weatherproof your satellite dish?

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June 19th, 2006 post a comment (3) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

The folks at Cytonix Corporation claim they’ve got a solution to rainy/snowy-day satellite dish outages with their new WX2100 spray-on coating.

satellite dish in a stormAccording to the company, “WX2100 is a long-lasting, super hydrophobic coating that repels rain, snow and ice, keeping satellite dishes and radomes dry even in heavy precipitation and preventing the buildup of snow and ice.”

Apparently this stuff has been used to reduce rain issues has been successfully used to reduce “rain fade” in commercial and military satellite operations for some time.

Now if I could only get up on my roof…

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June 19th, 2006 post a comment (3) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob


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3 comments to
“weatherproof your satellite dish?”

  1. Jim Brown says:

    Hello! Not sure who posted this blog entry about WX2100, but getting on your roof may soon be no problem. Installers are picking up this product and will soon be able to get on the roof for you…at installation or in response to an outage complaint. Please note that I work for Cytonix, the manufacturer of WX2100. jb

  2. Jim says:

    Fade from water on the dish is a fraction of the problem. Most rain fade 99% is due to heavy rain sheets in weather fronts rolling in line of sight between the satellite and the dish. WX2100 won’t help that any more than bug spray would repel a hurricane!

  3. Tom ramrod says:

    I sprayed some on my wakkerdill and found it real slippery

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