Astra 2 A North Weaker than usual

[DragonSat]

All,
Has anyone noticed the fringe reception of Astra 2 A North being any weaker than usual in Naples?

I normally have 10-11dB SNR on 11.778V with a 1m dish in Naples.

Last day or so I have noticed the best signal I have now id 7-8dB, often as low as 6dB (Right on the limit of working)

I put up a dish this afternoon for a friend, and the best I got was 6dB actual recieve level was around -31dBm

Has the power been reduced, or has another satellite nearby increased its power cand causing more noise.

12.207V the strongest I see remains the same at 17dB SNR.

 

[woborny]

Could it be the summer heat and humidity causing issues?
There are posts like this every year in the summer about drop in reception..

 

[DragonSat]

I can understand the humidity having some effect, but it doesn't seem to affect the South transponders. Only 2A North. 2B North are the same levels.

 

[Zorba]

Do you know if thatsn where the HD movie channels are ? Because I have had a couple of customers losing those channels certain times of the day recently.

 

[DragonSat]

Looking on King of Sat there are lost of HD movie channels on the 2A and 2B north beams. So yes there weak in my area. Not sure of Cyprus, when I was there 2 years back, it was a sweet spot for reception, inc 2D.