I live in central NJ and only have to worry about 101 and 103c. The lowest reading I am getting today is 83 on one 103c transponder. You might want to get the dish realigned. Do that first before you change anything else and make sure that when you get the dish alignment that the installer puts a "grounding block" on your system if you don't have one now.mdh333 said:I'm in eastern Pennsylvania, and my HD channels go out very easily when the weather gets bad. A buddy of mine (that's probably about 15 miles away) has the same issue.
Do others have the same problem? Anything that can be done about it?
Just did a sat test (as I'm having the issue right now) and see -
Sat 101 - looks OK
Sat 110 - only 3 transponders 81, 73, 79 strength
119 - Kinda all over the place, 11 total, 47 - 95 in strength, with one zero
99 - 6 total, 79 0 73 0 0
103 - 16 total, first row all 0, then some numbers from 23-69, and a couple more 0
Is there a good way to figure out what channels are on what satellites? Today, I'm trying to watch some HD baseball games on the EI package.
Guess I should try to compare what things look like when the weather is good.
+1rich584 said:I live in central NJ and only have to worry about 101 and 103c. The lowest reading I am getting today is 83 on one 103c transponder. You might want to get the dish realigned. Do that first before you change anything else and make sure that when you get the dish alignment that the installer puts a "grounding block" on your system if you don't have one now.
Rich
Which is a good reason to make sure your levels are in the 80+ range.Kansas Zephyr said:Most of the D*'s new HD channels are downlinked on a higher frequency band that is more susceptible to rain fade.
i believe the Hd channels are in the 18.? gHz range vs the SD in the 12.? gHz range.Kansas Zephyr said:Most of the D*'s new HD channels are downlinked on a higher frequency band that is more susceptible to rain fade.
And why they're called "Ka" & "Ku" as these are the band designations.rhambling said:i believe the Hd channels are in the 18.? gHz range vs the SD in the 12.? gHz range.
It should. OTA is at a much lower frequency so rain doesn't bother it "as much". I can lose OTA in very heavy rain, but my signal level "at best" is low [three mountain peaks between me and the towers 62 miles away].jforman said:I noticed this as well with the bad weather here in Boston over the past couple days with channels going out.
Would an AM21 hooked up to my HR21-200 allow for receiving local HD broadcasts in bad weather (where currently we lose all channels in a bad thunder-storm with just the dish) ?
Go throw a wet towel over your dish, and then tune to an HD channel.rich584 said:For the love of God, will someone please tell me what "rain fade" looks like? I really feel like I'm missing something here. Just simply describe it.
Rich
OK, that's what I've been seeing for years during storms. "Rain fade" seems rather simplistic, but if that's what it's called, I'll go along with it.veryoldschool said:Go throw a wet towel over your dish, and then tune to an HD channel.
At the first onset, your picture will start to break up. As the rain,snow, hail, gets heavier, you will lose the signal completely.
More raindrops in a given volume of space/air (or larger drops) increase the attenuation of RF energy passing through it. Higher frequencies are more scattered/attenuated than lower ones.rich584 said:For the love of God, will someone please tell me what "rain fade" looks like? I really feel like I'm missing something here. Just simply describe it.
Rich
Thanx, that was clear.Kansas Zephyr said:More raindrops in a given volume of space/air (or larger drops) increases the attenuation of RF energy passing through it. Higher frequencies are more scattered/attenuated than lower ones.
This just decreases the amount of signal that hits the dish.
Once the signal gets marginal, you have "blocky/sporadic reception", after it drops below a minimum level you get a blank screen and "searching for satellite".
Hi there, my question is this. What is the absolute lowest your signal can go before you get zip? I am just trying to find out because my trees aren't letting me get high signals, so I would like to tweak to get the best I can which will still be a low low low number..Kansas Zephyr said:More raindrops in a given volume of space/air (or larger drops) increase the attenuation of RF energy passing through it. Higher frequencies are more scattered/attenuated than lower ones.
This decreases the amount of signal that hits the dish.
Once the signal gets marginal, you have "blocky/sporadic reception", after it drops below a minimum level you get a blank screen and "searching for satellite".
Above 40 for me and it's rock solid. Between 30 and 40 it'll pixelize and go in and out. Below 30 and it's pretty much black screen, no signal.penguin44 said:Hi there, my question is this. What is the absolute lowest your signal can go before you get zip? I am just trying to find out because my trees aren't letting me get high signals, so I would like to tweak to get the best I can which will still be a low low low number..
