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SNOW ON SATELLITE DISH

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LEON(MI)

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looking at the snow pictures got me thinking.how do you keep the snow from sticking to the satellite dish up on the roof. I was thinking about a magnetic heater that I could plug in when needed. any ideas? thanks.
 
I haven't found a good way to keep it off. Mine's up on the side of the house. I have to use a long extendable truck wash brush to get it off.
 
(quoted from post at 10:40:03 09/13/14) how do you keep the snow from sticking to the satellite dish up on the roof.
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ay I assume you are referring to a pizza pan not a BUD? Pizza pan is DirecTv and Dish, BUD is Big Ultimate Dish. I refer you to what DirecTv has to say https://support.directv.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3766/~/dish-weather-protection
If you go with a heater, get one that can be attached to the back of the reflector (dish) so it won't interfere with the reflective surface. Besides the companies mentioned by DirecTv you may check prices at http://www.satpro.tv/dish-heaters.aspx

At the University I installed a 24" "Hotshot" dish, for DirecTv, but they are no longer available. It did not stop sleet or really wet snow from sticking the the LNBF (box at the end of the arm).
 
I am not making fun of you but I have always found this funny. Your small satellite dish is NOT an antennae and does not need to be on the roof. You can mount it on a deck railing as long as it has clear view of the specified area. THEN you can put a glove on your hand and wipe it off.

When DirectTV first came out, back in my tekkie days, I was one of the first in Michigan to sign up for it. Paid a good chunk of cash for what they now give away and had it completely installed two weeks before the service was available. We had a small party for the "turn on". It was a HUGE deal after years of poor rural reception with a standard antennae. Here about 25-30 years later give or take, I would cheerfully send them packing if I could find an alternate I liked. Too expensive, too much junk.
 
Spray the dish with Pam or equivilant non stick product. Just the dish, not the LNB!

Works on your snowplow too!
 
Yup, I remember standing in line at Circuit City at 6 a.m. waiting to buy the Direct TV dish, the first day they came out. Paid $799.00.
 
$1400 installed. Then waited two weeks for the official start date. I bought a 60" Mitusubishi that was quite state of the art about the same time. Boy...those were great days. My income was about twice what it is now. My bills, not counting the mortgage that I paid off, but had back then, were about half. Plenty of disposable income. Good days.
 
I have had Dish fur fifteen yaers and haven't had any trouble vith snow build up. It faces south.
Wasn't awear that would be a problem, now sumthing else to worry abuot.
 
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