DirecTV 119 satellite...

[Phroz]

Anyone else having issues with the channels on the 119 today? From what I know the 119 carries mostly locals (mine included) and my locals have been intermittent all day. They go out for a few seconds every few minutes.

Looking at the signal strength (on my R15), the transponders are constantly jumping between 11 and 96. This is happening on both of my receivers... and all the other channels seem to be fine.

Seems to be the same issue the people in this thread are having (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=81526), but I'm nowhere near Virgina.

[harsh]

Anyone else having issues with the channels on the 119 today? From what I know the 119 carries mostly locals (mine included) and my locals have been intermittent all day. They go out for a few seconds every few minutes.You might check to see if the sun is passing behind 119W when this happens. There are two periods a year when the sun passes behind the satellites and messes things up. It only lasts for a short time at any particular location.

[VaJim]

You might check to see if the sun is passing behind 119W when this happens.

..how do you do that?:confused:

[litzdog911]

..how do you do that?:confused:

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=63277

Sticky thread at the top of this forum.

[VaJim]

Thanks!

:grin:

[paulman182]

At the radio station where I work, we are now going thru the period of sun outage on our main recieve satellite located at 139W.