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[chrisgixer]

Nail on head?

Re signal strength? Or certain nuts being a bit numb among the membership?


I have zero understanding of electrons but even I know that much, aye Esta?

[Vamps]

Now, that Gixer fella isn't usually known for his electron herding prowess but he's hit the nail on the head.

You lose a bit of signal strength by having a misaligned dish. You lose a little more by having a non-ideal dish location with trees in the way. You lose a surprising amount when the atmosphere is full of rain at the frequencies we are considering. If you lose enough signal, it stops working. So, no one thing is to blame. If you've got a decent install working optimally, a bit of rain won't take it out, but if something's not ideal (you may or may not be able to do anything about it), you may well find the weather tips it over the edge.

This just seems to prove what I said years ago, modern stuff, sat or free view is affected by the weather, we never had this problem in the recent past, mind we only had 3 channels.....

[05omegav6]

Had a perfect signal all night here. Not so much as a flicker

Good job really as I couldn't sleep for the racket

[Kevin Wood]

This just seems to prove what I said years ago, modern stuff, sat or free view is affected by the weather, we never had this problem in the recent past, mind we only had 3 channels.....

The fact of the matter with analogue TV is that it degraded gradually. Someone with a poor antenna setup would get a noisy signal, but get used to it. Digital TV is affected no more or less by the weather (it's the same frequency allocation, after all), but when it starts to degrade, it goes from perfect to unwatchable with nothing in-between. Overall, it's a lot better than analogue, though.

[Sir Tigger KC]

we never had this problem in the recent past, mind we only had 3 channels.....

Glad to hear you northerners have joined the modern world, the last few weeks must have been a revelation!!     

[bored bigyin54]

Hi all...

Probably been asked before, but....

Why can't I receive sky when it rains. I get a message saying my sky box is not connected whenever it rains heavy.
 

dont complaine to sky they wont do anything about it unless you pay for a call out . never had it with the old dish  as long as sky get your mone they wont do anything

[bored bigyin54]

This just seems to prove what I said years ago, modern stuff, sat or free view is affected by the weather, we never had this problem in the recent past, mind we only had 3 channels.....

The fact of the matter with analogue TV is that it degraded gradually. Someone with a poor antenna setup would get a noisy signal, but get used to it. Digital TV is affected no more or less by the weather (it's the same frequency allocation, after all), but when it starts to degrade, it goes from perfect to unwatchable with nothing in-between. Overall, it's a lot better than analogue, though.

its not better

[Steve B]

Why are you lot giving money to sky (learn a little computer skills) 

[chrisgixer]

Now, that Gixer fella isn't usually known for his electron herding prowess but he's hit the nail on the head.

You lose a bit of signal strength by having a misaligned dish. You lose a little more by having a non-ideal dish location with trees in the way. You lose a surprising amount when the atmosphere is full of rain at the frequencies we are considering. If you lose enough signal, it stops working. So, no one thing is to blame. If you've got a decent install working optimally, a bit of rain won't take it out, but if something's not ideal (you may or may not be able to do anything about it), you may well find the weather tips it over the edge.

This just seems to prove what I said years ago, modern stuff, sat or free view is affected by the weather, we never had this problem in the recent past, mind we only had 3 channels.....

Still learned nothing Vamps? 5 channels and, THEY'RE GOING TO SWITCH THEM ALL OFF VERY SOON, DEAR. ...YES, THERES SOMETHING BETTER BEEN INVENTED.



(Poor love, gone a bit deaf you know )

[Andy H]

Hi all...

Probably been asked before, but....

Why can't I receive sky when it rains. I get a message saying my sky box is not connected whenever it rains heavy.
 

We have got a Humax Freesat unit.

We bought it because terrestrial TV cuts out due to rain and leaves on the trees and we wanted to see if satellite was any better.

The satellite reception carries on working in the heaviest rain but I did have to get it perfectly aligned (compass and spirit level to get the initial set up and then up and down the ladder with slight tweaks up/down & left/right to get the optimum signal strength/quality)

[Marks DTM Calib]

In which case your tv install has the same issues as the original posters sat dish!

As for the issue, call sky and tell them about your issues, explain that money is tight and given the service disruptions you are considering canceling the subscription.....they will have somebody out at zero cost pretty quickly.

[AndyRoid]

Now, that Gixer fella isn't usually known for his electron herding prowess but he's hit the nail on the head.

His explanation impressed me as well, top marks to Chris   

[pauls]

Now, that Gixer fella isn't usually known for his electron herding prowess but he's hit the nail on the head.

His explanation impressed me as well, top marks to Chris   

He must have read it some where.