can u reach your dish to clear it?

firstly... yes it will, as i successfully removed the snow from my dish which was causing the interference as it had built up on it and the signal was back to full strength. secondly...granted i wouldn't advise anyone to climb on there roof (which in theory i didn't) my sky dish is located directly below a bedroom window to which i jumped to the conclusion that everyone's may be easily accessible to some degree and i decided to use a quicker method of lukewarm water poured over it instead of using hutchies method of a hairdryer which i may try next time.

Had the same problem all night too, also the free view box which hubby watches in the kitchen will not work either. Tried again at 9pm and at last i have got the signal back so can now watch something decent on telly. Know the weather is to blame just hope it does not affect tomorrow nights match, cant wait for the new season to start.

ours as been ok all day and nite (Sky +)

Guess who wears the trousers in this house

It was easy cleaning the dish i just taped a sweeping brush to the clothes line , Hey presto Signal back, Had a few funny looks off the neighbours though

That's nothing new!!!

Most are dobbins though so it could be that they are just funny lookers

Probably!!!

It is build up of snow on the dish I got a pair of steps and I just brushed the dish and it came on ..Jimbo next door his was OK fussy sod That the penalty for living in East Hull

Mine's ok! Lupton had some cracking games at 7!

got up on the ladders and used a brush to clear the snow, signal fine then

Read my posts again. Snow won't stay on a dish for very long because of the design and during heavy snow fall no matter of how much you try and remove the snow, it won't restore the signal because its been lost due to atmospheric conditions.

you cant if there is no signal mate

My signal went last night. Brushed the accumulated snow off the LNB arm and the dish itself and it restored the picture immediately. Nothing to do with atmospheric conditions

Exactly the same here.

Why is it that a little bit of snow throws this country into chaos like it seems to?

Having just come back from 5 years in Bulgaria, it makes me laugh to see how this country copes with snow. Bulgaria isn't exactly a forward thinking place but one thing they do is cope well with snow.

We generally dont cope with anything. Snow blocks the traffic infrastructure and loses TV signals, too much sun dries the water up and leaves us with hose pipe bans and rain means floods!

lmao, when you put it like that

Youve got to laugh havent you. Its terrible really!

Do they by any chance get large amounts of it on a regular basis rather than once every two decades?

They do and i see the point you are trying to make


However....
They do not have what you would call snow ploughs, they use tractors to clear the roads and they get a little extra for helping out.
They have nowhere near the funds that local councils have here.

The way the climate is going we could end up getting snow on a regular basis over the next few years... but thats a different debate

I'm not saying we shouldn't do better, especially when we have advanced warning like we did in the run-up to last week. Gritting procedures in particular are a lottery and generally inadequate. But the constant referral of our struggles compared to countries who have vastly more experience and (in most cases) specialist resources makes me laugh TBH.