On 2013-01-26 10:59:50 +0000, "Dave Liquorice"
said:

You mean you live a fair way up Scotland and didn't think ahead so can't
whack the dish with a broom handle to remove snow or ice deposits?

I read it up and that's apparently the last thing you should do. It
seems its alignment is very delicate and as much as breathing on it
puts it out of alignment so that the Sky engineer has to come out to
reset it, at enormous cost.

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Trevor
Pictureless in Lundie, in the Sidlaw Hills, 10m NW of Dundee, elev. 185m
Weather through www.trevorharley.com

On 26/01/13 16:41, Eskimo Will wrote:

"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
...
This cold spell has cured me of my desire for snow for a while.

We have nearly half a metre of level snow, deeper in places, I have
been snowed in since Monday, I am running out of bird food, and now
the Sky dish is full ot snow.


He he I bet you will!
Still a lot of winter to come.

Will
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Well if we have another cold spell, can we perhaps have some sunshine
please! :-)

On Saturday, 26 January 2013 16:41:30 UTC, wrote:
"Trevor Harley" wrote in message

...

This cold spell has cured me of my desire for snow for a while.



We have nearly half a metre of level snow, deeper in places, I have been

snowed in since Monday, I am running out of bird food, and now the Sky

dish is full ot snow.





He he I bet you will!

Still a lot of winter to come.



Will

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Are we to read anything onto that Will :-)

LOL

Keith (Southend)

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:32:34 +0000, Trevor Harley wrote:

You mean you live a fair way up Scotland and didn't think ahead so
can't whack the dish with a broom handle to remove snow or ice
deposits?

I read it up and that's apparently the last thing you should do. It
seems its alignment is very delicate and as much as breathing on it
puts it out of alignment so that the Sky engineer has to come out to
reset it, at enormous cost.

********. I installed my own dish it's not difficult, a cheap meter makes
alignment a doddle but the built in strength/quality meters of a DSAT
receiver and "shout back" can be used at a push. The metering in a Rx is
heavily slugged which is a PITA though.

May be the word "whack" was a bad choice, snow will fall off with a gentle
tap. 1/2 an inch of ice is a bit a bit harder to shift. It may also help that
my dish is only about 8' from the ground (deliberately) so is easy to reach
with a broom and I'm not at the top a double extension ladder to align it...

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

It's still showing as "No signal", and all the snow has gone from the
dish now. So I assume the weight of snow broke something. Or it really
did knock it out of alignment …


I installed my own dish it's not difficult, a cheap meter makes
alignment a doddle but the built in strength/quality meters of a DSAT
receiver and "shout back" can be used at a push. The metering in a Rx is
heavily slugged which is a PITA though.

May be the word "whack" was a bad choice, snow will fall off with a gentle
tap. 1/2 an inch of ice is a bit a bit harder to shift. It may also help that
my dish is only about 8' from the ground (deliberately) so is easy to reach
with a broom and I'm not at the top a double extension ladder to align it...


--

Trevor
Pictureless in Lundie, in the Sidlaw Hills, 10m NW of Dundee, elev. 185m
Weather through www.trevorharley.com

"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
...
It's still showing as "No signal", and all the snow has gone from the dish
now. So I assume the weight of snow broke something. Or it really did
knock it out of alignment .

I had that problem about a year ago, and it was caused by a bad connection
to the aerial. Sky replaced the connection with an HD cable and also
upgraded my box. I can now get most of what were terrestrial channels (BBC1,
BBC, ITV, CH 4) in HD for free. I have still not subscribed to Sky HD.
Hopefully they'll do the same for you.

Cheers, Alastair.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:59:44 +0000, Trevor Harley wrote:

It's still showing as "No signal", and all the snow has gone from the
dish now. So I assume the weight of snow broke something. Or it really
did knock it out of alignment â ¦

Check the plug(s) haven't fallen out the back or the connectors pulled of the
cable . Another possibilty is water in the feeder. If this was a Sky install
then all are possible. If you call 'em out make sure they take their spurs
off...

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.