Hi,

I have a bit of a strange setup not so strange just that I have about 6 
meters of cable from the dish to my box and was wondering would this length 
cause poor reception ?

The sky installer said it was the only way it could be wires up.

On 26-Jun-2008, "James"  wrote:

> I have a bit of a strange setup not so strange just that I have about 6
> meters of cable from the dish to my box and was wondering would this
> length
> cause poor reception ?
What does the service menu show for signal quality and
strength?
How long has it been installed?
Did it work ok when first installed?
What do you mean by poor reception, freezing of
picture, no signal messages?
Does heavy precipitation make it worse?

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> On 26-Jun-2008, "James"  wrote:
>
>> I have a bit of a strange setup not so strange just that I have about 6
>> meters of cable from the dish to my box and was wondering would this
>> length
>> cause poor reception ?
> What does the service menu show for signal quality and
> strength?
> How long has it been installed?

12 months

> Did it work ok when first installed?

Worked fine no problems

> What do you mean by poor reception, freezing of
> picture, no signal messages?

One minute you have reception and gettin a good picture, then theres a 
freeze, distortion followed bu no signal message.

> Does heavy precipitation make it worse?

Yes

> > How long has it been installed?
>
> 12 months
>
> > Did it work ok when first installed?
>
> Worked fine no problems

Sounds like dish alignment, with moisture in
the coax as another possibility.
Properly installed coax should be waterproofed,
but this isn't always the case.
Services menu has signal test showing
signal quality, and signal strength, as a bar graph.
It would be useful to know what yours shows.
Below 75% of signal quality bargraph and
it's worth having the dish alignment checked.

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>> > How long has it been installed?
>>
>> 12 months
>>
>> > Did it work ok when first installed?
>>
>> Worked fine no problems
>
> Sounds like dish alignment, with moisture in
> the coax as another possibility.
> Properly installed coax should be waterproofed,
> but this isn't always the case.
> Services menu has signal test showing
> signal quality, and signal strength, as a bar graph.
> It would be useful to know what yours shows.
> Below 75% of signal quality bargraph and
> it's worth having the dish alignment checked.

Theres no self amalgamating tape on the outside f connector. There is some 
electrical tape though which is falling off.

My strength shows just over 60% and quality about 70%

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	James wrote:

> Theres no self amalgamating tape on the outside f connector. There is some 
> electrical tape though which is falling off.

Unless the outside F connector has been waterproofed, either with
lashings of silicone grease and a boot, or (properly) with self
amalgamating tape, it's very likely that you've got water ingress.

> My strength shows just over 60% and quality about 70% 

That looks reasonable. Quality (bit error rate) is the important one.

In the Manchester area today, we've been having torrential rain. At one
point it was so bad that a mobile call I was making dropped out due to
rain fade. When it's like that, even a setup with a large dish may be
struggling.

-- 
Paul Martin