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#3361097 5-Apr-2025 22:12

I am getting this in christchurch. @apsattv are you saying, we can alter the skew once rest of channels are loaded.. and we get a even better signal?

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#3361307 6-Apr-2025 14:02

Check 12650 H as vertical, and see if you have any quality coming through. As this will show how much the skew is off by.

On a standard Sky setup you will have large amount in either polarity. If you tweak the skew manually on K6 it will degrade the D2 stuff. If you peak the skew on K6 once D2 is off you can gain a dB or more.

Problem, with the dual lnbs is you cant peak the skew it messes up the backup 156E.

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#3361323 6-Apr-2025 15:03

In Inver's, I'm getting 91% quality on Freeview.

On K6 12650H I'm getting 60%.

I could get an S/N from a meter out in the garge, but won't be getting up on the roof to tweak it until it's changed over.

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#3362759 10-Apr-2025 17:37

From Sky:

We're on the home stretch with satellite switch preparations and expect to be up and running on our new satellite by Easter. There’s just one thing we ask of you: keep your black Sky Box plugged in and powered on at the wall.

When we're due to switch
The work to complete this will take place during the early hours of a morning, in the week commencing 14 April (the actual day will depend on weather and other factors).

All channels broadcast by Sky's satellite will be off-air at the same time for up to an hour while this happens.

What this means for you
We've identified you need a new satellite dish to continue getting quality Sky service after we switch satellites.

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to get a technician out to you before switchover (but will confirm as soon as possible when we can), so in the meantime, we’ll apply a month's Sky TV subscription credit against your account.

What you can do until we get to you
Because your current black Sky Box won’t automatically tune to our new satellite, it means you may lose Sky service and see a T100/no signal screen. If that happens, you won’t be able to record until we’ve replaced your satellite dish.

In the meantime, if you have good broadband, you could:
Upgrade to a new Sky Box, on us. If your satellite service is disrupted, you’ll still be able to watch (but not record) as the box will cut over to broadband.
Watch online using Sky Go, our companion app.

We're sorry for this inconvenience.

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#3362763 10-Apr-2025 18:04

Your post has weird formatting, looks strange in Firefox.

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#3362875 11-Apr-2025 09:27

quickymart:

Your post has weird formatting, looks strange in Firefox.

Same in my Chrome browser. Also this GZ thread has now moved to the right 60% of my screen.

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#3362879 11-Apr-2025 10:03

Fixed. The format was copied from an email. We filter a lot but somethings go through.

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#3362880 11-Apr-2025 10:12

freitasm:

Fixed. The format was copied from an email. We filter a lot but somethings go through.

If you see things like this, notify the user via PM or use the REPORT button and a mod will fix.

Ahhh .... found the report button 😀 never looked for it before.

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#3363153 12-Apr-2025 11:57

Hi all. Got up to my dish and twisted LNB from about 7 o'clock position to 6 o'clock position. Improved the Channel 777 reads from 6.5 db S/N to 8.2 db S/N. That's a good improvement, but a bit more massaging would probably get more. Will wait till change time.

Cheers from Invercargill.

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#3363236 12-Apr-2025 16:44

Yes wait to change time as you risk losing D2 by peaking k6 and any Sky receiver getting "lost" during the sky changeover process

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#3363237 12-Apr-2025 16:46

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#3363838 14-Apr-2025 07:48

Did the satellite update happen this morning?

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#3363842 14-Apr-2025 08:37

Eitsop:

Did the satellite update happen this morning?

Nothing overnight. It is scheduled to happen over the week but no updates yet.

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#3364006 14-Apr-2025 17:57

I think it will happen later tonight 12am onwards

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#3364009 14-Apr-2025 18:13

Apsattv:

I think it will happen later tonight 12am onwards

They're already upto something as 12650H is currently offline

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