G10r will end this weekend ! (swapping to new bird)

**brentb636** · 05-27-2008 10:23 AM

Little Rock weather may be a factor, but what puzzles me is that my 11720V transponder varies a lot, while the 11800V and 11805H are very consistent. Most days 11720V is only about 38-40% on my Merc II meter ( 80cm dish) while today it is about 52%. 11800H is about 70% typically and doesn't change much.

**TiminMb** · 05-27-2008 11:45 AM

One thing I've learned the hard way is don't get up on the roof and start messing around with your dish just because G10R lost signal. Check some other satellites first before jumping to any conclusions. I've been fooled by that one I'll tell you. Red faced. I am also finding that the last couple of weeks, 11720 has been breaking up at times.

**cracklincrotch** · 05-27-2008 12:16 PM

This is the time of year of strong thunderstorms and tornadoes. Equity's mux on G10 comes out of Little Rock, AR. Whenever a storm rumbles through, their Ku up link gets the Kybosh as much as our down link does when you have a storm going by.

**Corrado** · 05-27-2008 12:24 PM

Here in NY, 11800 is 70S and 80Q. However, 11720 dropped considerably to 50S and 20Q. Unless the weather at the uplink location is the issue. I noticed this Sunday evening. If this continues rain will probably be a problem here.

**TiminMb** · 05-27-2008 01:40 PM

Sudden jump in signal quality here. 11720 is reading in the 50's and the 11800 is in the 60's. That's a pretty good reading for the very conservative numbers the Fortec's display. I'm doing a blind scan to see if there is anything new.

**TiminMb** · 05-27-2008 02:43 PM

Nothing new on the blind scan. Oddly, the channel changes seem to take longer than before. Its like despite the high signal strength and quality, the receiver takes longer to finish processing the signal into a tv picture stream. Could that indicate some change?

**cracklincrotch** · 05-27-2008 02:56 PM

I'm still not seeing anything any different here, myself.

**tvropro** · 05-27-2008 03:50 PM

I checked again now and it's still like it was. I also have been keeping an eye on 3CTV it's the same too so if the bird is swapped it's doing no better then the old bird was. Which leads me to believe it's not done yet. I should have kept tabs on C band with the 4DTV on Showtime also. Maybe Gary could update us?

**brentb636** · 05-27-2008 05:08 PM

Well, I know that I've been watching more over the past several days, than before the scheduled changeover, and have seen a lot of variations on 11720 V transponder. I suppose that that is just "how it is" and may be symptomatic of why the bird is being replaced . I certainly don't expect the exact signal strengths on the same tp's when the new bird takes over. I just wish it would "gt done" so I can get this out of my mind .

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**guapoharry** · 05-28-2008 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by TiminMb

One thing I've learned the hard way is don't get up on the roof and start messing around with your dish just because G10R lost signal. Check some other satellites first before jumping to any conclusions. ....

Good one.

I had good signal on G10R this weekend, but quality would drop to zero and then come back. Rinse, repeat. Later, the problem cleared up all by itself.

One of my Mac tech buddies had the Coke and a Smoke rule. If he had a pestering problem, he'd go for a Coke and a Smoke. Sometimes, just given a little more time, the problem would go away by itself. That way, you don't break something when the situation is out of your control.