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Weak signal on CNN (Freesat)

  • 05-02-2016 02:48PM
    #1
    peking97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 902 ✭✭✭


    Just recently getting a weak signal on this channel only.
    Is it transmitted at lower power does anyone know?:confused:


Comments

  • #2
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    I am getting a similar problem. I think it is the wind that has moved my dish a little. When it dies down, I will tweak it.


  • #3
    Delta Lima
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭Delta Lima


    The tansponder that CNN is on seems unusually weak for me too, compared to others.


  • #4
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    Delta Lima wrote: »
    The tansponder that CNN is on seems unusually weak for me too, compared to others.

    I tend to agree. It's the only channel that's not coming through on Sky and on my Freesat enabled TV.


  • #5
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,071 ✭✭✭✭lertsnim


    I get CNN with 76% signal strength. Yes it is slightly lower than other transponders but nowhere close to giving problems when viewing the channel. Might your dishes need a slight realligning?


  • #6
    STB.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    About 3/4 of the power from what I can see.


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  • #7
    peking97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 902 ✭✭✭peking97


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Might your dishes need a slight realligning?

    Yes it certainly looks like it does!


  • #8
    peking97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 902 ✭✭✭peking97


    Just an update on this.
    Turns out it was not the dish that had moved but the LNB clamp had fractured giving rise to a change in the skew angle setting.
    When I replaced the bracket and reset the skew problem sorted.
    Quality now between 70-75%.


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