interference

[Ray12]

Hi,

I'm a newbie asking for help (maybe even to find the right forum). I have a 7.5' dish, Chaparral Ku band feedhorn, and a Motorola 920 receiver. All has worked very well for many years, but over the last few days the system is shutting down for an instant, almost as if it were a light being turned on and off for one second. Reception is perfect before and after this occurs. This seems to happen with a certain regularity, almost every 15-30 minutes.

Any ideas where to start looking? C-band technicians are as rare as snow in Phoenix, so any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ray

 

[truckracer]

You are talking about ku signals? If your using a 920 most all is c band.
On c band your TI (terrestrial interference) will come from airplane radars and microwave towers. I get it here.

As far as solutions there are a couple. You. An find out which direction its coming from if its a tower, move your dish where a building or structure can block the TI.
There is a bandpass filter that goes between the lnb and feedhorn that chokes the TI and allows c band to pass.

If ku is the problem, radar detectors inside cars will cause ku togo out. The local oscillator in radar detectors left on on cars parked within the vicinity of your dish will kill your ku.

You can mount fine mesh screen around your dish's perimeter to blind the dish from the TI
build a solid metal fence around the dish. Cable company headends do this.

 

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