PaulT Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Thought with the change of satellites and the various comments I would bring over a 100cm dish to replace our 80cm dish.We are in a bit of a windy position and the dish is mounted low down on a wall and is currently mesh.I presume I would be better replacing with a mesh dish due to the wind or would a solid one be OK.I am guessing that a solid dish gives a stronger signal than a mesh one.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 The holes in a perforated dish are so small relative to the wavelegnth of signal that the dishes reflect almost all the signal.Think of it as peas in a colander. Unless I was coming down for a holiday anddread being stuck without TV I would wait till the migration to the new satellitesis complete before deciding on dish size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 AntonThanks for the reply.We are coming down for 3 months. I think I read somewhere that anything over 1m requires planning permission so I thought going to 1m would be the best option and give the best chance of a signal whatever happens.In addition, the existing dish is quite elderly with a single LNB and I have bought an octo LNB (known here are two types with similar names - this has 8 outputs) so a new dish would ensure it fits.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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