Rubbing Rain-X on the dish helps reduce rain-fade?

[tonyp56]

paint your dish with a bright shinny paint,

 

[randym431]

"Ive heard of spraying it with "Pam" to reduce ice and snow buildup"

And the steaks taste much better!

 

[Randy Sherrill]

What? I am hearing some amazing theory here. Pretty heavy stuff. My 24 inch Voom dish located in Deep South, USA. The dish is under a large building overhang while still maintaining a clear aim to the bird. When actually raining the dish will not get wet . Receiver signal quality is 97 on a clear day. A heavy thunderstorm south of the dish perspective will shut down the signal. The primary problem with "rain fade" is atmospheric density. NS=(AD)/0
no signal=atmospheric density divided by zero=zero

 

[Scotty]

Well that pretty much explains it all. With overhang you are probably cutting out a quarter of the energy you could collect, but even on a clear day, 3/4 of what you could collect can still add up to a strong signal. But when the atmosphere cuts the signal strength, and your overhang cuts it, it drops to zero. Loss of energy due to overhang is probably greater than loss due to rain on the dish, but oh well. I don't have anything left in my arsenal to prove or disprove the rainx stuff. I give up.

Oh, but by the way, division by zero is undefined. It's not equal to zero.