snow on my satellite dish :(

Wobbie

so....I just moved to salt lake from vegas. it fucking snows here! who knew? :?

anyway, we got about a foot of snow last night. dish or direct are my only TV choices. I've got people coming over to watch the NFL package, so I had to climb my 16 foot ladder (not tall enough), hang backwards and whack the dish from behind until the snow slipped off. I ate a bit of snow in the process.

so....cold weather people.....who has tried the heater or the cover? the covers are cheap and would be a breeze to install. the heaters are about 100 bucks and would require power or an ugly extension cord. I can't be risking life and limb every time it snows!

whispering hands

lmao the cover are sufficient for Utah. Salt Lake you guys also get ICe so just make sure that every so often you go out on decent days and spray some RainX de icer on it, ( about once a month Id say) and it keeps great. At least that worked when I had dish tv out here in Kansas City..good luck whose your team?

Newch91

Nothing better than eating snow while cleaning it. But I don't have dish.

Wobbie

whispering hands wrote:

lmao the cover are sufficient for Utah. Salt Lake you guys also get ICe so just make sure that every so often you go out on decent days and spray some RainX de icer on it, ( about once a month Id say) and it keeps great. At least that worked when I had dish tv out here in Kansas City..good luck whose your team?

my team? cowboys :shh: :shifty:

we made it thru the day. been drinking eggnog and whiskey.....today was a success with the TV but I need to find a solution.

unlost dogs

imalive wrote:

whispering hands wrote:

lmao the cover are sufficient for Utah. Salt Lake you guys also get ICe so just make sure that every so often you go out on decent days and spray some RainX de icer on it, ( about once a month Id say) and it keeps great. At least that worked when I had dish tv out here in Kansas City..good luck whose your team?

my team? cowboys :shh: :shifty:

we made it thru the day. been drinking eggnog and whiskey.....today was a success with the TV but I need to find a solution.

Radio.

Was that helpful?

catefrances

imalive wrote:

so....I just moved to salt lake from vegas. it fucking snows here! who knew? :?

anyway, we got about a foot of snow last night. dish or direct are my only TV choices. I've got people coming over to watch the NFL package, so I had to climb my 16 foot ladder (not tall enough), hang backwards and whack the dish from behind until the snow slipped off. I ate a bit of snow in the process.

so....cold weather people.....who has tried the heater or the cover? the covers are cheap and would be a breeze to install. the heaters are about 100 bucks and would require power or an ugly extension cord. I can't be risking life and limb every time it snows!

NOTV!!!


youll be fine... read a book.

Wobbie

catefrances wrote:

imalive wrote:

so....I just moved to salt lake from vegas. it fucking snows here! who knew? :?

anyway, we got about a foot of snow last night. dish or direct are my only TV choices. I've got people coming over to watch the NFL package, so I had to climb my 16 foot ladder (not tall enough), hang backwards and whack the dish from behind until the snow slipped off. I ate a bit of snow in the process.

so....cold weather people.....who has tried the heater or the cover? the covers are cheap and would be a breeze to install. the heaters are about 100 bucks and would require power or an ugly extension cord. I can't be risking life and limb every time it snows!

NOTV!!!


youll be fine... read a book.

I read plenty of books. sunday is football day. my people count on me!

catefrances

imalive wrote:

catefrances wrote:

imalive wrote:

so....I just moved to salt lake from vegas. it fucking snows here! who knew? :?

anyway, we got about a foot of snow last night. dish or direct are my only TV choices. I've got people coming over to watch the NFL package, so I had to climb my 16 foot ladder (not tall enough), hang backwards and whack the dish from behind until the snow slipped off. I ate a bit of snow in the process.

so....cold weather people.....who has tried the heater or the cover? the covers are cheap and would be a breeze to install. the heaters are about 100 bucks and would require power or an ugly extension cord. I can't be risking life and limb every time it snows!

NOTV!!!


youll be fine... read a book.

I read plenty of books. sunday is football day. my people count on me!

sunday is the lords day son.

GO TEAM!!!

