From: PeterD 
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair alt.building.construction misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Did I Get Screwed By an Incompetent Roofer? Get spares for repairs.
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:02:06 -0400

On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:56:09 -0400, mm 
wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:05:02 -0500, "HeyBub" 
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Having the dish within arm's length helps with snow removal. You can also 
>>more easily move it if tree growth interferes. 
>
>Don't these signals go through trees?

Nope. Not through leaves.

>
>Rabbit ears work, and I thought the satellite frequencies were higher
>than UHF. 

They are, they are microwave. Easily absorbed by water for example.
The water in leaves is what makes the trees 'microwave opaque'.