lumpy Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 I was wondering what is a good way of keeping now of the Direcway Sattalite dish so It dont intrupt my signal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 hmm build a mini house on ur roof with the satelite antenna facing out the door on the mini house and put a heater near it while ur at it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 I hear spraying some Pam oil on it helps the snow and ice slide off and keep it clear so you can keep your signal. What funny is when I was having trouble with my directv and it was snowing thats what the tech on the phone told me to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpy Posted December 6, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 That sounds like a good idiea, but dose anyone else have any idieas what can be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 http://www.radome.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkandra Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 I really don't do anything at all to mine except when it gets to much snow on it then I brush it off with a broom. I guess it really depends on what kind of signal you have. Mine is at 91 signal strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimPrice Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 I bought one of the 1.2 meter SP series dishes...it has a permanent hydrophobic coating that sheds everything like water off a duck's back. Then I built a homemade housing for the feedhorn out of clear plastic...vented at the bottom to keep temperatures even and prevent condensation. I'll post a pic of that one of these days. To check out the SP dishes, click here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514201?hilite=vonage+professional+installation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 How much $ to get the bigger dish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted December 7, 2005 CID Share Posted December 7, 2005 I hear spraying some Pam oil on it helps the snow and ice slide off and keep it clear so you can keep your signal. What funny is when I was having trouble with my directv and it was snowing thats what the tech on the phone told me to do. I did this with my dish back in the day it actually works... Ryan while your reply seems silly at first the more I think about it the more I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimPrice Posted December 7, 2005 CID Share Posted December 7, 2005 How much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 7, 2005 CID Share Posted December 7, 2005 Thats the genious of the half idiot half smart person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyp56 Posted December 14, 2005 CID Share Posted December 14, 2005 I'm curious to know, how much does DirecWay charge for a customer to upgrade their dish to one of the bigger, more powerful dishes? I was told by my installer that if I wanted to upgrade to the Pro plan I'd have to have another dish installed, is this true? And lets say I wanted to upgrade my dish even if it wasn't true, how much would that run me? Mine's on a 6' pole, would the bigger dishes mount on the same pole? Or would I have to find another pole? Just wondering, won't be upgrading anytime soon, but would like to know about how much $ so that I can plan on it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 14, 2005 CID Share Posted December 14, 2005 I did this with my dish back in the day it actually works... Ryan while your reply seems silly at first the more I think about it the more I like it. I've done it, and it does work....But unfortunately when it snowed/rained too hard, there was nothing I could do to keep a signal sometimes...But Pam will help keep it from sticking on the disk itself You can also try some Teflon spray.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted December 14, 2005 CID Share Posted December 14, 2005 I think it might depend on where you are and what satellite you're on for the bigger dish. You should'nt have to upgrade the dish just to go to the pro plan. But yeah it would cost more, don't know how much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 15, 2005 CID Share Posted December 15, 2005 One of Direcway's tech support guys (american) told me to put pam oil on my dish as well.... I haven't done it yet, dish still needs to be repointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted December 16, 2005 CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 http://www.direcway.bz/pages/16/ http://www.dvb4u.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/366 http://shop.skyvision.com/store/mi1500067.html http://www.americansatellite.com/products/viewprod.asp?ITEM=1514 http://www.shop.com/op/aprod-p17916351-k24-g4-~Heated+satellite+Dish+-nover?sourceid=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 16, 2005 CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 Good job on the links, those products look very nice and functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted December 24, 2005 CID Share Posted December 24, 2005 http://www.dishdepot.com/accessories.jsp http://pbh-sales.com/dbs-dvb_dish.htm http://www.system-high.com/hotshot.asp http://www.skyvision.com/store/mi1500071.html http://www.skyvision.com/store/mi1500101.html http://www.montanasatellite.com/tools/ http://www.direcwaydealer.com/html/accessories.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 25, 2005 CID Share Posted December 25, 2005 I put pam on my dish about 2 days ago; we'll see how it does when it snows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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