Well, that’s a first! I was watching TV through my Sky box when all of a sudden it said no signal was being received. I rebooted, and still the same. Then it occurred to me… SNOW!
I’ve had Sky since the old analogue days and never in all that time (it must be more than 20 years) has the signal been lost due to snow on the dish. Well, on the LNB, actually. You might lose it for a while if there is a heavy thunderstorm – and once, a pigeon tried sitting on it and that definitely took out the signal – but never snow.
We’ve had a couple of inches here, and it’s still coming down now. The problem is that it’s the wet sort, and that’s where the problem lies. It sticks to the dish and LNB instead of blowing off. In fact the wind is making it worse because it seems to be blowing snow on instead of off.
A quick and very light brush with a long-handled squeegee through the window fixed it.