Re: US Warships jamming Lebanon Internet

[denys () visp net lb]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:58:22 -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2011, at 5:55 PM, denys () visp net lb wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:39:59 -1000, Michael Painter wrote:
> > > denys () visp net lb wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:53:14 -0600, Jack Bates wrote:
> > > > > On 2/8/2011 7:41 AM, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote:
> > > > > > It is PLL LNB, one carrier, we are using full transponder 36 
> > > > > > Mhz.
> > > > > > There is
> > > > > > almost no other users on this satellite (inclined more than 1.5
> > > > > > degree), and
> > > > > > other carriers center frequency 100Mhz away.
> > > > > Since no one else will, "I blame solar flares!"
> > > > >
> > > > > Jack
> > > > I am monitoring solar activity, getting info from NOAA. No 
> > > > correlation.
> > >
> > > Have you been able to get any assistance from the uplink/teleport 
> > > noc
> > > or the satellite operator?
> > Yes, for sure.
> > Satellite operator doesn't provide much help, but uplink proposed 
> > for us some plan to solve all this issues.
> > Already we implement temporary solution, and things at least stable 
> > now, plus it seems interference is lower somehow few last days.
>
> Here is a dumb idea that I have actually seen cause problems :
>
> Is it possible that the declination of the satellite from your
> location is the same as the Sun right now ? That will cause up to
> several hours of interruption every mid-day. The clue is that the
> shadow of the receiver box is in the center of the dish (for prime
> focus mounts).
>
> You might be surprised how many times this has caught people, so I
> thought I would mention it.
Usually we are preparing for solar interference before 1-2 month, and 
we know exactly when it will stop :-)
Plus it is happening max 10-15 minutes per day, and i had complete 
outage for few days.