Re: [CRTech] satellite feed problem

[Tom Bosscher <tom@bosscher.org>]

James, if the overnight temps go really low again tonight, 
and it drops out, hold a 75 watt bulb, or a heat gun to the 
LNB and see if it comes back. My guess is that your LNB is 
temperature sensitive. Time to call BGS or Dawnco.

	tom bosscher



kgcr@kgcr.org wrote:
> A satellite question that has us stumped:  Overnight we lost our 
> satellite feed.  It went off sometime after midnight.  Temperatures 
> dropped to the single digits overnight.  When the sun came up the 
> satellite feed came back and the ebno has been steadily climbing.  The 
> ebno is now 9.2.  Temperatures are still in the single digits.  We have 
> a clear plastic dome over the bottom of the LNB housing and, as least as 
> close as I can tell, there is no moisture in the unit.  We've been 
> having problems with clipping over the past six months or so but that 
> always came during the middle of the day, usually between 1 and 3p.