Thread: Post your 129W Spotbeam Signal Readings

I know several of you know I did this when 61.5 lit up with spotbeams. Well now it is time to check on Ciel-2 at 129. Please note that some spotbeams are not lit up yet. For instance I have two of them over my location but I do not see any signal from them.

I'm sure the Dish folks would love to see some of the data we can provide on Ciel-2 from out in the field. I'm sure they already see some of the data when the receiver does a health check but there's nothing wrong with providing more data.

So here's what we need to do. I would like signal strengths from transponders 1-16,21, and 22 from 129. "Hey! Isn't 21 & 22 CONUS?" Yes! But I want to see a transponder reading from both CONUS RHCP and LHCP for comparative purposes. Basically to see how well your dish is aligned.

Please copy and paste this template:

Receiver type: 722, 622, etc
Dish: Dish 500 (no I adapter), Dish 500 (w/ I adapter), Dish300, Dish 1000.2, etc.
Area: Zipcode preferred but approximate area is fine.
Date/Time: around 7pm 2/11/09

01: 35% (Spotbeam)
02: 45% (not locked)
03: 0%
04:
05:
06:
07:
08:
09:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:
21:
22:

Also please make a note of your readings and repost them as they change since more spotbeams will be coming online.

Thanks!

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 1000 (no I adapter)
Area: Zipcode 88220
Date/Time: around 12:15 pm 2/11/09

01:28%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 0%
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 0%
09: 0%
10:38% spotbeam
11:51%
12: 0%
13: 0%
14: 0%
15: 0%
16: 0%
21: 67%
22: 50%

Receiver type: 211
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 40228
Date/Time: 14:15 2/11/09

01: 0%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 37% (spotbeam)
05: 0%
06: 50% (spotbeam)
07: 14% (spotbeam)
08: 48% (spotbeam)
09: 27% (spotbeam)
10: 0%
11: 36% (spotbeam)
12: 31% (transponder)
13: 13% (transponder)
14: 32% (spotbeam)
15: 48% (transponder)
16: 41% (spotbeam)
21: 69% (transponder)
22: 59% (transponder)

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: Zipcode 74014 Broken Arrow/Tulsa, OK
Date/Time: around 1pm 2/11/09

01: 0%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 25% (Spotbeam)
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 28% (Spotbeam)
09: 54% (Spotbeam)
10: 27% (Locked - Name Not Acq)
11: 45% (Spotbeam)
12: 0%
13: 47% (Spotbeam)
14: 0%
15: 54% (Spotbeam)
16: 46% (Locked - Name Not Acq)
21: 71%
22: 52%

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 1000+
Area: 78734
Date/Time: around 1:30pm 2/11/09 (Sunny/Clear/No Clouds)

01: 23% (Spotbeam)
02: 0% (not locked)
03: 22% (Spotbeam)
04: 0% (not locked)
05: 0% (not locked)
06: 0% (not locked)
07: 0% (not locked)
08: 59% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
09: 0% (not locked)
10: 61% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
11: 0% (not locked)
12: 71% (Spotbeam - Mine)
13: 0% (not locked)
14: 0% (not locked)
15: 60% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
16: 52% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
21: 80%
22: 62%

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 50469
Date/Time: around 1:30pm 2/11/09

01: 0%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 2% (not locked)
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 0%
09: 0%
10: 41% (spotbeam)
11: 34%
12: 48% (spot beam)
13: 34%(spotbeam)
14: 33%(spotbeam)
15:40%(spotbeam)
16:27%(spotbeam)
21:75%
22:60%

Originally Posted by digiblur

But I want to see a transponder reading from both CONUS RHCP and LHCP for comparative purposes. Basically to see how well your dish is aligned.

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?

Receiver type: 211k
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 727551
Date/Time: 14:19 2/11/09

01: 21% (spotbeam)
02: 8% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
03: 21% (spotbeam)
04: 11% (spotbeam)
05: 0%
06: 6% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
07: 39% (spotbeam)
08: 9% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
09: 43% (spotbeam)
10: 0%
11: 28% (spotbeam)
12: 0%
13: 39% (spotbeam)
14: 0%
15: 41% (spotbeam)
16: 53% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
21: 68% (transponder)
22: 56% (transponder)

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 500 (w/ I adapter)
Area: Zipcode 96130
Date/Time: around 8pm pst 2/11/09

01: 8%
02: 41% Spotbeam My DMA
03: 0%
04: 0%
05: 53% Spotbeam
06: 0%
07: 53%
08: 0%
09: 0%
10: 0%
11: 0%
12: 33%
13: 0%
14: 34% Spotbeam
15: 51%
16: 38% Spotbeam
21: 65%
22: 56%

5" of snow this morning, still spitting a little and no sun.
Dan