Cardon Man
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Satellite Dishes and high winds?
During last years hurricane I opted to take down my dishes for the worst of the storm. Maybe an over reaction but I figured I'd play it safe. Just
wondering what is the point with regards to high winds that it becomes advisable to take down satellite dishes...70mph?....or beyond?
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Pompano
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I'll chime in here. I have had 2 satellite dishes up for many years (newest since 1999 and oldest in use around 1988) and never have had to re-adjust
either. Using my Hughes.net Internet dish now to send this and also watching..ugh...CNN with the other 2-meter dish. I know..I should switch to FOX
NEWS like toneart. 
As I can recall, we have had a peak of 90mph chubasco winds here in Coyote Bay... so said my caretaker.. whom, after a lengthy search, we found high
in the palms
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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vandenberg
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Never took any dish down and went through 2 chubascos and 3 hurricanes. However, after all of them had to readjust the dish. Succeeded in realigning
them,( took hours ) and invented some choice words during the process.
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Cardon Man
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Never took any dish down and went through 2 chubascos and 3 hurricanes. However, after all of them had to readjust the dish. Succeeded in realigning
them,( took hours ) and invented some choice words during the process.
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Well, that's exactly what I'd like to avoid. Bird-dogging my sat signals back without a signal finder would be a major hassle. I guess I'd just rather
take the dish itself off for the wind so that it could easily be re-installed and still be pointed in the right direction.
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vandenberg
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Cardon man
I have a signal finder, but nowadays with numerous satellites up there, you still have to take time to find the correct one. Reinstalling the dish,
only gets you into the ballpark. Much better to get it as solid as possible, leave it up and maybe it still lines up after the storm, or otherwise
you're at least in the ballpark and close to where it should be. I tried putting marks on the concrete for alignment, but that didn't work. Not close
enough.
And usually it's the side to side that moves. Seems like the elevation doesn't get affected as easily.
[Edited on 10-11-2008 by vandenberg]
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Cypress
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Your sat dish will be OK, wherever it ends up.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cardon Man
During last years hurricane I opted to take down my dishes for the worst of the storm. Maybe an over reaction but I figured I'd play it safe. Just
wondering what is the point with regards to high winds that it becomes advisable to take down satellite dishes...70mph?....or beyond?
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Hard to give a "one answer fits all." Hmm, depends on the dish, the mount, the location, and the quality of
the install work. A well made 3' dish on a Schedule 40 steel post set into the ground with concrete will behave totally differently in a storm than a
flimsy 6' dish on a weak roof mount.
After Hurricane John hit Buena Vista, we found roof-mounted 3' metal dishes totally clam shelled with their bases bent over or torn out. Meanwhile, a
roof-mounted 4' Andrew fiberglass directly across the street and nearer the beach was still standing and on satellite.
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