Low signal - Sat-C kit on 110 LNB only

[SouthernSky]

I set up a customer with a Sat-C kit to add 110 deg to his old multi-sat 2-LNB dish. When I left, all three were high 90's. A wind storm came through and now the middle 110 LNB is showing an average strength of 50 while the outer 110 and 119 LNB's are still averaging 97.

All 3 LNB are same manufacturer, and the customer called to say he climbed on the roof to see if the middle LNB was still seated properly or had bird poop or something blocking the reflective signal. No line of sight issue change either as this is an open field with no trees around. He also hard reset his HDTV receiver without success.

I'm planning on going there tomorrow with a spare LNB just in case, but if that doesn't fix the problem, I'm not sure what else to look for.

Any ideas would be most welcome as this is a new one on me.

[SSW_Exposure]

The 18x24 dish has a lot of tightening points that could be have moved in a heavy wind, but none of these 'should' affect only the 110 LNB.

About half of these dishes I installed had physical assembly problems with parts not aligning together, but this shows up on installation.

I've never had a SatC LNB go bad, but havn't really installed that many (I'd rather convert them to a Phase III).

Of course your not going to forget to take a Sat B/Sat C combiner, but you probably have a good chance of finding a loose connector. (I've never done that either :nono: )

SSW

[SouthernSky]

Thanks for the support. I appreciate it. I'm planning on bringing another kit just in case. If it ends up something interesting, I'll surely post it!

[jwwahly]

More than likely it's a bad combiner at the dish or wherever you put it.or a bad 4x4 switch but i would just change it to a phase III like the other gent said and eliminate any future problems with the combiner or switch.