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Freesat down?

  • 03-03-2019 06:54PM
    #1
    horse7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭


    Anyone's Freesat just stopped ? Mine stopped,no signal before 6pm


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,541 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Likely the snow has caused it either by the amount of it falling or the build up on the LNB on the dish.


  • #3
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,245 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Had breakup on some FTA sat channels this afternoon, snow related.


  • #4
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,776 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    My Sky box is down for the 2nd time this evening, last outage was about 10 minutes, this one is longer


  • #5
    horse7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭horse7


    Thanks ,all good now.


  • #6
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,734 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Realistically, this is always, always going to be a local issue. Buildup of snow (water attenuates 10-12Ghz signals very well) or just too heavy snow/rain in the air.

    Sometimes you will get minor breakup due to heavy rain in the south east of England where most channels are uplinked from, but total loss is local to you.


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  • #7
    horse7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭horse7


    Thanks, it's just the snow never affected my dish in the last decade.


  • #8
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,776 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    If your dish is accessible will knocking the snow off it bring the signal back


  • #9
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,386 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005




  • #10
    RadioRetro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭RadioRetro


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    If your dish is accessible will knocking the snow off it bring the signal back

    Yes, had to do it to mine after the Beast from the East. Sweep snow off both dish and LNB.


  • #11
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,776 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    RadioRetro wrote: »
    Yes, had to do it to mine after the Beast from the East. Sweep snow off both dish and LNB.

    cheers,mine came back on after an hour so didn't have to do it in the end, the snow must have fallen off by itself


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  • #12
    alentejo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭alentejo


    My freestat is down today? No snow or obvious issues with dish! Any ideas out there?


  • #13
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,734 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    alentejo wrote: »
    My freestat is down today? No snow or obvious issues with dish! Any ideas out there?

    Its still a local issue.

    LNB failure, dish moved little enough that you can't see, cable issue, tuner failure on the box.

    Swap box first. Then check you are getting 13v or 18v on the cable to the LNB. Swap ports on the LNB if it has spares.


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