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BBC News on Freesat
Feb 7th, 2010 at 6:02pm
 
I have a Freesat connection using a Sky mini dish, which was installed for previous house owners, and a new Bush receiver box. The reception on most Freesat channels is good but the BBC News channel  and BBC Parliament reception is awful. Any suggestions as to why this might be? I have two cables from the dish but am using one only. This may,or may not, be relevant.
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Reply #1 - Feb 7th, 2010 at 11:21pm
 
Have you tried the other lead?
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Reply #2 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 11:06am
 
andyfras.  Thanks for your reply. No I have not tried the other lead because, as I say, most of the channels have good reception and terminating the second lead would be a nuisance unless there is a logical reason why one lead would give reception on all freesat channels and the other lead not. Perhaps I had better give it a try however, failing any alternative
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If a small amount of water managed to get into the cable because of a poor seal at the LNB end, there could be slight attenuation of the signal, leading to some channels falling below the threshold for good reception.
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