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<blockquote data-quote="Old Satellite" data-source="post: 5358" data-attributes="member: 175277">Hi Jack,From what you say I think there may be a problem with the pole, if when the wind came you lost, or the signal got weaker then the pole or something is moving.The Winegaurd possibly never had this problem as upto around the 40-50 Mph wind gust point the mesh dish places less strain on your mount and pole etc.As I said the DH dish is normally one of the best that you can buy, Setting the Feed to the dish is normally best accomplished with a accurate tape or a single metal rod measured at lease at three locations. Your plastic pipe may not be accurate anougth ?Normally if you are only 1/8 &quot; out of adjustment from the correct focal point you will loose 3 DB that the differance from a good 10 ft to a 12 ft dish.Normally setting the feed horn at 11:00am is ok providing your dish is at the highest point of the arc when it is set.I know the time its taken is long but the extra gain of the DH is worth it.However form what you say about the wind- I think you will have to change the pipe to 5&quot; or add additional bracing to stop the movement if you want to keep the DH dish in Operation.Old Satellite</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Satellite, post: 5358, member: 175277"] Hi Jack, From what you say I think there may be a problem with the pole, if when the wind came you lost, or the signal got weaker then the pole or something is moving. The Winegaurd possibly never had this problem as upto around the 40-50 Mph wind gust point the mesh dish places less strain on your mount and pole etc. As I said the DH dish is normally one of the best that you can buy, Setting the Feed to the dish is normally best accomplished with a accurate tape or a single metal rod measured at lease at three locations. Your plastic pipe may not be accurate anougth ? Normally if you are only 1/8 " out of adjustment from the correct focal point you will loose 3 DB that the differance from a good 10 ft to a 12 ft dish. Normally setting the feed horn at 11:00am is ok providing your dish is at the highest point of the arc when it is set. I know the time its taken is long but the extra gain of the DH is worth it. However form what you say about the wind- I think you will have to change the pipe to 5" or add additional bracing to stop the movement if you want to keep the DH dish in Operation. Old Satellite [/QUOTE]

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