[mythtvnz] Does size matter?

[Craig Mckenna]

The only difference between dish sizes for D1 is how likely you are to 
experience rain fade.

Larger dishes have a larger pickup area so you have more margin before 
signal drops too low.

That being said with the torrential rain we had yesterday we still lost 
signal off D1 even on a 90cm dish :)

Regards

Craig.

Nick Rout wrote:
> I am contemplating buying a satellite dish for Optus D1 Freeview. They
> seem to come in 80 and 65 cm sizes (from DSE). I am in central
> ChCh/Merivale. I am only interested in D1, not other satellites. There
> is not a huge price difference, but I want to keep it small and tidy
> if possible. The dish will probably be quite low on the building so
> its not visible from the street (landlord request).
>
> Cheers all.
> Nick.
>
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