signal help

[t23]

Hi all I have been having probs with getting my dish aligned for awhile now if I manage to get it aligned it will be ok for 5 mins and if I get a tiny bit of wind it goes crazy I also have a few trees where the dish points but I am not sure if they are enough to effect the signal I was going to buy a dish motor but was told that it would probs be no good for me if anybody could help thanks

[darcu5]

can you not move the dish elsewhere where you can be sure the trees aren't affecting it.. or get the bow saw out and attack the tree lol

[t23]

not sure if it would make a difference and I have thought about doing that lol the thing is I used to have sky and got a signal I don't know if its when the tree gets its leaves that it effects

[darcu5]

the original box from sky have better tuners in them, maybe plug one of there boxes in to see if it still does it, if its a good signal and not fluctuating then you could get something to amplify the signal a tad

[t23]

yh I have tried a skybox and had it afew times I will give it another try is that the best thing to use to get it right

[darcu5]

no, just the tuner is better, so if that stays on then you know it's down to the tuner on the box your using now which you may be able to solve with an inline amp, only cost a couple of quid. Has the dish been aligned correctly too? as they only need to be a bugies nob off line and channels will drop out, i always use one of the signal testers when fitting the dish to ensure it is plum.

[t23]

I have just tried it with the skybox I had it aligned and then when the wind blew it went off again which leads me to think it must be the dam trees !!! what gets me though is that when I had sky a year or two back I had a signal but I think I had it installed in winter when the trees would have been bare which could explain why I don't now and the fact that the tree will have grown slightly