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How does my signals looks - rain fade

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Hello All -

Need advice. Below is my current readings.
I tend to get the *can't find 771* whenever it is overcast / rain pour lately
Does my dish need some tweaking

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Current Reading


101
98 97 95 98 95 100 96 100
96 97 96 100 95 100 95 100
95 100 94 96 95 100 96 100
97 99 97 89 99 100 97 100

110
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 97
NA 95 NA 97 NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

119
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA 99 76 97
97 100 100 99 99 100 0 100

99c
93 95 85 94 91 93 83 92
89 92 82 91 91 94 NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

99s
99 46 99 38 93 89 NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA


103S
0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA 97 93
91 97 95 95 29 0 95 98
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

103c
95 95 91 88 93 92 88 88
92 91 88 91 92 92 NA NA
91 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA



FTM
100 100 100 100 95 97 97 97
97 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
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Prior Reading back when it was 1st installed in February


101
97 96 96 97 96 100 97 100
96 97 97 98 96 100 96 100
95 100 95 95 96 100 96 100
95 99 97 66 97 100 95 100

110
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 97
NA 95 NA 98 NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

119
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA 99 71 97
98 99 100 99 98 100 0 100

99b
100 28 100 34 96 94 NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

103a
0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA 97 98
96 98 98 98 40 0 98 98
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA


103B
95 95 91 94 91 94 89 95
91 95 92 96 93 96 NA NA
96 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

FTM
100 95 0 95 100 96 96 96
96 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
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Those readings look great. I'm surprised that you're seeing "rain fade" issues when it's simply overcast.
You must have had some serious storms in the LOS to get 771's during "overcast / rain pour" with those fine signals.
So the signals are as good as it's going to get ?

And it usually happens on overcast/cloudy days as well as when it's pouring up a storm. Enough to get annoyed and seek help from the forum gurus like ya'll
If it's cloudy over your house but extreme heavy rain to the SW of you, then that can cause rainfade. It's the water in the atmosphere that can cause it. It's not uncommon to have the 771 message before it rains then when the rain starts the 771 message goes away and you get programming.
chefwong,

Those signals look great! With signals less than that, I very, very rarely get rainfade. Ok I am in a semi-arid state, yet relative to the storms we do have I don't get rainfade.

I wondering if you have a moisture problem in an LNB or coax connector; but that doesn't explain why cloudy days are a problem too.

Cheers,
Tom
Please report your 103(b) signals again next time you see this problem. Even in FL in the summer, we rarely have outages except from serious thunderstorms in the LOS to the satellites, which in our case is SW. Usually they never last longer than 10-15 minutes.
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