KUEN on AMC5

[satcustomer]

Getting pretty low signal quality the past few days. Anyone else experiencing the same?

 

[qwert1515]

I am not sure how helpful this is but I have a 1.2 Meter dish in Los Angeles California and normally Kuen's transponder is at 90% on my Pansat 3500, right now it is at only 75%.

 

[satcustomer]

I'm like upper 20s in signal quality on my Fortec Mercury II and, I know, in the past it's been much higher.

 

[Keith Brannen]

Usually I get KUEN and the NYNs at about the same strength (around 60%), but KUEN is about 15% lower right now. It was quite a bit lower earlier today. After I went out in the heat (only for FTA would I do this) and did a re-point of my LNB and extremely slight lift of the dish (NYN also had been lower than I expected), the best I could get KUEN was 30% (whereas NYN went back up to its usual 60%).

 

[jibaro29]

I used to get this signal around 75% to 86% with my 1M dish now I'm lucky to get 66%. 46% to 53% is now the norm. I thought it was my setup.

 

[mastermesh]

I haven't seen much interesting on the NYNs lately. Hope more comes up in the coming months. NYN2 used to be an awesome place to channel flip to when nothing else was on elsewhere that was worth watching.

 

[colbec]

Mastermesh: agreed. NYN2 is home base for me. Particularly enjoyed the "History of Disbelief" the last few Sundays.

I too had to go out and tweak my dish for this bird yesterday. The Utah transmissions were macroblocking, most unusual. I was wondering if it was to do with the heat (33C/90F) and humidity (80%) which is at the extreme end of the scale for this location? Can high humidity act like rain and diminish a signal?