Wobbie

I had to bump my own thread :roll: because I need some input.

Surely, some of you east coast sports fanatics have dealt with this. what works? heater, cover or slippery spray? :?

Dissidentman

imalive wrote:

I had to bump my own thread :roll: because I need some input.

Surely, some of you east coast sports fanatics have dealt with this. what works? heater, cover or slippery spray? :?

Cable.

dcfaithful

imalive wrote:

I had to bump my own thread :roll: because I need some input.

Surely, some of you east coast sports fanatics have dealt with this. what works? heater, cover or slippery spray? :?

Not sure how helpful this will be, but when I was younger and living in my parents house they'd send me out there ( :x ) to clean it up...ya know, cause I was the shit head teenager...

Anyway, I used to use this thing that was almost like a swiffer, but it had an end that was big, flat, and had and extension on the pole...that thing got pretty damn long. It was perfect, I would just stand on the ground, reach it up to the roof and clean the dish off with ease. I was determined to find an alternative to climbing on the roof in with the snow and ice up there. :? :idea:

Wobbie

Dissidentman wrote:

Cable.

not an option

dcfaithful wrote:

Not sure how helpful this will be, but when I was younger and living in my parents house they'd send me out there ( :x ) to clean it up...ya know, cause I was the shit head teenager...

Anyway, I used to use this thing that was almost like a swiffer, but it had an end that was big, flat, and had and extension on the pole...that thing got pretty damn long. It was perfect, I would just stand on the ground, reach it up to the roof and clean the dish off with ease. I was determined to find an alternative to climbing on the roof in with the snow and ice up there. :? :idea:

as you know, dave, now is not really the time for me to go check it out....."blizzard warning" :?

but when the skies clear tomorrow and it's eight (fucking) degrees, I will go out and assess the situation. the problem is, it's on a very high roof and faces parallel to the overhang....so, I'm not sure the super-swiffer would even work. was yours homemade or something you can buy?

dcfaithful

imalive wrote:

Dissidentman wrote:

Cable.

not an option

dcfaithful wrote:

Not sure how helpful this will be, but when I was younger and living in my parents house they'd send me out there ( :x ) to clean it up...ya know, cause I was the shit head teenager...

Anyway, I used to use this thing that was almost like a swiffer, but it had an end that was big, flat, and had and extension on the pole...that thing got pretty damn long. It was perfect, I would just stand on the ground, reach it up to the roof and clean the dish off with ease. I was determined to find an alternative to climbing on the roof in with the snow and ice up there. :? :idea:

as you know, dave, now is not really the time for me to go check it out....."blizzard warning" :?

but when the skies clear tomorrow and it's eight (fucking) degrees, I will go out and assess the situation. the problem is, it's on a very high roof and faces parallel to the overhang....so, I'm not sure the super-swiffer would even work. was yours homemade or something you can buy?

I'm pretty sure it was something you could buy. It may have been a window cleaner because it had some kind of a felt cover that I would assume was used for cleaning glass...?

Gary Carter

i've had direct tv for 3 years now and never once had a problem during a rain storm, snow storm or windy day. i don't use a cover, heater or slippery spray.

mickeyrat

metsfan wrote:

i've had direct tv for 3 years now and never once had a problem during a rain storm, snow storm or windy day. i don't use a cover, heater or slippery spray.

As always, a helpful post from metsy. :P

Gary Carter

mickeyrat wrote:

metsfan wrote:

i've had direct tv for 3 years now and never once had a problem during a rain storm, snow storm or windy day. i don't use a cover, heater or slippery spray.

As always, a helpful post from metsy. :P

lol wiseass :P

Wobbie

mickeyrat wrote:

metsfan wrote:

i've had direct tv for 3 years now and never once had a problem during a rain storm, snow storm or windy day. i don't use a cover, heater or slippery spray.

As always, a helpful post from metsy. :P

yeah.....I had great anticipation for an east coaster's input and I get........that. :roll:

chadwick

snow, satellites?
never heard about it

81

dcfaithful wrote:

imalive wrote:

I had to bump my own thread :roll: because I need some input.

