Recent content by John Banfield

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    Intermittent loss of signal

    Hi guys, Same engineer I'm afraid.....they are a rare breed out here in the sticks. A refund on the LNB and just the cost of the hardware, so not that bad....I can bear it....and I get Dr Who back!!!! Thanks again all John
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    Intermittent loss of signal

    Hello guys, Thank you all for your help and suggestions, all duly noted for future reference. Engineer came this morning, 're sited dish off leccy pole, into stack. New bracket/pole, had to replace new LIB with my old one which it appears was more sensitive (or maybe less...??)... upshot is that...
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    Intermittent loss of signal

    Also just tried removing alternate boxes from the system, with no effect....still no signal. Message on screen says 'The receiver is not receiving a signal, or the signal is too weak'...... So I guess although the LNB is new, this is not uncommon to fail ....manfacturing spread or something I...
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    Intermittent loss of signal

    Thank you guys, No growth in front of dish....The LNB has 2 x ports, to 2 different boxes, on 2 separate cables, one old, one new (2 years).....with the same symptoms on both cables and boxes Even thought the LNB is new, I suspect that is the culprit...... The dish is on the same pole that...
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    Intermittent loss of signal

    Hello folks, I am having a silly time with my sat Rx system...... For no apparent reason, my system is losing signal, then it returns....and gone again. LNB was replaced 3 weeks ago....perfect.....for about a day, then back to no signal, or signal to weak, on both boxes. Dish checked, double...
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