Hello All.
New to the forum but not a noob. I'm in Northeast, Ohio (Akron area). I do have a question though about overhead electrical lines and if that poses any potential signal interference issues. I have to move my 1000.2 due to tree growth (can't just trim the trees) and the only place I can move it to is a decent clearing but my line of sight shoots right through some overhead electrical and phone/cable lines. These are not high voltage kv lines but standard residential utilities (120V x2) probably about 30-50 feet above the dish. The 110 and 119 sats seem to clear them but 129 is smack in the middle of the lines. I have already moved the dish temporarily (pole in a bucket) and signals are good on 110/119 averaging upper 60's to upper 70's but 129 is in 30-40's. Is it normal in this area for 129 to be so much lower than 110/119 or could the power lines be causing an issue? Interestingly, I'm not seeing any pixelation or drop outs on the 129 HD channels, in fact we even had a pretty good thunderstorm thismorning and although all signals dropped somewhat, even the 129 sat into the 20-30's, I never got any rain fade. The obvious answer is then don't worry about it, but I just wanted to know if I should be concerned about the 129 levels before I bury the lines and set the pole in it's new location. Thanks.
New to the forum but not a noob. I'm in Northeast, Ohio (Akron area). I do have a question though about overhead electrical lines and if that poses any potential signal interference issues. I have to move my 1000.2 due to tree growth (can't just trim the trees) and the only place I can move it to is a decent clearing but my line of sight shoots right through some overhead electrical and phone/cable lines. These are not high voltage kv lines but standard residential utilities (120V x2) probably about 30-50 feet above the dish. The 110 and 119 sats seem to clear them but 129 is smack in the middle of the lines. I have already moved the dish temporarily (pole in a bucket) and signals are good on 110/119 averaging upper 60's to upper 70's but 129 is in 30-40's. Is it normal in this area for 129 to be so much lower than 110/119 or could the power lines be causing an issue? Interestingly, I'm not seeing any pixelation or drop outs on the 129 HD channels, in fact we even had a pretty good thunderstorm thismorning and although all signals dropped somewhat, even the 129 sat into the 20-30's, I never got any rain fade. The obvious answer is then don't worry about it, but I just wanted to know if I should be concerned about the 129 levels before I bury the lines and set the pole in it's new location. Thanks.
