Thread: Post your 129W Spotbeam Signal Readings

Receiver type: 722, 622,
Dish: (1000)
Area: 80134
Date/Time: 2:00 PM MST 2/11/09

01: 0
02: 0
03: 0
04: 66 (Spot-beam) (Coverage: Denver)
05: 0
06: 67 T
07: 0
08: 0
09: 0
10: 2 T (not locked)
11: 0
12: 0
13: 0
14: 0
15: 0
16: 0
21: 64 T
22: 48 T

Originally Posted by TheKrell

I am assuming you don't mean to compare LHCP to RHCP... Won't there be too many variables, e.g. receiver/firmware, water in the air, peaked to a different sat, LNB age/type, etc. etc. to make such readings useful?

No, I want to compare your CONUS readings to your spotbeam readings. If you are getting low spots across the board even in the spot(s) designed for you, the CONUS readings will tell the whole story.

Receiver type: 622, 211
Dish: 2.4M Eliptical 20%offset
Area: 23.41 N, -109.42W
Date/Time: 2:27PM MT

01: 0
02: 0
03: 0
04: 0
05: 0
06: 0
07: 0
08: 0
09: 0
10: 0
11: 0
12: 0
13: 0
14: 0
15: 49 slow (not locked)
16: 48 (not locked)
21: 64
22: 52

Receiver type: VIP211k
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 76667
Date/Time: around 3pm 2/11/09
01: 0%
02: 28% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
03: 45% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
04: 0%
05: 48% (Spotbeam)
06: 0%
07: 52% (Spotbeam)
08: 0%
09: 0%
10: 0%
11: 0%
12: 0%
13: 0%
14: 0%
15: 52% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
16: 45% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
21: 64%
22: 54%

Receiver type: vip 722 dvr
Dish: DISH 1000.2 sat dish
Area:zipcode 77627
Date/Time: 4:15pm central time

01.-0
02.-0
03.-0
04.-0
05.-0
06.-0
07.-0
08.-43 spotbeam
09.-0
10.-0
11.-33 spotbeam
12.-0
13.-0
14.-0
15.-0
16.-51
21.-68
22.-57

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: 55105 (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Date/Time: around 4:45pm 2/11/09

01: 14 (Spotbeam)
02: 35 (Spotbeam)
03: 0
04: 0
05: 0
06: 0
07: 0
08: 17 (Locked - Name not acquired)
09: 0
10: 20 (Spotbeam)
11: 48 (Locked - Name not acquired)
12: 25 (Spotbeam)
13: 54 (Spotbeam)
14: 59 (Spotbeam)
15: 60 (Spotbeam)
16: 56 (Spotbeam)
21: 62
22: 44

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: 55105 (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Date/Time: around 6:55pm 2/11/09

01: 16 (Spotbeam)
02: 37 (Spotbeam)
03: 20 (Spotbeam)
04: 0
05: 7 (Locked - Name not acquired)
06: 0
07: 0
08: 18 (Locked - Name not acquired)
09: 0
10: 23 (Spotbeam)
11: 48 (Locked - Name not acquired)
12: 32 (Spotbeam)
13: 54 (Spotbeam)
14: 59 (Spotbeam)
15: 61 (Spotbeam)
16: 57 (Spotbeam)
21: 64
22: 46

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 500 (I adapter? I have no idea. How can you tell?)
Area: 87506 (Santa Fe, NM)
Date/Time: around 4pm 2/11/09 MST

01: 0%
02: 32%
03: 0%
04: 0%
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 61%
09: 0%
10: 74% (Local Channels - New Mexico)
11: 0%
12: 0%
13: 0%
14: 0%
15: 49%
16: 45%
21: 62%
22: 48%

Receiver type: vip 722 dvr
Dish: DISH 1000 dp dual fed to dish 1000.2
Area:zipcode 95670
Date/Time: 4:15pm central time
Start of rain storm, so a little lower than usual.

01.-45 name not acquired
02.-21 name not acquired
03.-48 name not acquired
04.-0
05.-0
06.-0
07.-0
08.-0
09.-0
10.-0
11.-0
12.-0
13.-0
14.-0
15.-0
16.-34 name not acquired
21.-54
22.-41

i may be a fool, but on point dish screen how do i tell if im looking at a conus vs spot tp?