Re: Poor Sky reception yesterday / last night

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

It uses various Astra 2 satellites e.g. much of the BBC transmissions
come from Astra 2D which is supposed to be UK-focussed. That hasn't
stopped it being received at the Southern tip of Spain however...

There are two different dish sizes for different parts of the UK
(neither are as large as 1.1m though). Because of my reception
problems I've gone for the Scotland & NI dish, which is bigger. It has
helped, but I still have issues :-(

Cheers,

Tim.

On 6/10/06, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> What satellite does Sky use ? When I looked at pickingup Eutelsat for
> our place, at 54degN, I needed an 1100 dish & planning permission
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> >I have been experiencing similar symptoms.
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> >I do have a problem with Trees, One of my dishes with a quad LNB
is 80cm=
and I am located in London. I have a small gap between some trees which at=
tenuates the signal. The larger dish compensates for this but I still have
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issues in Heavy Rain.
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> >However, like you I have experienced signal problems on Sunny days
as we=
ll, typically late afternoon onwards=85
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> >The second dish is a standard small sky dish (38cm?) on a chimney
in a d=
ifferent part of the garden. It does suffer attenuation during the summer
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hen trees come into leaf but again this has been worse recently late
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oon on Sunny days.
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> >Speaking to a friend who installs these he thinks the LNBs are
suffering=
from heat, I have a slate roof and the dish is in an exposed position=85 T=
his would follow how the LNB would heat during the day, I bet it gets
prett=
y hot=85
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> >The problem shows up as break ups on an ordinary sky box connected
to Ti=
Vo. The 80cm dish is connected to Sky+ which becomes unusable causing
pictu=
re freezing and reboots !
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> >HYPERLINK "http://photos.corbenic.co.uk/photos/photo144.html"http://phot=
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> >Nigel
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> >From: Tim Hawes [mailto:timsyahoo@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 10 June 2006 06:59
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: [ukha_d] Poor Sky reception yesterday / last night
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> >Anyone else experience this? It was unwatchable due to picture
breakup
> >in the afternoon and the picture was still pretty jittery by the
end
> >of the Poland game.
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> >Signal strength was 55-60% (a little lower normal for me)
> >Signal quality was 20%-0% (much lower than normal)
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> >All was fine on Thursday so I'm discounting trees etc. and skies
were
> >clear blue so no clouds/rain near me at all.
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> >I'm wondering if it was some general atmospheric effect, or a
problem
> >with my box / LNB etc.
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> >Thanks,
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> >Tim.
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