Post your 129W Spotbeam Signal Readings

**JohnC** · 02-21-2009 12:17 AM

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: 30165 Rome, GA
Date/Time: 11:50 PM 02/20/2009
01: 0
02: 46 Spotbeam Locked EchoStar 129 West
03: 51 Locked, Name Not Acquired
04: 52 Spotbeam Locked EchoStar 129 West
05: 51 Locked EchoStar 129 West
06: 40 Spotbeam Locked EchoStar 129 West
07: 46 Spotbeam Locked EchoStar 129 West
08: 67 Spotbeam Locked EchoStar 129 West
09: 0
10: 64 Locked, Name Not Acquired
11: 0
12: 12 Locked, Name Not Acquired
13: 0
14: 13 Spotbeam, Locked EchoStar 129 West
15: 41 Spotbeam, Locked EchoStar 129 West
16: 20 Spotbeam, Locked EchoStar 129 West
17: 53 Locked EchoStar 129 West
18: 54 Locked EchoStar 129 West
19: 51 Locked EchoStar 129 West
20: 59 Locked EchoStar 129 West
21: 71 Locked EchoStar 129 West
22: 60 Locked EchoStar 129 West

**carl066** · 02-22-2009 02:57 PM

Receiver type: 411
Dish: Fortec Star 100cm with Invacom QPH031 circular/linear LNB
Area: Zipcode 95959 Northern CA Sierra foothills
Date/Time: 2/22 at 10 AM
Weather: Moderate rain

01: Locked – Name Not Acquired (Switch leakage from Dish 500)
02: 52% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (Spotbeam)
03: Locked – Name Not Acquired (Switch leakage from Dish 500)
04:
05: 46% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (E5?)
06:
07: 66% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (E5?)
08: 08% Locked – Name Not Acquired (Spotbeam)
09: 73% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (E5?)
10: 10% Locked – Name Not Acquired (Spotbeam)
11:
12:
13:
14: 13% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (Spotbeam)
15:
16: 15% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (Spotbeam)
21: 75% Locked – EchoStar 129 West
22: 65% Locked – EchoStar 129 West

**digiblur** · 02-22-2009 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by carl066

Receiver type: 411
Dish: Fortec Star 100cm with Invacom QPH031 circular/linear LNB
Area: Zipcode 95959 Northern CA Sierra foothills
Date/Time: 2/22 at 10 AM
Weather: Moderate rain

01: Locked – Name Not Acquired (Switch leakage from Dish 500)
02: 52% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (Spotbeam)
03: Locked – Name Not Acquired (Switch leakage from Dish 500)
04:
05: 46% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (E5?)
06:
07: 66% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (E5?)
08: 08% Locked – Name Not Acquired (Spotbeam)
09: 73% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (E5?)
10: 10% Locked – Name Not Acquired (Spotbeam)
11:
12:
13:
14: 13% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (Spotbeam)
15:
16: 15% Locked – EchoStar 129 West (Spotbeam)
21: 75% Locked – EchoStar 129 West
22: 65% Locked – EchoStar 129 West

Nope. Only TP 5 and 11 do not have spotbeamed markets working on them right now. But I can tell you TP 11 is spotbeamed since I can see that one in my area and looking at it with TSReader it is indeed a spotbeam.

**MaryS910** · 02-22-2009 05:58 PM

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: Northwest Louisiana
Date/Time: around 5pm 2/22/09

01: 45% (Spotbeam)
02: 30% (Spotbeam)
03: 40% " "
04: 0%
05: 54% Transponder
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 0%
09: 0%
10: 0%
11: 12% (Spotbeam)
12: 0%
13: 0%
14: 0%
15: 0%
16: 17% (Spotbeam)
21: 71% Transponder
22: 57% Transponder

**alan** · 02-22-2009 06:17 PM

RECEIVER VIP211
DISH 1000.2
SO.NV
2PM 18 FEB
CLEAR WEATHER
1=NL
2=52
3=42
4=55
5=41
6=48
7=36
8=NL
9=37
10=26
11=41
12=27
13=NL
14=53
15=47
16=52
21=60
22=49

ALSO CHECKED READINGS ON CLOUDY, RAINY DAY, AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. ALAN

**carl066** · 02-23-2009 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by digiblur

Nope. Only TP 5 and 11 do not have spotbeamed markets working on them right now. But I can tell you TP 11 is spotbeamed since I can see that one in my area and looking at it with TSReader it is indeed a spotbeam.

So my moderately strong signals on TPs7 and 9 are spotbeams aimed at Northern California. Good.

**AKGolf** · 02-23-2009 11:06 PM

VIP-722
Six foot dish

The first reading is from a local dealer's six foot dish, the second is from my six footer. I was able to view STARZ west even though the reading on that transponder was pretty low.

05=91 - 91
07=96 - 90
08=90 - 81
09=75 - 71
10=91 - 86
12=87 - 85
15=36 - 32
16=34 - 20
17=34 - 35
18=35 - 22
19=34 - 34
20=37 - 22
21=47 - 45
22=35 - 22
23=34 - 32
24=34 - 23
25=34 - 30
26=34 - 22
27=36 - 32
28=38 - 23
29=37 - 30
30=37 - 23
31=38 - 32
32=52 - 34

**Cegarrett** · 02-23-2009 11:16 PM

Here are my Strengths from 129 in Shreveport (1/2 mile from the river)
9:30 P.M. 2/23/09
Dish 1000 (110, 119, 129) & Dish 500 (61.5)
DP44 switch
on VIP722
Running 6.17

01: 50% (Spotbeam)
02: 28% (Spotbeam)
03: 45% (Spotbeam)
04: 0%
05: 62% Transponder
06: 6-9% Transponder (locked - Name not acquired)
07: 28% (Spotbeam)
08: 0%
09: 24% (Spotbeam)
10: 0%
11: 25% (Spotbeam)
12: 17% Transponder (locked - Name not acquired)
13: 0-1% Transponder (locked - Name not acquired) took ~30 seconds to lock
14: 22% (Spotbeam)
15: 59% Transponder (locked - Name not acquired)
16: 22% (Spotbeam)
21: 75% Transponder
22: 54% Transponder

**abfabguy** · 02-24-2009 08:32 PM

Receiver type: 211
Dish: Dish 500 (w/ I adapter),
Area: 61107
Date/Time: around 7:30pm 2/24/09

01: -
02: -
03: 48%
04: -
05: 50%
06: -
07: 27%
08: -
09: 55%
10: -
11: 45%
12: -
13: 39%
14: -
15: 45%
16: -
21: 71%
22: 55%

**sethwell** · 02-27-2009 01:35 PM

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish300
Area: 72927
Date/Time: 12:13 PM 2/27/2009

01: spotbeam 46
02: spotbeam 24
03: spotbeam 45
04: 0
05: 52
06: 0
07: spotbeam 30
08: 35(locked- name not acquired)
09: spotbeam 5
10: spotbeam 34
11: 0
12: spotbeam 37
13: 15(locked- name not acquired)
14: 0
15: spotbeam 15
16: 57(locked- name not acquired)
21: 71
22: 61