blackburnman04
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- Mar 14, 2009
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- My Satellite Setup
- DM800HD Clone with 500gb HDD, Poundland Fan, 1.1m Triax Dish, Technomate TM2600, Inverto Black Ultra LNB, 60cm Sky Dish, Old Pace Sky Receiver, Custom Build PC From Ebay, Dual Core Intel Processor, 4gb RAM, Geforce 9600GT, 500GB HDD
- My Location
- Northern Ireland
Hello,
I am currently having a problem with my motorized satellite dish. The problem is that when even light - medium rain occurs there is a large dip in signal strength. I checked on a number of satellites, and below are the numbers that I have been given.
28.2e - 100% goes down to around 87%, 90% channels go down to around 78-81%.
23.5e, 100% goes down to around 81-87%
19.2e, 93%, goes down to around 81%
16.0e, 71% goes down to around 59%
13.0e 100% goes down to around 81%
9.0e 87% goes down to around 68-71%
7.0e, 55-59%, goes down to around 28-31%
0.8w 90% goes down to around 69%
5.0w 100%, to around 89%.
The highest figures stated above are when there is no rain, and during the daytime. The lower figures are when there is light-medium rain. I know that signal seems to degrade slightly in adverse weather conditions, but for some satellites such as 7.0e, this makes the channels unwatchable.
Out of curiosity, I looked out at my LNB, and noticed that it was saturated with rain, Just to see what the effect would be on signal strength, I went out to clear the rain from the LNB eye, and when I did this the signal strength for every satellite went from the lower values stated above, back up to the higher values. But the problem is that when the LNB eye gets covered with rain drops, the signal drops to the low values again.
I have tried covering the LNB eye, working out ways to prevent rain from hitting the LNB eye (none of which have worked, as it seems like quite an impossible task, lol, but there is still the same signal deterioration.
My question is would anyone know what could be causing this problem?, I understand that rain can have an effect on the signal, but it seems as more rain drops appear on the LNB eye, the further the deterioration of signal.
I am looking for a solution, as it becomes quite annoying if I would have to keep going out to wipe the LNB eye when it is raining, as of course more rain drops will replace what I will wipe off.
When I was aligning my dish, as it is motorized to true south, I received 100% from my true south satellites (5W here in Northern Ireland), and after tightening the bolts, I was able to achieve high signal strength for 28.2e, 23.5e, 19.2e, 16.0e, 13.0e, 9.0e, 0.8w, 5.0w, and 30.0w and so on, and these signal strengths are maintained until the rain starts, and then the problems start.
Thank you for reading, and to anyone who tries to help.
I am currently having a problem with my motorized satellite dish. The problem is that when even light - medium rain occurs there is a large dip in signal strength. I checked on a number of satellites, and below are the numbers that I have been given.
28.2e - 100% goes down to around 87%, 90% channels go down to around 78-81%.
23.5e, 100% goes down to around 81-87%
19.2e, 93%, goes down to around 81%
16.0e, 71% goes down to around 59%
13.0e 100% goes down to around 81%
9.0e 87% goes down to around 68-71%
7.0e, 55-59%, goes down to around 28-31%
0.8w 90% goes down to around 69%
5.0w 100%, to around 89%.
The highest figures stated above are when there is no rain, and during the daytime. The lower figures are when there is light-medium rain. I know that signal seems to degrade slightly in adverse weather conditions, but for some satellites such as 7.0e, this makes the channels unwatchable.
Out of curiosity, I looked out at my LNB, and noticed that it was saturated with rain, Just to see what the effect would be on signal strength, I went out to clear the rain from the LNB eye, and when I did this the signal strength for every satellite went from the lower values stated above, back up to the higher values. But the problem is that when the LNB eye gets covered with rain drops, the signal drops to the low values again.
I have tried covering the LNB eye, working out ways to prevent rain from hitting the LNB eye (none of which have worked, as it seems like quite an impossible task, lol, but there is still the same signal deterioration.
My question is would anyone know what could be causing this problem?, I understand that rain can have an effect on the signal, but it seems as more rain drops appear on the LNB eye, the further the deterioration of signal.
I am looking for a solution, as it becomes quite annoying if I would have to keep going out to wipe the LNB eye when it is raining, as of course more rain drops will replace what I will wipe off.
When I was aligning my dish, as it is motorized to true south, I received 100% from my true south satellites (5W here in Northern Ireland), and after tightening the bolts, I was able to achieve high signal strength for 28.2e, 23.5e, 19.2e, 16.0e, 13.0e, 9.0e, 0.8w, 5.0w, and 30.0w and so on, and these signal strengths are maintained until the rain starts, and then the problems start.
Thank you for reading, and to anyone who tries to help.