Any Solar Interference Yesterday and Today?

[linuxman]

I began noticing a good bit of blockiness and pixelation yesterday afternoon while watching G3 95W C-Band on my 4DTV. It didn't do it yesterday morning, nor did it do it this morning, but after around lunch time it started back again today.

This evening, I am noticing the same thing on G11 CW 91W C-Band on two different dishes with two different DVB receivers.

At first I thought it was an LNB flaking out on the 4DTV dish, but after the other two, I don't have an explanation.

Anyone else notice anything funky going on?

 

[phlatwound]

I have been on 91W C Band for the last 2 hours, I noticed a little breakup for about 10 minutes, about 30 minutes ago, but it seems to be gone now.

 

[linuxman]

Seems to be gone here now too.

Strange phenomenon!

 

[rv1pop]

was there any volcanic eruption anywhere in the world in the last 48 hours?

 

[linuxman]

Don't know about volcanic activity, but I did see on the news last night there was another small quake around the St. Louis area yesterday, but that doesn't account for Sunday afternoon/evening.

 

[rv1pop]

the reason I asked that, whem Mt St Helens burps, we often get a couple of minutes of unusual RF patterns around here. Noticable on the ham bands, I have not had burps since we got satellite .

 

[Lak7]

I believe a volcano Burped in Chile.

 

[linuxman]

I believe a volcano Burped in Chile.

That might explain it. That would be more South of us and in the direction the dish was pointed, but on the other side of the Equator.

Don't seem to be having the problems today.

 

[GrumpyGuy]

Sun Outage Calculator

The time of year is wrong for solar outages.

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[Anole]

found -my- problem

After all the recent comments, I noticed a similar problem.
Went out back and took a look, thinking maybe a lose RF cable.
Turned out, a tree had grown and was encroaching on my LOS.
We're having some breezy weather, and the problem was quite intermittent.

I pressed the killer limb-nippers into service, and restored my flakey Ku to solid.

 

[Tron]

Anole, I just had the same problem on Hispasat. Took care of business with the new pole saw

You can always tell when its a branch, it moves in the wind and your quality is all over the place.