PaysBasque Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Hello, I wonder if anyone has a similar problem. I've had FTV for thepast 4years and never had a problem. Recently however, with all thestorms over the winter, reception has been getting worse and worse.When I came back from holiday a week ago I actually had no more signalwhatsoever. I finally got the repair man to come and check it out andhe has been fiddling with the dish orientation. We now have receptionbut the signal quality seems to be worse than before.I do remembersomeone telling me that the BBC is narrowing the footprint in order toget rid of freeloaders like us in France. Is that so or is it just aquestion of our dish being too small? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 If you had a French repairman it is possible he straightened the LNB to 6 o'clock rather than leaving it a 7 pm. All French set ups use the LNB vertically in the holder.LNBs also deteriorate over time might be worth trying a new good quality low loss one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaysBasque Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Thank you, I will ask him about that. It might also be time for a new dish or LNB or whatever else I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Also check or renew the connector to the LNB. The cable has a braided outer which attracts water faster than that. The joint must be absolutely waterproof and if you have had bad weather over the winter well..... Any water in the cable and the copper corrodes and there goes your signal. Good news is that it's easy and cheap to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Certainly you needn't worry about the BBC shrinking the footprint -Astra controls the satellites, not the BBC. Anynarrowing is some years away and relies on replacement satellites beinglaunched, which won't happen until the present ones wear out(Astra 2A would be there in about 2012, Astra 2D a couple ofyears later). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilec Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]Certainly you needn't worry about the BBC shrinking the footprint - Astra controls the satellites, not the BBC. Any narrowing is some years away and relies on replacement satellites being launched, which won't happen until the present ones wear out (Astra 2A would be there in about 2012, Astra 2D a couple of years later). [/quote]The BBC changed to Astra 2D a couple of years ago in order to avoid the very high charges that Sky were demanding for encryption. They changed because Astra 2D has a far smaller footprint on the earth's surface than 2A. This is to comply with the broadcasting rights issue, where they are not allowed to broadcast outside the UK. In practice of course this is impossible to achieve, but reducing the footprint has done what they were required to do.As a result you do need at least an 80cm dish if you are more than halfway down France to get reliably good reception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Yes I know all that. (sorry - that's not meant to sound rude). But at that time there was a lot of muddled thinking and rumours that somehow the power of the transponders allocated to the BBC on 2D would be turned down to further shrink the BBC coverage. That was rubbish, as I said at the time. Astra control the satellites, not the BBC. If there hadn't been room on Astra 2D then the BBC wouldn't have been able to move across from Astras 2A and B. As it was it worked fine and Greg Dyke's absolutely brilliant strategy to excape the shackles of videoguard was successful. In actual fact Astra 2D was an off the peg satellite and it was something of a lucky break for the BBC that it all turned out the way it did, ie that it had more directional beams.What I was trying to do was to reassure the OP that reduced transmission power was NOT the cause of their problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 That's interesting. I can't type D Y K E as in Greg D without this forum censoring me. Ho hum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]That's interesting. I can'ttype D Y K E as in Greg D without this forum censoring me. Ho hum![/quote]you have to spell 'buggar' with an 'a' as well !p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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