For multiple reasons we dumped satellite TV. Cable service was gone 10
years ago.
While the DSS receiver and its associated power supply didn't give me
any issues, I found the plastic box in which the receiver was contained
offered little to no shielding from my HF transmitters. Specifically
the remote control receiver, being an RF remote, must have a front end
as broad as a barn door. Even when the remote control method was
switched to IR, the remote receiver was still active in the box. My
solution was to wrap the entire receiver, except a small front corner
where the IR receiver was located, in aluminum foil. No amount of
ferrites on the input, power and output would resolve the issue. It
looked a bit crude but it worked. My wife would certainly let me know
when the thing changed channels or turned on and off by itself during
her Pay Per View movies.
The straw which made the final decision to dump satellite TV was weather
related signal loss, along with their customer service. Either thunder
storms in the summer or snow and ice in the winter where I've had to
sweep snow and break ice off of the dish to restore the signal.
Fortunately we are in an area, although basically rural, where our phone
company provides not only phone, but internet, and HD TV, by underground
fiber to the house. They run dedicated CAT 5E cable to each of the
TV's {3} and another to my wireless router from the fiber termination
on the side of the house. They also provide battery back-up for the
fiber termination. The bottom line, their system is totally immune to
RF on any HF band and any power level, and we no longer have to worry
about WX related outages. And with the expanded package it is costing
less than the Direct TV service. I think it is a win win situation. I
wish everyone had a system such as this.
73
Bob, K4TAX
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