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what else happens in your area at this time? delivery trucks?? planes flying around?mcbeevee said:I've got a strange problem where the 2 transponders with my SD locals (Sat 119, tp 24/25) drop from 95-100 to 0 between 4pm and 6pm almost every day. I know it can't be the HD-DVR, since it happens on all 3 of my HR20's (both tuners). I have a Slimline dish and a Zinwell WB68 using 6 outputs. I do have HD locals, so it is not a major problem, just annoying. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
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another ideamcbeevee said:I've got a strange problem where the 2 transponders with my SD locals (Sat 119, tp 24/25) drop from 95-100 to 0 between 4pm and 6pm almost every day. I know it can't be the HD-DVR, since it happens on all 3 of my HR20's (both tuners). I have a Slimline dish and a Zinwell WB68 using 6 outputs. I do have HD locals, so it is not a major problem, just annoying. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
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It has been happening for the last few months. Seems kind of strange that it does not affect the other transponders on the 119 sat. My theory was it has something to do with the angle of the sun that time of day and/or heat. It is supposed to be cloudy today, so I will check it again.AirRocker said:How long has it been doing this?
Argh....yes....some multiwitches have been known to fail...I shoulda thought of that one...mcbeevee said:I think I've solved the mystery. My sat 119/tp 25 signal dropped to -0- around 3pm today under partly cloudy skies. I decided to bypass the Zinwell WB68 to see if that made a difference, and tp 25 jumped back to 100! :righton: Now I need to see if Directv will mail me a replacement WB68, or make me take a half day off from work for a 15 minute fix.
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The latter. DirecTV has absolutely no way of shipping out multiswitches. The CSRs dont even see them in the ordering system.mcbeevee said:I think I've solved the mystery. My sat 119/tp 25 signal dropped to -0- around 3pm today under partly cloudy skies. I decided to bypass the Zinwell WB68 to see if that made a difference, and tp 25 jumped back to 100! :righton: Now I need to see if Directv will mail me a replacement WB68, or make me take a half day off from work for a 15 minute fix.
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Still doesn't make any sense. Why would a multi switch go bad only between the hours of 3 and 6 PM day after day?CJTE said:The latter. DirecTV has absolutely no way of shipping out multiswitches. The CSRs dont even see them in the ordering system.
Agreed, but in order to know that this would be the ONLY time it is foundering, you'd have to monitor all transponders 24/7. In any case....when this things happen with sporadic intervals, and perhaps even in some measure of regularity...it may be a sign that things are in the process of breaking, not just broken. Hard drives have these same kinds of symptoms - they rarely just die - they first make noises, have eooro messages appear, or other hiccups before the darn thing croaks.Rabushka said:Still doesn't make any sense. Why would a multi switch go bad only between the hours of 3 and 6 PM day after day?
multiswitch can be obtained from Solidsignal.commcbeevee said:I think I've solved the mystery. My sat 119/tp 25 signal dropped to -0- around 3pm today under partly cloudy skies. I decided to bypass the Zinwell WB68 to see if that made a difference, and tp 25 jumped back to 100! :righton: Now I need to see if Directv will mail me a replacement WB68, or make me take a half day off from work for a 15 minute fix.
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Agreed. I went on E-bay and ordered a new WB68 for $20 (including s&h). That is a much better deal for me than missing 1/2 day at work.curt8403 said:multiswitch can be obtained from Solidsignal.com
maybe worth the cost to avoid 1/2 day off work.