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COMMISH · 2011-04-18, 11:23 AM

During inclement weather between my location here in Nova Scotia and the
westerly satillite, our reception of HD signals is lost;the HD signals assigned to the easterly bird are fine with no loss of signal;the SD signals of the super channel network are also lost as they are also assigned to the westerly bird(I assume); has anyone else experienced HD problems during bad weather?

thanks

jbracing24 · 2011-04-18, 12:21 PM

A few years back, I would constantly get "acquiring signal" messages on HD channels ONLY during wet weather. It turned out to be a ground splice connector that became corroded installed to ground the system to the outside A/C unit. The original installer had said it was necessary. I eliminated the connection and the problem never came back.

May want to check any outdoor connections.

Installer · 2011-04-20, 07:02 AM

or your dish needs to be tweeked a little to attain better signal. what's your signal strength and ecb readings?

2011-04-18, 11:23 AM	#1
COMMISH Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: halifax,nova scotia Posts: 102	propagation and HD During inclement weather between my location here in Nova Scotia and the westerly satillite, our reception of HD signals is lost;the HD signals assigned to the easterly bird are fine with no loss of signal;the SD signals of the super channel network are also lost as they are also assigned to the westerly bird(I assume); has anyone else experienced HD problems during bad weather? thanks

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2011-04-18, 12:21 PM	#2
jbracing24 Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Thorold Ontario Posts: 2,265	A few years back, I would constantly get "acquiring signal" messages on HD channels ONLY during wet weather. It turned out to be a ground splice connector that became corroded installed to ground the system to the outside A/C unit. The original installer had said it was necessary. I eliminated the connection and the problem never came back. May want to check any outdoor connections.

2011-04-20, 07:02 AM	#3
Installer Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 292	or your dish needs to be tweeked a little to attain better signal. what's your signal strength and ecb readings?