Freesat problems?

Hetzer · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Karma :

Is anyone else having "bad or no signal" with their Freesat TV signal in the south-east? Usually it takes a serious rain-storm to interfere with the signal but even then it's like 20% off, 80% on. Right now, cloudy/sunny outside, no wind, dry as a bone and I'm getting 95% no signal. WTF! Is there a solar flare going on or something?
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Hetzer · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Karma :

Puh. I went up on the roof and fiddled with the dish. It has two pairs of cables, two of which (black) go to the front room, one each of the other pair (white) to two of the bedrooms. I'm guessing the black pair are for a recorder-box (they need two cables rather than one). Both the black cables are gaffa-taped and the weight of the cable going over the edge of the roof was pulling them out of line with the housing. I've sorted that and now the TV is working fine.

I was fwit, it's five stories high up there and access via a step-ladder that doesn't reach properly with the drop six feet behind where I climbed. Pale

Tall story bro. Hah, geddit?
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piazza · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Karma :

Hetzer towers, five stories high Thinking

...rich scum filth etc Laughing

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P.addy · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

If you can do that a ride to Wales is nuffin Wink

Llama-Farmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2012 Karma :

Probably an unrelated problem, but my sky box has been playing up all week. EPG is only working a few days ahead so anything on series link is failing to set the next episode to record.

No signal problems recently though for me.
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CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

My Virgin Media telly is working fine Very Happy

Hetzer · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Karma :

I had to go up again. This time, after a fuller inspection, I found the two black cables' connectors weren't fully tightened on their threads. I suspect the person who did them up had feeble fingers. Laughing

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panrider_uk · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Karma :