Surely, some of you east coast sports fanatics have dealt with this. what works? heater, cover or slippery spray? :?

Not sure how helpful this will be, but when I was younger and living in my parents house they'd send me out there ( :x ) to clean it up...ya know, cause I was the shit head teenager...

Anyway, I used to use this thing that was almost like a swiffer, but it had an end that was big, flat, and had and extension on the pole...that thing got pretty damn long. It was perfect, I would just stand on the ground, reach it up to the roof and clean the dish off with ease. I was determined to find an alternative to climbing on the roof in with the snow and ice up there. :? :idea:

perhaps you can go over to his place and take care of it for him.

dcfaithful

81 wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

imalive wrote:

I had to bump my own thread :roll: because I need some input.

Surely, some of you east coast sports fanatics have dealt with this. what works? heater, cover or slippery spray? :?

Not sure how helpful this will be, but when I was younger and living in my parents house they'd send me out there ( :x ) to clean it up...ya know, cause I was the shit head teenager...

Anyway, I used to use this thing that was almost like a swiffer, but it had an end that was big, flat, and had and extension on the pole...that thing got pretty damn long. It was perfect, I would just stand on the ground, reach it up to the roof and clean the dish off with ease. I was determined to find an alternative to climbing on the roof in with the snow and ice up there. :? :idea:

perhaps you can go over to his place and take care of it for him.

I'm pretty sure this nifty contraption isn't at my parents house anymore. :(

The Juggler

dump the dish

Wobbie

The Jeagler wrote:

dump the dish

it's my only option....and it's snowing again (hard)....and the NFL comes on in an hour. :shock:

dcfaithful

imalive wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

dump the dish

it's my only option....and it's snowing again (hard)....and the NFL comes on in an hour. :shock:

Yep, looks like another good snow is coming our way.

chadwick

you must be doing something wrong or something

in the late 60's or early 70's
my grandfather erected a tv antenna tower beside the house (in iowa not utah)
in the early 80's we bought the place from him
for all my childhood years we had 3 or 4 channels thanks to the tv antenna

at some point in the mid to late 90's we had a satellite installed
this satellite replaced the tv antenna
it was about 40 feet off the ground
i don't remember snow and ice ever fucking it up

then again
i don't remember a lot of things... :lolno:

by the way
this tv antenna/satellite tower was great fun for us kids to climb and it aided in our abilities to get on the house and garage roofs :evil: :twisted: :evil:

81

you guys must have to put your dish at a different angle vs. us NE IL subcribers. we've had dish for 3.5 years and snow never piles up on the dish. we've had ice storms as well, and they've never been an issue.

teh only problem we ever have is before a big thunderstorm. for some reason, it always goes out for a minute or two just as the storm is starting.

The Juggler

imalive wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

dump the dish

it's my only option....and it's snowing again (hard)....and the NFL comes on in an hour. :shock:

cable is not offered in your area? :shock:

chadwick

The Jeagler wrote:

imalive wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

dump the dish

it's my only option....and it's snowing again (hard)....and the NFL comes on in an hour. :shock:

cable is not offered in your area? :shock:

maybe imalive lives in rural utah
does cable tv run into the country these days?

Wobbie

chadwick wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

cable is not offered in your area? :shock:

maybe imalive lives in rural utah
does cable tv run into the country these days?

I live right in Salt Lake fucking City....yet, no cable :evil: . somehow, by the grace of god, the dish is still bringing in a signal even tho it's been snowing ALL day. I did order some super slippery goo today....but I will have to wait until god knows when to get on my roof. :?

mickeyrat

I think you should call Dish out for some bogus reason and when the guy is there say " hey , while you're up there , can you spray this on the dish?"

catefrances

pop an umbrella over it. one of them golf umbrellas. or maybe a beach umbrella. :thumbup:

The Juggler

catefrances wrote:

pop an umbrella over it. one of them golf umbrellas. or maybe a beach umbrella. :thumbup:

have you ever witnessed snow in person catherine?