I dont know what brand of antenna, its a mesh, assembled in sections, from
the 1980s

The satellite is G5

espn comes in rather well but when there is a lot of white in the video it
makes noise

sci fi has a few sparkly dots and static in the noise

the ABC channels are sparkly and noisy

it doesnt seem to matter day/night its always the same. This dish is not
moved off of this satellite.

I have moved across the position about 50 times or so, going in steps,
trying alignments of video/polarity, etc, setup 1, 1 quality = 4

the best I could get it had quality 7 but most channels are around 5

Others have tried to do the regular adjustments also, its the same. I
checked the feed horn and ensured the polarotor or whatever its called does
move the wire thing inside the feed. It is not binding, the motor moves
clean and fast

Even if the polarotor was bad, Ive moved it manually all around, many times
on every channel. The LNB is brand new but changing it had no effect on the
sparklies

Okay so if there is interference? I noticed when I covered the feed with
my hand the picture went out, meaning the signal wont pass thru my hand
easily.

So then I wonder if the microwave noise can pass thru plywood with thin
sheet metal on it? Do you know?
"majortom" wrote in message
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You don't explain what mfr antenna you have, mesh/solid or how old...
Does this happen on all satellites all the time???
Or just the few satellites you watch the most??
The trend for Satellite Tv has been to squeeze more & more satellites
in orbit closer together
(2 degrees or so between them) and some of the older antennas just
don't have a good enough design to discern from
the desired satellite to the next satellite over (east or west). Gets
especially problematic with more & more digital transmissions
that your analog receiver cannot see. Anyway, since it was working fine
and then just "crapped out" as you say, I'd be looking to check the
antenna for imperfections, check the feed assembly to make sure it's
really focused, and check that the probe moves smoothly inside the
feedhorn when you switch from Horizontal to Vertical Polarization
(change channels). Sometimes your motor can go sour and strat to
"drag".

Good Luck,

Bill