Any way I can check my Sky dish alignment ?

[vehelpfulguy]

I have had some builders working on the side of my house and I think they may have moved my Sky dish out of alignment.

We are losing signal a lot when it rains for example.

Is there any way I can check it (I can easily get to it from my garage roof) or do I need to call in someone?

[ChuckFickens]

get yourself a satellite signal level meter and tweak the dish to get a decent signal.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Satellite-Meter-Signal-S atfinder-sat-finder-LONG-LEAD_W0QQitemZ3600769 47587QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item360076947587&_trk parms=39%3A2%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1&_trksid=p3286.c 0.m14.l1318

You can do this using the signal meter on one of the setup pages on the sky box, but it needs two people and a lot of shouting or a mobile phone.

Also check the waterproofing of all the cable connections at the LNB end to make sure a bit of dampness isn't getting into the connectors.

[ChuckFickens]

oh and clean the dish and the receive face of the LNB, a dirty dish and LNB can make a hell of a difference to the signal!