Channel 8 on Cox Cable-Reception

[Hoss]

My next door neighbor switched to satellite from Cox due to the amount of cars sliding into the local utility poles and taking out cable.  I just put up with it.

+1

[Hoss]

If you loose satellite picture because of wind, it wasnt installed right.  Call them out and insist they correct it for free.
Now, there's not much Cox customers can do but wait a few hours when a car slides into a utility pole and takes out the cable...

Patric, for the most part, your posts are insightful and I like what you post.

Please do NOT turn into Tim Huntzinger.

Please!

[custosnox]

It seems that a proper installation will get a good signal as long as you don't have high winds.  Problem is, elsewhere what they consider a high wind, we consider a little breezy.  I've set up Dishes that only lost signal during really bad storms, but it can be tricky, and it has to be mounted to something that does not move, at all, so kinda out of the question for people that have them stuck on poles.

[Hoss]

It seems that a proper installation will get a good signal as long as you don't have high winds.  Problem is, elsewhere what they consider a high wind, we consider a little breezy.  I've set up Dishes that only lost signal during really bad storms, but it can be tricky, and it has to be mounted to something that does not move, at all, so kinda out of the question for people that have them stuck on poles.

And I really have nothing against them, other than that they have that quirk about going out during storms.  Hell, when I was younger I watched satellite at my parents house from an 8-foot aluminum C-Band dish (which is now the property of William The Artist) and remember having to get out in snowstorms to sweep the dish because that degraded the signal.  The large C Band dishes didn't have that issue because the accuracy of holding the signal was loose enough that some movement during storms didn't create any issues.  These smaller dishes using whatever-band evidently have less off a degree of error in them.

[nathanm]

I don't get it. I used to have DirecTV and never once had an issue with wind, only with very heavy rain. By contrast, my aunt's Dish Network service wasn't looking too hot on Thursday when there was some light to moderate rain. It glitched quite regularly. I don't know if it's because her locals are on low powered satellites or what, but it wasn't too nice.

A 10 foot C band dish should be much more affected by wind than a 18-32 inch DBS dish. The increased size presents more area to the wind and narrows the beamwidth such that it must be much more accurately aimed. Even worse would be Ku or Ka on a big dish. (Beamwidth and gain of a dish are inversely proportional to frequency) A DBS dish can handle being off by half a degree or so.

If you've got the dish nailed to a tree, it's going to be very unreliable. If you have it mounted on a pole in a bucket of concrete, it's going to be slightly more reliable. If you have it mounted on a 3 or 4 foot steel pole set in concrete, it shouldn't be a problem. Even better is on your roof, given the shorter pole, but then you get into water leak issues if your installer turns out to not be very good.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Sometimes during the week I visit in OKC where there is DirectTV.  The only big reception problem with that installation is rain.  Even a moderate steady rain can cause the glitchies.  Heavy rain, forget it.

Wind blowing hasn't been noticed.

[Conan71]

Sometimes during the week I visit in OKC where there is DirectTV.  The only big reception problem with that installation is rain.  Even a moderate steady rain can cause the glitchies.  Heavy rain, forget it.

Wind blowing hasn't been noticed.

The light to moderate issue seems isolated.  I hear about it from time-to-time but my personal experience is it's got to be one bad arse storm to lose my signal.

Neither myself nor FMC has a problem with it at our homes in Tulsa and MWC.

[Breadburner]

Is anyone else having problems with snowy reception on Channel 8 -KTUL on their Cox Cable (Non HD).
Seem several TV's in different homes all in south Tulsa are having issues.  HD is ok.

Are you close to the Channel 8 tower.....

[Hoss]

The light to moderate issue seems isolated.  I hear about it from time-to-time but my personal experience is it's got to be one bad arse storm to lose my signal.

Neither myself nor FMC has a problem with it at our homes in Tulsa and MWC.

A little off topic question, but one I'd like to ask nonetheless.

When FMC becomes MC, where are you two going to make your domicile?  Here?  MWC?  Split the difference and move to Stroud?   

[Conan71]

A little off topic question, but one I'd like to ask nonetheless.

When FMC becomes MC, where are you two going to make your domicile?  Here?  MWC?  Split the difference and move to Stroud?   

That's still up in the air.  That's why there's still an "F" in the acronym

I've been working on developing a sales office in OKC, but an unforseen uptick in our oil patch business is keeping me closer to Tulsa.  She's got a great gig in Norman as an insurance agent so Stroud might not be out of the question.  I always wanted to have a vineyard and microbrewery in a bucolic setting, she's always wanted to have a B & B.  There are some guest ranches which are self-sustaining out that way.

It will work out one way or the other or something completely unforseen we haven't thought of will come up.