Satellite problems March and October - interference/outages

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It's that time of year again folks!
For those who didn't know, every March and October a phenomenon called Solar Transit occurs. Essentially, Satellites are effected during a window of time in the afternoon, when the sun is in direct alignment with the dish. This causes interference and outages.

Here's a good web site with time table predicitons for non-leap years. Ignore the Sat specific info, but use the table as a general guide for outage times.

http://outageschedules.beradio.com/galaxy_4r/

Here's another site.

http://www.gourmet-ent.com/solar.html