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Sky Signal Issue no matter what the weather.
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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 946272" data-attributes="member: 369937"><p>All the signal indication means that you have an LNB connected to the system, the dish could be pointing at the ground and you would still have an indication on the "S" (Signal), loss of the "S" would indicate a problem with the coax, the connections or the LNB.</p><p></p><p>The Quality signal however (Q) is a different matter, it could mean the dish is out of alignment for the satellite your tuned to, you can check on dishpointer.com, to see if your elevation and direction are correct, just enter your location and select the satellite from the list, then zoom into your location and click on it, this will give you a map with a line on it pointing to the satellite your tying to receive, it also has a terrain blockage function, this will tell you if something is in the way, like hills or tall trees.</p><p></p><p>To realign the dish all you do is pick a transponder on that satellite and tweak the dish for max "Q", you can test the dish to see if it's out of alignment, but first put some witness marks on the dish mount and the elevation adjust met so you wont totally loose the satellite.</p><p></p><p>Some tape and a dark pencil will do this.</p><p></p><p>To test the dish have someone watch the "Q" indicator, then slightly push up on the dish or if you behind it pull back on it, but not too hard, if the dish has dropped due to a loose bolt then you should be able to get the "Q" to go up.</p><p></p><p>The same for the direction, push or pull left or right (slightly) to see if the "Q" changes.</p><p></p><p>The dish may have dropped due to the hardware loosening up, over time with heating and cooling the bolts can get loose by them selves, this can cause the dish to drop, or if there was some wind it could have swung out of alignment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 946272, member: 369937"] All the signal indication means that you have an LNB connected to the system, the dish could be pointing at the ground and you would still have an indication on the "S" (Signal), loss of the "S" would indicate a problem with the coax, the connections or the LNB. The Quality signal however (Q) is a different matter, it could mean the dish is out of alignment for the satellite your tuned to, you can check on dishpointer.com, to see if your elevation and direction are correct, just enter your location and select the satellite from the list, then zoom into your location and click on it, this will give you a map with a line on it pointing to the satellite your tying to receive, it also has a terrain blockage function, this will tell you if something is in the way, like hills or tall trees. To realign the dish all you do is pick a transponder on that satellite and tweak the dish for max "Q", you can test the dish to see if it's out of alignment, but first put some witness marks on the dish mount and the elevation adjust met so you wont totally loose the satellite. Some tape and a dark pencil will do this. To test the dish have someone watch the "Q" indicator, then slightly push up on the dish or if you behind it pull back on it, but not too hard, if the dish has dropped due to a loose bolt then you should be able to get the "Q" to go up. The same for the direction, push or pull left or right (slightly) to see if the "Q" changes. The dish may have dropped due to the hardware loosening up, over time with heating and cooling the bolts can get loose by them selves, this can cause the dish to drop, or if there was some wind it could have swung out of alignment. [/QUOTE]
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