Originally Posted by
foreigneRS
i disagree - trees are not solid objects and the waves pass through them to some extent, particularly through the gaps, and the more that you can collect with a bigger dish, the better your chance of good reception.
obviously re-siting the dish is the best option though, or cut the trees
its not so much the tree thats normally the issue, it the water, damp, moisture, in the tree / on the leaves that causes the most signal issues