Wind blew my signal out

[robbeno]

I Im using a norm zone 1 dish the wind last night as nocked me of signal, I'm thinking of renewing to a 60cm zone 2, was thinking of motorised but to complicated, plus the extra subs, if I change to zone 2 will I benefit better than the smaller zone 1 or no diffrence ? I'm after setanta Ireland, and Ireland is a zone 2 dish, well it's what I've read, can anyone give me any advice pls
Rob

[Shady]

ive got a minidish in the midlands.. and i get setanta just fine... its coming off 28.2e

[robbeno]

I'm suppose to have setanta Ireland on my sub, but not there, is this because my dish was 40cm zone 1 ?
Help would be appreciated
Rob

[Shady]

no, its because ur server isnt serving it to you.. minidish will pick up setanta fine

[robbeno]

ive got a minidish in the midlands.. and i get setanta just fine... its coming off 28.2e

Oh ok m8 so mini dish should do it, must be server,
Will I benefit in anyway with a 60cm

[smoggie]

it should increase signal strength to dm. My snr went up by around 15% with 60cm dish

[robbeno]

Instead of fixing this 7 year old mini dish back to recieve signal, I will get the 60cm, cheers smoggie n1

[wulbert2001]

no sat picture

my signal from sky box is not going was ok until we had high winds what do i do any ideas....im on cable in living room but the sky dish was giving me the odd picture in kitchen ie.bbc1/bbc2/stv.4/5/mainly all channels u get without the card.but not getting nought now .moved the dish but no luck

[Rodbouy]

What box are you using?

What signal levels you getting.

You can get some channels and not toehrs depending on how much of a signal you get, even a few mm out can make a difference

[smoggie]

Instead of fixing this 7 year old mini dish back to recieve signal, I will get the 60cm, cheers smoggie n1

I think its recommended to have the L shaped pole pointing down, rather than up as its less likely to move dish in strong winds. someone more knowledgeable about installation might confirm this. You can also use the existing plate with the 4 bolts in. I tried to remove my plate to put the shiny new one on, resulting in 2 of the bolts shearing and then having to drill 4 new holes.
this might help also

http://www.sam-radford.me.uk/images/raven1.gif

[robbeno]

Cheers smoggie, I can get 60cm dish on eBay comes with quad lnb, will this make any diffrence to reception ? Or
Just means I could put into 4 rooms, but will still be ok for the 1 ?

[smoggie]

Got mine from ebay, like I said it improved signal reception considerably

[dick b]

Cheers smoggie, I can get 60cm dish on eBay comes with quad lnb, will this make any diffrence to reception ? Or
Just means I could put into 4 rooms, but will still be ok for the 1 ?

yeah it will be fine in just 1 room just seal off the outlets you dont use to stop water getting in.