Satellite 119 Disappears at Night

[scanmi2]

I am having problems with losing satellite 119 on my DISH 500 system when the sun goes down. I have checked the skew and peaked the signal ...... why would I lose it at night ?

 

[downriver]

It goes away after Happy Hour, right??

 

[Voyager6]

Perhaps the moon is blocking your signal. It sounds like you have a thermal problem. Either a bad lnb or a bad cable. When it heats up, you have a connection. When it cools (at night), you lose that connection.

 

[Clancy]

I am having problems with losing satellite 119 on my DISH 500 system when the sun goes down. I have checked the skew and peaked the signal ...... why would I lose it at night ?

What are some readings from 119 sat. when it is at its best?
If you are marginal with readings when at its best, then losing it during part of a day is possible because of satellite drift.
Even though you have checked skew and peaked the dish, it may still be incorrect.

 

[SmityWhity]

And when you answer the above post about the readings for 119, how about what type of dish/LNBF and switch (if any) do you have?

You said Dish 500, but do you have 2 DP Dual LNBF, a DP Twin, a DPP Twin, etc...

And if you have more than 1 tuner/receiver, does it happen on the other(s)?

 

[papalittle]

is someone parking a vehicle near it? don't laugh, one of customers kept calling me about the same problem, seems her husband drove a large truck and when he parked it when he came home at night it blocked the dish just enough to lose the 119. funny huh?

 

[digiblur]

What was that other weird one about the Superdish signals...something about a radar detector cutting the signal?

 

[papalittle]

What was that other weird one about the Superdish signals...something about a radar detector cutting the signal?

yes some radar detectors interferred with the 105 lnb.