FTA - problem with just one frequnecy

spongerobinson

Hi folks,

I've got FTA installed all around the house. Its a self-install so I'm fairly techy and understand a fair bit about it.

Basically my problem is that recently some of the UTV/ITV channels have started to lose signal...i.e the whole 10906V transponder. Its on all the boxes connected to the dish, which leads me to believe its a problem at the dish/lnb end. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get up on a ladder yet as the weather has been so bad!

At first I thought it was snow related as it seemed intermittent, but every other channel is working perfectly, and the sky is clear today and the problem still exists. Could it be an LNB failure problem do ye think?

Thanks in advance,

Kevin

Tony

It could be lnb skew, dish alignment or a problem with the LNB itself

tmcw

I noticed a few losses of signal with that TP myself a couple of nights ago, almost certain it was ITV3, I was watching an episode of Poirot. Had a look at the dish, thought maybe it was windy out, but it was calm that night. Alignment is good, and this TP is on the 2D beam.

My other thought was that the LNB was flakey, as the dish is near the ground, and it got covered with snow one of those nights last week, so I was thinking maybe some water got into the cable, or maybe temperatures had an effect, or a combination, but most other channels I tried at the time I had the loss were ok. UTV was acting up as well at the time, and it's on the same TP.

Maybe there was a problem where ever the signals are uploaded.

lucernarian

If it helps, I think I noticed some slight breakup on UTV over the Christmas period, and this was on a 2 month old dish and LNB. I'm not fully certain if it was on UTV but I do know I never noticed it on any other channel...