Spanish problem!

Has it ever been right since it was put in there was changes to the beam but im sure that was about 2 months ago , 60 m is a long cable but Not too long If there are no tight bends or kinks in it , if it never been right it may be worth trying an inline amplifier but it would be best at the lnb end of the cable because if its at the box side it will also amplify the noise also and defeat the point of trying it

Either way I think youll end up at the dish at some point to align it and try an inline amplifier , the bigger the dish the more accurate you need to be with alignment.

Quote from macsporran

Thanks for that stevejo. I set up the box here in Scotland before sending to them, this was about 7-8 months ago. It does look like a recent alteration, but I'm still not sure. The cable run can probably be discounted since there are no kinks or sharp bends. Most beams will obviously be weaker because they live on the edge of the footprint, near Gibraltar. My amateur thought was, that since the original signal to them is weak, any very slight dish movement would make a bigger difference than it would here, but I don't know enough to be sure. I really don't want someone "mountaineering" if the problem could be fixed box-end.

Mac

hello macsporren,
i live about 3 hours drive inland from gibraltar, and i can tell you this last 2 weeks have seen some real nasty windy weather so i am sure its a tweak of the dish you need to align it again,

One more thing to add , as rami says ,make sure its a professional technician to do the job as they are the only ones permitted by law to obtain the keys from community administration to get onto rooftop ..
also I would update the latest channel settings.. maybe even replace the lnb with a 0.1 /0.2 high gain lnb ...

Bringing back some memories here macsporran as i used to own a sat company on the costa for a couple of years in early 2000...wish i was still there and i would be if it was,nt for the lack of work :(

Fitted plenty of 1.3 dishes too with cable runs upto 100 meters no problem/the cable i used for standard installations was from ntl cable engineers in the uk but when i ran out and had to buy some from traders namely (paco) in malaga it was always quality cable that had a foam filled dielectric..this was the only cable available to us at that time so the cable should be fine unless its suffered water ingress from a poor installation..i would'nt bother installing an inline amp either unless your bro in law thinks his box might have a weak tuner.

Official ***boxes are best to tell if you have signal problems but get your bro in law to see if the BER bar is showing anything high and if it is it will be as said above regarding dish alignment/like all countries that are fighting for a signal due to the footprint..lnb scew is very important and i mean by the millimeter.

Good luck amigo

mk