If allowed to grow and tangle with the mounts, the vines will hold moisture and promote rusting. If a stockade fence surrounds your dishes, you can easily forget what's going on inside the stockade. While inspecting the fencing, go inside and look around. Take a can of hornet spray-not only for your own protection, but also to spray areas common to bee and yellowjacket nesting. These areas include the gate area, overhangs and the feedhorn.
Bugs just love such areas.
While you're looking for hornets, make sure the entry cap on your feedhorn is secured. If the entry cap is missing, be sure to replace it. Dealing with snow and ice If you're not prepared, this winter's snow and ice can play havoc with your satellite dishes. Just getting to them in winter conditions can be a challenge. Locating your dishes in a gravel field or on asphalt means you'll have an easier time gaining access to them if you need to fix or check something when a winter storm strikes.