Problems in snowy weather?

[AC Lown]

Today we've had the first bout of wintery weather since I've had DirecTV.. We got about 4 inches of that really heavy wet snow that weighs down the tree branches and sticks to everything. Unfortunately, I no longer have any signal coming from my dish, and it's in a difficult to reach spot so I can't reach it to brush the snow off or even see if it's covered. My question is: Is this typical? Can I look forward to losing programming every time it snows?

TIA

 

[charper1]

if you are in a cold/snow area it should have been recommended you upgrade to a hotspot dish or at least the attachable heat ellement. Look on skyvision.com

 

[slacker9876]

I have had to sweep my dish a couple of times over the years. I have heard great things about the vinyl covers from family in New Mexico. I was one of the lucky ones. My dish is mounted ground level, behind my fence, so it is very easy to reach.

 

[avex]

rainx

have you tried rainx? works wonders on rain im sure it will work fine on snow.

 

[jimisham]

if it's at all possible, you might consider putting a black plastic garbage bag over the dish and tying it down with a tie-wrap.
It doesn't look pretty, but it works.
Last night we got about 5 to 6 inches of wet snow that's sticking to everything.. With the wind that was blowing there is no snow at all on the dish.