Sky reception

[danzltiu]

Anyone else suffering from bad signal in the Devon/Brixham area. I have changed my sky box, checked connections and it is still dropping out.

[Stormfly1985]

Highly unlikely it's the satellite itself.

If the weather is ok, your dish may have moved slightly or you have some bad connections somewhere?

[Higgs boson]

Definitely sounds as though the dish has moved slightly. Any strong winds in the recent past? Rusted and weak brackets?

[danzltiu]

When its working (which is most of the time until its been on some time) it has a strong signal and it suddenly totally disappears. it seems as if something is overheating but I have changed the box?????

[VEX]

Just because you have changed the box doesn't mean the new box isnt faulty.

Or could be dish or Electronics on the dish (LNB)

[danzltiu]

The other box was perfectly ok when I deinstalled it from my bedroom a few weeks ago after cancelling multi room. I can only assume it is the receiver on the dish that is dodgy. Think will try to do a deal on Sky Q.

[SS2.]

Might be worth re-doing the F plugs that connect the coax at the back of the Sky box.

Quick, simple job and will eliminate a disturbed / poor connection from the equation.

[danzltiu]

Yes already done new connections.

[scjgreen]

All good over here in Torquay, maybe a Seagull knocked the dish out of line :P

[Smiler.]

Might sound stupid but is there a tree in the vicinity of the dish trajectory?

We've recently had to raise our dish to avoid several years of foliage expansion.

Was on & off tail end of last summer, then fine in winter. The recent warm spell saw a return of the issue with a vengeance, especially when windy.

Been here 10 years, never had an issue until now. Tree is 40ft from dish but we ours is a bungalow & the dish has a low angle trajectory.

[danzltiu]

Thanks for all your replies but the problem only exists after we have been watching sky for about two hours or so. Perfect when we switch on so don't think dish is out of line and certainly nothing blocking it from receiving.

[jcremonini]

Sounds like an overheating problem. You say you have swapped the box out but is it in the same location still ? If there is poor ventilation or the box is sat on other devices then it will still overheat.

[Lucas Ayde]

Very likely the LNB by the sounds of things. I had a couple fail in a similar way in the past.