We live on the border between Essex and Suffolk just outside a village. Our SKY HD dish is attached to a 6ft pole secured to the corner of the house.
The dish was aligned to the south by the SKY installation engineers when they came this time last year after we complained about loss of signal. They did their best but the signal was variable, sometimes very poor, even after the alignment was checked and adjusted.
However, we had few problems over the autumn and winter. Only storms or high wind had an effect. Now that Spring has arrived, the problems has come back.
Basically, the dish is aligned directly towards a bank of trees on the edge of our garden, which means the autumn and winter reception is fine because the trees have no leaves. Once the leaves grow in the spring, we have real problems.
I'm desperate for a solution.
A longer pole was suggested by the SKY engineers but that might not work because those trees on the edge of the garden are tall - mature oak - and it would be even more susceptible to high winds.
Are there any other options? Perhaps installing a pole elsewhere in the garden where there is a clear line of sight to the satellite?
Much obliged for any suggestions.
The dish was aligned to the south by the SKY installation engineers when they came this time last year after we complained about loss of signal. They did their best but the signal was variable, sometimes very poor, even after the alignment was checked and adjusted.
However, we had few problems over the autumn and winter. Only storms or high wind had an effect. Now that Spring has arrived, the problems has come back.
Basically, the dish is aligned directly towards a bank of trees on the edge of our garden, which means the autumn and winter reception is fine because the trees have no leaves. Once the leaves grow in the spring, we have real problems.
I'm desperate for a solution.
A longer pole was suggested by the SKY engineers but that might not work because those trees on the edge of the garden are tall - mature oak - and it would be even more susceptible to high winds.
Are there any other options? Perhaps installing a pole elsewhere in the garden where there is a clear line of sight to the satellite?
Much obliged for any suggestions.