Was RTN Down last nite (6/2)?

[iafirebuff]

Well about 11pm last night I went through and fine tuned via Diseqc 1.2. I had RTN for awhile at 35%! Well this am it is about 29% max Can't lock it in. I can hear some blips of sound and a few quick pixels but no go on the RTN There is no RTN affil on 123 is there?

 

[iafirebuff]

OK, I am corn-fused! The NBC bars were in the high 60's. RTNs choppy - 29%. Then the NBC bars went to 29% choppy. Lost RTN. Now back to booming NBC - 65+% and now my RTN's are 29%-37% and just fine......hmmm...what gives????

 

[iafirebuff]

Watched Emergency....hitting 35-40%....hmmm....Hopefully it stays this way

 

[tvropro]

OK, I am corn-fused! The NBC bars were in the high 60's. RTNs choppy - 29%. Then the NBC bars went to 29% choppy. Lost RTN. Now back to booming NBC - 65+% and now my RTN's are 29%-37% and just fine......hmmm...what gives????

Here's what I found today:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air-fta-discussion/177164-rtn-amc-9-a.html

 

[iafirebuff]

I lost the NBC bars and RTN for about 20 min. NBC Bars are in the 50's and RTN is around 29% and barley locking as we speak.

 

[tvropro]

RTN peaking at 46, solid as a rock, NBC peaking at 87, Leo 1 peaking at 76. This is on my Pansat 2700 and the 90cm right now 2:36pm.

 

[iafirebuff]

Well I get nothing on 83w at the moment. Not even a little bit of signal. OK, as I type this I have a signal that is locking up the pictures...It is just at/below my threshold. I think maybe my motor has an issue. If I motor from my TSS - 93w, I can't get anything. 79w is fine. and most of the other birds are fine. Seems that I can fine tune the motor, but after I go to another satellite, then come back to where I was, the signal is lower. Sorry to get off topic here. I think might have to buy a new motor.

 

[spacebug42]

I'm not sure if it's the motor. I had tweaked the dish angle again after first locking in on d*121 - this time to maximize the quality for RTN. RTN is coming in fine at my location. In fact, before I made a slight adjustment to see AMC9 better, I haven't been able to see any bird to the east/left of it. After the slight adjustment, I'm able to see all of the birds.

 

[iafirebuff]

Not sure if I posted this before, but when I was looking at motor, and it was moving to the east (my problem direction) at about my TSS (93w) the motor "skipped" - like what it would look like if a gear was missing a tooth. I also found a time or two where the motor did not actually go to the position I had told it to. Now when I motor from the west I get booming signals.

 

[cruzin]

I lost RTV last night in a rain storm. Who owns that Leo-1 and what purpose does it serve? Cant they turn their power down? Is not there something about harmful interference?

 

[bassist]

I lost it also. I JUST installed my dish on a motor & had RTV on for a short time on thursday. We had a couple of storms & I haven't been able to get it at all, though I haven't tried any outdoor tweaking yet.

And before I go sweating outside in our 100 degree blast furnace, I need to ask this question (again):

Is anyone getting RTV right now??

 

[1inabillion]

I lost it also. I JUST installed my dish on a motor & had RTV on for a short time on thursday. We had a couple of storms & I haven't been able to get it at all, though I haven't tried any outdoor tweaking yet.

And before I go sweating outside in our 100 degree blast furnace, I need to ask this question (again):

Is anyone getting RTV right now??

Yeah we have rain but i still have a lock on RTN Sq 75%

 

[bassist]

Thanks (I guess) Billion,

That means I feel obligated to go outside & tweak & sweat until I get them back. Not only is it 100, but it's muggy on top of that.

 

[1inabillion]

Thanks (I guess) Billion,

That means I feel obligated to go outside & tweak & sweat until I get them back. Not only is it 100, but it's muggy on top of that.

Yeah its always fun to get out in the heat or cold to get em back :up

 

[tvropro]

Neither rain nor sleet nor snow will stop the true dish head. I thought that was the postman.

 

[eurosport]

Neither rain nor sleet nor snow will stop the true dish head. I thought that was the postman.

I guess I may be a Dish Head, but the harvesting/transplant of the 3rd BUD is off 'till it cools down some! It's been highs of over 100 here for about a week now!

 

[1inabillion]

Looks like RTN changed the Saturday night lineup & removed Offbeat cinema.:rant:

 

[bassist]

I reset the motor, found nimiq at 82W with a circular lnb, put in the linear & RTV popped right up.

I really am not convinced that anything I did was responsible. I wonder if RTV's TP sporadically loses power.

 

[1inabillion]

I reset the motor, found nimiq at 82W with a circular lnb, put in the linear & RTV popped right up.

I really am not convinced that anything I did was responsible. I wonder if RTV's TP sporadically loses power.

RTN East & West drop out around 2 AM CST for about 3 to 5 ticks