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Timothy Southwa
New Member
9 years ago

Accumulated snow in tree falling on and damaging dish?

I live in a mountainous, heavily forested area where it snows enough for there to be, at times, up to three feet of snow on the ground. My question is: If I were to place my Hughes satellite dish un...
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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago
Well, I can tell you that a large amount of heavy snow, especially if it's hardened at all, can easily damage the dish if it falls on it.  Putting it under a tree isn't all that advisable.  Plus, like BirdDog mentioned, it really needs to be installed by a qualified installer.