Preventing Signal Outage During Thunderstorms?

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I apologize if this has already been discussed ad nauseam, but I googled the
archives and couldn't turn up any discussion of this.

What's the best way, or product, to prevent signal outage during
thunderstorms? It's been especially bad in Chicago this year. Normally the
signal is out for four or five minutes, but this year I have had 15- and
20-minute outages. I am finally motivated to inquire into it.

Can anybody suggest what can be done? Thanks for your help.

Chuck

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"AH#49" <AH#49@your.net> wrote in message news:40BB68DC.A14F8539@your.net...
> Chuck Hildebrandt wrote:
> >
> > I apologize if this has already been discussed ad nauseam, but I googled
the
> > archives and couldn't turn up any discussion of this.
> >
> > What's the best way, or product, to prevent signal outage during
> > thunderstorms? It's been especially bad in Chicago this year. Normally
the
> > signal is out for four or five minutes, but this year I have had 15- and
> > 20-minute outages. I am finally motivated to inquire into it.
> >
> > Can anybody suggest what can be done? Thanks for your help.
>
> What kind of system do you have?
> Dish? DTV? Large 36" dish for picking up something else?
>
> If the antenna is properly aimed for peak performance and you are
> getting a STRONG signal while the weather is nice, there's really not
> much that can be done.
> Last summer here in New Joisey, we had a storm so bad that not only did
> it blank out all of my sat signals (DISH, DTV, and all of my wife's
> Chinese programmings using the big dishes) but also, the CABLE was
> severely pixilated for several minutes!
> That takes a hell of a storm to do that.
>
> So, make sure your dish/antenna is aimed correctly and get back to us.

I have a triple LNB DirecTV dish.

I believe it is aimed correctly, but it is mounted to my deck and it's
possible the deck is settling or was jolted a few millimeters, I guess.
Can't be sure. I just checked signal strength. Most Transponders are in
the 70s and 80s. One is 100. Another was 96. Two of them are in the high
60s. I think this should be fine?

So, is there nothing that can be done?

Chuck

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>What's the best way, or product, to prevent signal outage during
>thunderstorms?
If I really like something and it's still on analog I subscribe with
my BUD. Comedy Central is $10.00 a year.
I would really like to try two Perfect Tens with circular LNBs fro
Dishnetwork and see what happens during an Arkansas thunderstorm.

Wayne