NoReality
02-28-2008, 10:10 AM
Satellite outages
Its getting close to that time of year again and we should all be aware that its sun fade time again, toward the end of February and early March the sun will be behind some of the satellites we watch, this will cause the satellite signal to drop out for up to 10 to 15 minuets at a time, here is a link to find out when to watch out for this. (or when to read a book)
hXXp://www.spacecom.com/customer_tools/html/body_sunoutage_calc.htm
Enter the satellites location (82, 91, 110 ect) and your longitude and latitude (Google maps) select [Ku] select [spring] or [fall] and enter your time zone.
On a sunfade, you'll see the signal slowly and steadily dropping, similar to when a storm or thick cloud passes in front of your sat. The sunfade effect goes away in about 15 mins and you'll see the signal slowly gain quality until it goes back to normal.
When you have hardware or dish alignment problems they are constant or go out unexpectedly.
Its getting close to that time of year again and we should all be aware that its sun fade time again, toward the end of February and early March the sun will be behind some of the satellites we watch, this will cause the satellite signal to drop out for up to 10 to 15 minuets at a time, here is a link to find out when to watch out for this. (or when to read a book)
hXXp://www.spacecom.com/customer_tools/html/body_sunoutage_calc.htm
Enter the satellites location (82, 91, 110 ect) and your longitude and latitude (Google maps) select [Ku] select [spring] or [fall] and enter your time zone.
On a sunfade, you'll see the signal slowly and steadily dropping, similar to when a storm or thick cloud passes in front of your sat. The sunfade effect goes away in about 15 mins and you'll see the signal slowly gain quality until it goes back to normal.
When you have hardware or dish alignment problems they are constant or go out unexpectedly.