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Argh! The Dish Network dish has been installed at this house since 2001 and has never been a problem. I've had all kinds of idiocy with the receivers, but no problems with the dish itself. Until now.
Every single day, without fail, I lose about half of my channels during daylight hours. It starts around 9 AM, gets worse (more channels drop) as the sun gets higher in the sky, and around 5:30 they start coming back. At night, I get all the channels without fail. In fact, it took me a while to figure out that there was a pattern to this because I usually only watch at night, and I noticed that Tivo was regularly taping 30 or 60 minutes of the "acquiring signal" screen, and I didn't notice that the pattern was that it was always during daylight hours.
I live in San Jose, CA, where it's sunny every day in the summer, and has generally been warm with a few very hot (95F+) days.
I'm not home during the day very often so I haven't done an day-to-day analysis of whether it's always the same channels that drop out, and whether it always happens at the same time. I do know, from watching TV on weekend afternoons, that the channels that drop are often different -- usually the premium channels don't fail but they did last week, so that's my anecdotal evidence that it's not always exactly the same channels.
I hate intermittent problems!
I have no technical background whatsoever, so my ideas are automatically crackpot. But I'm thinking that it can't be the way that the dish is pointed because it's pointed fine at night, right? And if it were pointed wrong, I'd never get signals at all? So maybe it's some kind of heat buildup problem and the hotter it gets, the more the equipment fails? And then when it cools off, it works fine, so if I never watched TV during the day (or if Tivo never recorded during the day), I'd never even know there was a problem.
Does that make sense? Are there any electronic parts of the satellite dish that would fail in heat and function again when cooler? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Regardless of my crackpot theory, what are my next steps to figure this out and more importantly, to get this fixed??? (I actually just worked out my "heat problem" theory while writing this post, and if there's ANY POSSIBILITY that there's something to it, I can probably get them to foot the bill for coming out and fixing it, if only because DirecTV will be happy to come out and give me a perfect satellite dish for free.)
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed. I haven't bothered calling Dish Network yet because my experience with getting them to fix things is that they can only help me if I have fully identified the problem as well as the desired solution. Their troubleshooting skills leave something to be desired.
Regards,
Elissa K.
Every single day, without fail, I lose about half of my channels during daylight hours. It starts around 9 AM, gets worse (more channels drop) as the sun gets higher in the sky, and around 5:30 they start coming back. At night, I get all the channels without fail. In fact, it took me a while to figure out that there was a pattern to this because I usually only watch at night, and I noticed that Tivo was regularly taping 30 or 60 minutes of the "acquiring signal" screen, and I didn't notice that the pattern was that it was always during daylight hours.
I live in San Jose, CA, where it's sunny every day in the summer, and has generally been warm with a few very hot (95F+) days.
I'm not home during the day very often so I haven't done an day-to-day analysis of whether it's always the same channels that drop out, and whether it always happens at the same time. I do know, from watching TV on weekend afternoons, that the channels that drop are often different -- usually the premium channels don't fail but they did last week, so that's my anecdotal evidence that it's not always exactly the same channels.
I hate intermittent problems!
I have no technical background whatsoever, so my ideas are automatically crackpot. But I'm thinking that it can't be the way that the dish is pointed because it's pointed fine at night, right? And if it were pointed wrong, I'd never get signals at all? So maybe it's some kind of heat buildup problem and the hotter it gets, the more the equipment fails? And then when it cools off, it works fine, so if I never watched TV during the day (or if Tivo never recorded during the day), I'd never even know there was a problem.
Does that make sense? Are there any electronic parts of the satellite dish that would fail in heat and function again when cooler? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Regardless of my crackpot theory, what are my next steps to figure this out and more importantly, to get this fixed??? (I actually just worked out my "heat problem" theory while writing this post, and if there's ANY POSSIBILITY that there's something to it, I can probably get them to foot the bill for coming out and fixing it, if only because DirecTV will be happy to come out and give me a perfect satellite dish for free.)
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed. I haven't bothered calling Dish Network yet because my experience with getting them to fix things is that they can only help me if I have fully identified the problem as well as the desired solution. Their troubleshooting skills leave something to be desired.
Regards,
Elissa K.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
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I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.
Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...
NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system
I'm glad to see ...
UPDATE: Six Flags is adding seatbelts to all 9 rollercoasters
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Six Flags adds important safety feature after teacher died
Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed at the theme park in Austell earlier this month, after he was thrown from his seat on the Goliath rollercoaster. Four others were injured.
Finally ....UPDATE: Six Flags is adding seatbelts to all 9 rollercoasters
Six Flags adds important safety feature after teacher died
Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed at the theme park in Austell earlier this month, after he was thrown from his seat on the Goliath rollercoaster. Four others were injured.
IS Amiko MIRA 3 any good ???
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
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Didn't see a thread like this so I figured why not start one. This is about natural supplements. If you aren't into supplements, fine, but please let those of us who do want to discuss this discuss it.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
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I've always been super interested in things space related so this is a pretty cool event coming up. Nov 18, 2026 early in the morning, Voyager 1 will reach the distance of one full light day from Earth. Took almost 50 yrs. I was 13 when it launched.
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Thanks for that info. I will mark it on my calendar!
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