[BC] Re: chain link fence effect on satellite dish?

[Glen Kippel]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Craig Healy <bubba at dukes-of-hazzard.com>wrote:

> You could simply look at the dish on a sunny day when the sun outage
> happens.  The shadows on the dish will tell the story.  For the satellite
> that ABC uses sun outage happens late afternoon some days in March and
> October.  With a 3.8 meter dish a small amount of shadowing won't hurt
> reception.
>
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I suppose he could wait for those twice-a-year happenings, but what if he
can't?  Or on the appropriate day it is raining?  Or there's a full moon on
Friday the 13th?  I agree that a foot or so of obstruction at the bottom (or
side, or whereever) of the dish is probably not a problem, as long as it is
within the bird's footprint.  And anyone can look up this stuff on the net.