Anything change on 82W?

[apkehler]

I have two dishes for BellTV, one pointed at 91W and one at 82W. Have had this setup for 8+ years. 91W has stayed steady while I've been noticing the signal on 82W slowly deteriorating in the past few months and now it's completely gone. No trees or other interference, I swapped LNBs, even swapped which dish was pointed at which satellite. In every case, 91W is good, 82W not found. I am at the edge of the footprint. Did something change?

 

[Bell_in_Boston]

I'm near the edge of the footprint, hadn't noticed anything go wrong with 82W, at least the channels I watched, which were often on transponders with very high signal. (Tho I haven't checked them all in 2-3 years) But in the last month, I've found HD channels that were on 82W are being moved to 91W... often to transponders with lower signal (for me) than what I had on 82W. :-(

 

[apkehler]

I'm near the edge of the footprint, hadn't noticed anything go wrong with 82W, at least the channels I watched, which were often on transponders with very high signal. (Tho I haven't checked them all in 2-3 years) But in the last month, I've found HD channels that were on 82W are being moved to 91W... often to transponders with lower signal (for me) than what I had on 82W. :-(

I've noticed them moving channels to 91W as well. It seems they're all there now. Perhaps they're getting ready to retire 82W?

 

[apkehler]

I've noticed them moving channels to 91W as well. It seems they're all there now. Perhaps they're getting ready to retire 82W?

 

[apkehler]

I've noticed them moving channels to 91W as well. It seems they're all there now. Perhaps they're getting ready to retire 82W?

Update on this. Now that most everything is on 91W, I decided to point my larger dish at it. Got a new lnb while I was at it. What I'm noticing is that I'm only getting signal from half the transponders, but it's not odd/even as I've seen reported in the past. It's a 2 on, 2 off pattern (i.e. TP1/2 BAD, TP3/4 GOOD, TP5/6 BAD).

Does anyone have an idea of what would cause that?

 

[harshness]

Two-on, two off is a very odd pattern indeed. It would normally be either evens or odds based on polarity.

Did you run a Check Switch after installing the new LNB assembly?

 

[apkehler]

Two-on, two off is a very odd pattern indeed. It would normally be either evens or odds based on polarity.

Did you run a Check Switch after installing the new LNB assembly?

Yeah ran a check switch. Also simplified the setup with no switches. Consistent pattern all the way from 1-32 on both inputs.

 

[Keith Brannen]

I have Shaw Direct, so can't help, but would suggest that you ask your question here:

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