weather problems....

[carleen]

here in cyprus we had very bad rain today which affected my Sky system once the rain stopped and clear Sky our signal strength and quality went to about 50% both bars, now my channel 4 has come back crisp and clear. will this happen to us everytime we have bad weather or something is obstructing the view to the sattelite

[Analoguesat]

Probably - either the dish alignment isnt optimal or the dish just isnt big enough for such fringe areas.

There were no end of problems reported over last summer in Cyprus thanks to the very high humidity absorbing the sat signals.

[carleen]

ok well i guess i just have to wait until summer gets here to see what problems i will get. i have a 2.7 dish here in cyprus looked at a few places they want for the Sky reciever and dish way over 1000 we brought this one year old with the dish for 450 so was a bargain. its very good considering were not in the right location of the island to recieve all the channels with a 2.7

[Topper]

Just a little tip carleen, if you are near the coast, just make sure there is no salt build up deposited on the plastic cover of the lnb, it is worth cleaning off with mild detergent if there is, but be gentle and do not damage the plastic cover

[bignick]

Just a little tip carleen, if you are near the coast, just make sure there is no salt build up deposited on the plastic cover of the lnb, it is worth cleaning off with mild detergent if there is, but be gentle and do not damage the plastic cover

I very much doubt that there will be any plastic covers on her LNB. Its almost certainly a C120 LNB with an an adjustable feed horn.

If the original poster wishes to post a piccy of the front and rear of the dish then I and a good few others would be more than happy to give more information about the setup.

Cheers

Nick

[simonskyman]

Another problem for you Carleen is that you are on the wrong side of the island.Your 2.7 would get bbc/itv all day in Paphos. 4.2m dishes are all the rage round your way lately.
Bignick is right about not having plastic covers on your feedhorn,so the other problem is spiders.