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Old 30-07-2013, 17:04   #67
Barrie Yates
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Re: Oswaldtwistle Wind Farm

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Originally Posted by Lucysgirl View Post

This wasn't the same company which installed the wind farm's dish and "Manhattan" top box and I declined his suggestion that the dish be changed from pointing towards a satellite to pointing towards Haslingden.

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I may well be missing something here. My understanding was that Winter Hill, and the repeater at Haslingden use terrestrial signals via a Yagi Antenna - a rod with cross bars on it pointing at the transmitter. I didn't realise that a satellite dish was used for this form of transmission.

If I am correct in that the dish antenna is for satellite reception, then the chap that suggested you have it pointed at Haslingden repeater is probably a tarmac drive engineer.

If you had good reception when the weather was good then it may be that the alignment isn't quite true, or if sealing tape on the LNB connectors had to be replaced it may be that water has entered the LNB. I suggest that you get someone competent to check out your installation.
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