weather interference?

starman100

Anyone else experiencing interference on sky digital tonight? (Would appear to be due to the nasty weather outside....).

Picture on all channels is freezing every few minutes.

Signal strength seems to be ok but something isnt right...

Looks like good business for dish repairmen over the next few days if the wind keeps up.

swoofer

u dont say where u are buit rock solid here in west of ireland

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deecom

No probs in Dublin either, sure someones not trying to nick you dish!!!!:D

Mike 1972

Sounds like
1) dish too small (maybe youre tryng to use a 40cm dish in Donegal)
2) poor dish alignemnt (not aligned properly in the first place so the slightest weakening of signal causes you problems)
3) poor dish alignemnt (wind might have put it out)

navi_5445

Weather was brutal in Cork but no loss or degradation...even my elusive Channel Five (the *only* channel I have that nearly always gives 'no sat signal received') was working last night.

daveg

No your not on your own. We had that last night as well. Fúcking ruined 6 feet under at 10pm. Have to watch the re-run Sunday night.

In the west btw.

LegacyUser

Yup, had probs in Galway City last nite, but then, the house was nearly blown away, never mind the dish. Pic kept freezing.

OT: [rant] The weather was nuts during the night, but sure, you'll never hear that as the lead story on RTE News. But if you get a drop of rain in Dublin, they send Noah off with two of everything.[/rant]

Ros Man

Also in the west and I had no problems.

irishgeo

hope my temporary dish is ok. It only had blocks etc holding it in place. it is a bit lower to the ground and semed to have a good picture last weekend.My old one blew down last week.

heading home to today to find out.

sceptre

Originally posted by daveg
No your not on your own. We had that last night as well. Fúcking ruined 6 feet under at 10pm.

Same thing happened to me. I watched the repeat on E4+1 at 11 and there was no breakup at all

SEAMUSD

just to let you know, while we had the bad weather the other night my sky digital picture was freezing every few minutes (ARKLOW) but for some strange reason the chorus signal (which I hooked upped myself) and dont pay for was fine. now considering chorus get their picture from SKY it doesn't make any sense to me.

DMC

Hmm, I wouldnt be bragging about that fact on a public board. It is robbery, after all.

Originally posted by SEAMUSD
just to let you know, while we had the bad weather the other night my sky digital picture was freezing every few minutes (ARKLOW) but for some strange reason the chorus signal (which I hooked upped myself) and dont pay for was fine. now considering chorus get their picture from SKY it doesn't make any sense to me.

Yes that is very Naughty and illegal.

The reason you had no problem with the chorus Sky channels in Arklow, is because they take them as far as I know from an mmds link, which originates God knows where, but most likely has been bounced all around the country ( where the weather may have been different ) by the time it gets to you.
The {sarcasm} Space-Age technology {sarcasm} that they use with MMDS also explains why the sky channels and UTV and channel four etc are in MONO not stereo.

mm

byte

I had no problems though there was little wind here in Donegal. For once, we escaped the worst of it!

With regards to the free chorus, is it MMDS? Is it not true that if you have means of receiving MMDS signals, then it is not illegal, as Chorus broadcast most of their channels FTA? If you have connected yourself to cable system though, that would indeed be illegal.:)

I haven't passed much remarks but I'm nearly sure MMDS is stereo here in Donegal. I'll have to check it out next day I tune in a stereo TV in a MMDS home!

It would be cable Byte.
Chorus in Arklow feed their cable from a sixty foot mmds mast( MMDS is not really available in the area, the nearest tx being in Carnew, 20 miles away with an extremely low power repeater in Gorey which only really serves the environs of that town , for the one or two elderly customers that still bother with chorus there...) on top of the maratime museum.

To be honest, I'm not sure which is more of a museum piece, Arklow's cable system, that mast, or whats in the maratime museum itself!
The mast is well tied though.

mm

SEAMUSD

MOD EDIT: No, we dont want to know that info, kthxbye.

SEAMUSD

HEY you dont tell them and neither will I

Lukin Black

Originally posted by sceptre
Same thing happened to me. I watched the repeat on E4+1 at 11 and there was no breakup at all

That's wierd, cause they're both on the same frequency/transponder, or whatever it's called. It's on the dodgy satellite, as I call it The same one the Irish channels are on (and the BBCs now, as far as I know). Anyhow, to cut a long story short, add E4 UK to your 'other channels' cause it's usually got on break up, or very little:

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sceptre

Originally posted by Lukin Black
Anyhow, to cut a long story short, add E4 UK to your 'other channels' cause it's usually got on break up, or very little:

I'll do that - thanks

SEAMUSD

point taken