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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
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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Sorry - my mistake.
(1) It was suggested that my original aerial be moved so that it pointed towards Haslingden. I wasn't keen on that as I was more than satisfied when that aerial was installed and picked up a perfect signal from Winter Hill. Somewhere on this site I wrote that when the poor reception problem started last year I paid a local rigger to check the status of my original aerial. This was when I learnt of the wind farm. The advantage of most local riggers is they know where the local problems are in each street, such as trees interfering with signals, etc. Unless things have changed in the several decades I've lived in this house, then I know that I would have a sporadic problem receiving the Haslingden signal without the windfarm being built.
(2) The alternative dish provided by the wind farm's original representative is pointed towards a satellite and the reception had, until recently, been acceptable. The problem with the dish and its attending top box is that both of them are of low quality thus denying me the use of my programme recording equipment. This latest technician offered to provide a new top box and install an addition onto the dish to enable me to use my programme recorder.
(3) Why would anyone want to point towards Haslingden when their channels are stuffed full of "teleshopping" programmes?