I don't know the technical aspects of the reflection - I imagine it could - not sure if that wavelength is affected by debris? But you have to believe a clean dish is a happy dish at the very leasttkrandall said:While tweaking the dish this weekend, I noticed it has gotten a bit grimy the past year. It's on a porch roof with a big white oak towers over it so it 's subjected to a lot of tree realted debris, rain splatter, acorns, etc through the seasons. I got to wondering if keeping a dish washed clean would have any measurable impact on reception.
Just a random thought......
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A clean dish is a more reflective dish. perhaps as much as 5 ptstkrandall said:While tweaking the dish this weekend, I noticed it has gotten a bit grimy the past year. It's on a porch roof with a big white oak towers over it so it 's subjected to a lot of tree realted debris, rain splatter, acorns, etc through the seasons. I got to wondering if keeping a dish washed clean would have any measurable impact on reception.
Just a random thought......
we once had a cat..... HE liked the windows. We did not like the cat. We put down HO scale railroad track on the window ledge. One rail connected to ground. the other connected to an electric fence unit. Cat got the point. Too bad you cannot do the same for Crows.paulman182 said:
We have this same problems with birds :eek2: They seem to love our D* dishpaulman182 said:
Our dish is up high so we would have to get out a ladder to clean it so we never have :nono: Plus bird droppings can led to disease so we would have to be very careful how we cleaned it!
Birds can sit on 10,000 volt or higher power lines so long as they don't ground themselves or touch both lines simultaneously.rudeney said:I guess it would take quite a bit of voltage to keep birds off the dish. 110 volts is generally not enough to keep them off the power lines.
two lines (railroad track) one grounded, the other hot. 12 volts on a set of capacitors will pop them right off. This would also cure Squirrel and owl fade.. I have also seen rather large birds land on three phase lines, accidently touch one of the other three wires (top wire, and brush a side wire with their wings or tail feathers) and Bang, the bird is charcoal and the power company has to come out and replace all the breaker fuses.rudeney said:I guess it would take quite a bit of voltage to keep birds off the dish. 110 volts is generally not enough to keep them off the power lines.
