and a half away. Satellite "visible" over the top of said mountain.
Wondered if there was a way of bracing it back to the wall.
If you are in Scotland you should be using a zone 2 dish not a zone 1 Friday with gusts of 40+mph I gave up trying to reconnect as it just lost signal within a few minutes. The sort of windspeeds that make you brace against it at ground level so must be stronger at the location of the dish.
No trees in the way but I believe "connection" to the satellite in our area can be complicated due to a bit of a mountain about a mile and a half away. Satellite "visible" over the top of said mountain.
Wondered if there was a way of bracing it back to the wall.
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If it is properly installed and aligned it will work in most conditions apart from biblical rain and heavy snow. Wind should not affect it if it is properly installed and tuned in correctly.
As for the mountain interfering you have been spun a tale. The dish elevation is about 22 degrees so will very comfortably miss the mountain.
Hi, this is the dish that was installed about 4 year ago by the Sky installers.
I want to get a ladder out to see how stable it is but it's blowing a hoolie again today.
You're right about the mountain behind, I reckon the adjacent house about 70 metres away would be a bigger obstruction.
I want to get a ladder out to see how stable it is but it's blowing a hoolie again today.
You're right about the mountain behind, I reckon the adjacent house about 70 metres away would be a bigger obstruction.
Skyedriver said:
Hi, this is the dish that was installed about 4 year ago by the Sky installers.
I want to get a ladder out to see how stable it is but it's blowing a hoolie again today.
You're right about the mountain behind, I reckon the adjacent house about 70 metres away would be a bigger obstruction.
Just noticed where you are, get Kenny or Martin to realign it for you properly, it's literally a five minute job for them to do (I watched Kenny doing it at the scout Hall, plugged his box into the dish and sorted it out in jig time) 01631 564310 - they're in the Lochavullin Ind. Est. I want to get a ladder out to see how stable it is but it's blowing a hoolie again today.
You're right about the mountain behind, I reckon the adjacent house about 70 metres away would be a bigger obstruction.
Skyedriver said:
Hi and thanks for that, yes up in Benderloch. I wonder if it was them who set it up originally. Worked well at first but this last year or so it's been a right pain.
It went off twice yesterday, amazingly still on this morning.
I'm in Dunbeg and the wind has been mental at times over winter (I was in Oban overnight last night and it was going for it again!)It went off twice yesterday, amazingly still on this morning.
With the wind speeds we've had it's not beyond reason that it's moved/bent fractionally - most likely would've been them who installed it, they're great fella's.
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