Drop of signal

[henzio]

Hi there,
Yesterday my signal on AMC4 101w droped from 72% to 38% and now i can't watch RTPi it says scrambled channel.
On sunday everything was finned, then yesterday the signal dropped, i took a look at the antenna and everything looks fine, there wasn't no storms or a lot of wind in my area.
What could have coused this ?
I have a FLU with an 1 meter dish.
Thanks for the help.
henzio.

 

[Mr Tony]

dish may have moved a little.

What are the signals on some other transponders on that satellite?
KUIL and 3ABN are really strong so those might not be best options. but other transponders should be fine.

 

[henzio]

Thanks for the reply.
I did a rescan and i only get 4 channels with a decent quality of 61% the best TP that i have is 11703 at 71% of quality.
I was also thinking that the dish moved, but i live in Montreal and we had so far a tough winter with specially a lot of strong wind, just 2 weeks ago the wind reached 100 k/m, and my dish always survived and i never lost the signal.
Another thing i was thinking is that since sunday the temperature is much wormer that before +1, is it possible that the metal of the dish expanded making it to move ? because my dish is not of the best quality (made in china cost $40cnd) and this is the first winter that i have the dish.

 

[Mr Tony]

very possible

The 11703 is KUIL Fox. That should almost peg the meter. Same with 3ABN. I dont have the numbers handy but if you do an ALL scan on that satellite it will come in.

I have a cheaper dish that can bend and flex during the winter. Right now its about +2C out and a couple weeks ago it was -30C in the morning. I noticed a difference in signals.

If you've had some strong winds, it is possible the dish might be off by a little bit.