sanebutoverwhelmed wrote:

> It also seems to change status whenever we
>have severe weather, going from hot to cold, or calm to windy, or
>heavy rain etc.

Likely causes, in order:

mis-aligned dish

faulty LNB

damaged/wet cable/connector at dish end

faulty tuner.

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