Lost Satellite Frequencies

[steptoe]

I went to watch Eurosport today,

havent watched it in a while, its normally Eurosport 2 I watch,

anyway,

NO SIGNAL

Eurosport 2 works fine,

so I had a check of signal levels,

most channels are signal level 80% +

quality 70% +

some are coming in at 40% signal 10% quality

have a lost a transponder?

some of the frequencies Ive lost are below, a mixture of both vertical and horizontal,

and nothing has changed since I installed this a couple of years ago,

apart from wind maybe moving the dish ??????

12168

12207

12246

12266

12285  - this is Eurosport

12324

12402

12480

12574

any ideas?  :C

 

[Apache]

Translation - Steps can't get German porn, anymore!

 

[steptoe]

you know what,

I never even thought about that,

all the other freqs could be porn channels,  :slap

I only checked the one for eurosport, 

 

[Andy™]

Translation - Steps can't get Swedish porn, anymore!

FTFY

 

[steptoe]

se, this is what happens,

I come on here and ask a sensible question, for a change,

and all I get is abuse and ridicule,  :C   :shakehead    :coat

 

[kerching]

se,

and all I get is abuse and ridicule,  :C   :shakehead    :coat

That would be one of the Deutschebonkenshaaaftenn sites then...would it not?

 

[ProDave]

dish slightly out of alignment (some transponders are stronger than others)

Kink in the cable can attenuate some frequencies (reflections / standing waves)

Dud LNB

Those are all high band, could be LNB or receiver not switching from low to high band?

 

[steptoe]

dish slightly out of alignment (some transponders are stronger than others)

Kink in the cable can attenuate some frequencies (reflections / standing waves)

Dud LNB

Those are all high band, could be LNB or receiver not switching from low to high band?

thank you Dave, I knew there would be one sensible person,

and, tbh, if it hadnt been you I think Id have lost all hope,

I never really spent anytime originally lining dish up, so I suppose the slightest movement could knock it out,

and I have a spare normal LNB I can use to test with as well,

I dont think its the receiver, as its showing the signal levels and quality, so I 'think' its receiving the signal,

just not at a level it requires to make use of.

one other thing, what does turning the LNB achieve?

 

[ProDave]

Start by trying to re align it on the frequency you are having trouble with.

 

[steptoe]

will do PD , Ive got a basic analogue meter, and my box gives digital bar graph and percentage readings for strength and quality,

so I'll put it on the channel I want,  ie, Eurosport, and try moving the dish a mm or 2 first,

when I tried a scan it was fine til near the very end, then I got half a dozen or so fails, thats what made me think maybe it was a transponder i had lost,

what would tie in with you saying perhaps a weaker transponder and poor alignment of my dish,

I dont think [at a quick skim] I had any signal over 90% , and i had a spotless horizon

 

[ProDave]

Use the meter display built into the receiver, far more accurate.  the trick is to get a tv somewhere so you can see it while adjusting the dish (or a reliable helper to keep telling you what it says)

 

[steptoe]

I can put a tv in the kitchen where I can see it through the patio doors, the dish is only about 14' high above the patio doors to the side.

tbh, when i put the dish up I only guessed, and I had a picture first time so I never moved it at all,  :|