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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 15341" data-attributes="member: 175144">Since you are talking about a difference of 3 to six months, anything could have happenedI take it 1) you have verified the dish is as well positioned on the satellite as before, both in movement East West AND elevation2) There has been no degredation of the reception as a result of dirt on the feed, spiders webs (or even spiders), squirrel nut storage and / or other debris3) Water ingress, in the cable/ connector and or LNB4) Any outside interference from other sources, trees, bushes or washing on the line5) Other sources of microwave interference Once you have verified the above then there are the questions of 6) LNB stability and possible fall off in performance7) As above but with the receiver tuner/demod sectionThen again I did submit my theory of the movement of the Astra2 satellite to this forum some six months ago, but it should be relevant to the Sirius group as well<a href="http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=2496&amp;highlight=satellite+AND+perigee" target="_blank">http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=2496&amp;highlight=satellite+AND+perigee</a>, which seemed to fit the pattern of periodical loss on a daily basis. There is quite possible an additional annual anomaly that fits in with normal Kepler motion elements of a man made satellite that are at play hereThen again maybe the satellite provider has turned down the signal to ensure small dish owners in the UK continue to lose programmes that are funded by official subscriptions from Scandinavia</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 15341, member: 175144"] Since you are talking about a difference of 3 to six months, anything could have happened I take it 1) you have verified the dish is as well positioned on the satellite as before, both in movement East West AND elevation 2) There has been no degredation of the reception as a result of dirt on the feed, spiders webs (or even spiders), squirrel nut storage and / or other debris 3) Water ingress, in the cable/ connector and or LNB 4) Any outside interference from other sources, trees, bushes or washing on the line 5) Other sources of microwave interference Once you have verified the above then there are the questions of 6) LNB stability and possible fall off in performance 7) As above but with the receiver tuner/demod section Then again I did submit my theory of the movement of the Astra2 satellite to this forum some six months ago, but it should be relevant to the Sirius group as well [url]http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2496&highlight=satellite+AND+perigee[/url] , which seemed to fit the pattern of periodical loss on a daily basis. There is quite possible an additional annual anomaly that fits in with normal Kepler motion elements of a man made satellite that are at play here Then again maybe the satellite provider has turned down the signal to ensure small dish owners in the UK continue to lose programmes that are funded by official subscriptions from Scandinavia [/QUOTE]

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