Re: Do clouds and rain affect HDTV feeds over the air?

G-squared <stratus46@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ANTant@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > >> Do heavy clouds and rain affect HDTV feeds for people with antennae for
> > > >> over the air?
> > > >
> > > > My OTA CBS HDTV station is normally strong and stable, but was not usable
> > > > for an hour or so last Saturday when thunderstorms were in the area. It's
> > > > a UHF signal from about 5 miles away. I have a 4-element antenna mounted
> > > > in the attic.
> >
> > > It's never been an issue here, four-bay bowtie on the roof, NYC stations
> > > ~15 miles away.
> >
> > Interesting. I wonder why it was very bad last night. The only thing different
> > was the heavy clouds and upcoming rain (wasn't raining yet). I believed the
> > radar doppler showed some rain in the mountains on the other side where the
> > transponders are at.
> > --
> <snip>
> I had issues last year in rain/wind possibly because my antenna is
> looking through 3 or 4 trees at the very end of the 35 miles. I did not
> have problems the year before at our old house where ther were no
> trees, also 35 miles out. I don't know if the power levels have been
> raised but several of the channels are considerably better than last
> year when not raining (also at the new house). No changes on my end
> antenna/cable wise.

How thick do the trees have to be to block the antennae?

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