Freesat repair in Chevington Suffolk:

First job today was in the grounds of Ickworth Park near Bury St Edmunds. The property is at the Chevington end of the grounds where there are masses of trees. This was a Freesat problem, but the trees were not the problem. I don’t think Freeview via a TV aerial would have been very good here as there are trees at nearly 360 degrees around the property. There is one direction where the trees are not quite so high and that is in the direction of 28.2 east of south, the location of the Sky and Freesat satellite.   

The customer had a Freesat+ system and a standard Freesat box. The problem was one feed was not working. On investigation I found a join that was water damaged with corroded connections. Simple solution was to replace cable and after doing so all was well.

I passed a few minutes chatting with customer whilst I finished my tea and then decided to leave via the Horringer exit of the estate.

Sky Box Repairs

This job was fairly quick so had a bit of time to kill.  Decided to return back to the office and repair a couple of Sky boxes that I had swapped out over the previous week.  After fixing these and having some lunch I moved on to my next call in Belchamp Walter for an aerial installation.

TV Aerial Installation in Belchamp Walter Suffolk:

 The customer had been using an amplified set top aerial with a little bit of success but not very reliable. Again there were trees in the vicinity, but nowhere nearly as dense as the job from this morning. As the property was 17^th century the customer was keen to not have an external aerial. Up in the roof space, I confirmed the signal quality and strength were fine and agreed to install the aerial in the roof space. In fact I had to fit an attenuator to reduce the signal down by about 15dB.  After completing this I returned TV and checked all was looking good. Customer was cock a hoop with the final result.

Back home and restock van and check jobs booked for tomorrow. It is mainly aerial calls in and around Sudbury. Now to go and enjoy the sunshine that has finally arrived this year.


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