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<blockquote data-quote="DragonQ" data-source="post: 1068569" data-attributes="member: 115209">According to a couple of maps I've seen I'm in the centre part of the UK where the skew needs to be set to &quot;3&quot;, which is apparently the default. So that's probably fine but I'll have a look just in case. My satellite finder device arrived the day after dispatch so I can have a play with it later today. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Incidentally, a 1h15m recording I made last night had no continuity errors at all and I did change one thing before it started. I'm not getting my hopes up yet but we'll see if that trend continues and if so, I might have an explanation.EDIT: I've just played around with the meter. Basically there's a wind corridor where my satellite is and I often see it moving slightly because of this. The meter indicated a bit of an inconsistent signal when blustery. I adjusted the dish ever so slightly horizontally but more importantly angled it upwards a bit and then did up the bolts tighter than they were. Now the signal is a bit stronger and doesn't drop anywhere near as much when the dish gets blown a bit. Adjusting the skew made no difference at all, strangely enough!Signal strength has reduced slightly in MediaPortal so you were probably right about it not being the best way to judge. I'll keep an eye on it and see if I get any more continuity errors. I know that angling the dish slightly more upwards improves the signal a bit more but it was difficult for me to tighten the bolts whilst keeping it in that position, so I'll only try that again if necessary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DragonQ, post: 1068569, member: 115209"] According to a couple of maps I've seen I'm in the centre part of the UK where the skew needs to be set to "3", which is apparently the default. So that's probably fine but I'll have a look just in case. My satellite finder device arrived the day after dispatch so I can have a play with it later today. :) Incidentally, a 1h15m recording I made last night had no continuity errors at all and I did change one thing before it started. I'm not getting my hopes up yet but we'll see if that trend continues and if so, I might have an explanation. EDIT: I've just played around with the meter. Basically there's a wind corridor where my satellite is and I often see it moving slightly because of this. The meter indicated a bit of an inconsistent signal when blustery. I adjusted the dish ever so slightly horizontally but more importantly angled it upwards a bit and then did up the bolts tighter than they were. Now the signal is a bit stronger and doesn't drop anywhere near as much when the dish gets blown a bit. Adjusting the skew made no difference at all, strangely enough! Signal strength has reduced slightly in MediaPortal so you were probably right about it not being the best way to judge. I'll keep an eye on it and see if I get any more continuity errors. I know that angling the dish slightly more upwards improves the signal a bit more but it was difficult for me to tighten the bolts whilst keeping it in that position, so I'll only try that again if necessary. [/QUOTE]

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