Thread: Post your 61.5W Signal Strengths

Nelson61 and I are working on determining the few issues we have with the current 61.5W spotbeam maps located on TheList. If you have a VIP receiver and have a dish pointed at 61.5 please take a moment and post your signal strengths.

On the Point Dish screen please allow the receiver time to lock the spotbeam signals as it will sometimes take a 10-15 seconds. Be sure to include on the signal readings if the screen says Spotbeam or Transponder and whether it is a locked signal or not.



Please copy&paste and use the following template. We only need the listed transponders:

Receiver type: 722, 622, etc
Dish: Dish 500 (no I adapter), Dish 500 (w/ I adapter), Dish300, Dish 1000.4, etc.
Area: Zipcode preferred but approximate area is fine.
Date/Time: around 7pm 5/26/09 (slight bit of rain, clear skies, etc)

01: 35% (Spotbeam)
03: 45% (not locked)
05: 0%
07:
09:
11:
13:
15:
17:
19:
21:
23:
24:
25:

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 500 (w/ I adapter)
Area: Zipcode 73075
Date/Time: around 8pm 5/26/09 clear skies

01: 72 (Spotbeam)
03: 48 Spotbeam
05: 63
07: 76 Spotbeam
09: 0 Not Locked
11: 0 Not Locked
13: 47
15: 56 Spotbeam
17: 41
19: 45
21: 54
23: 46
24: 60
25: 54

Receiver type:211
Dish: Dish 500 (no idea what an I adapter is)
Area: 01220
Date/Time: around 9:45pm 5/26/09 (overcast)

01: 75% (Spotbeam, Locked)
03: 48% (Spotbeam, Locked)
05: 82% (Spotbeam, Locked)
07: 65% (Spotbeam, Locked)
09: 78% (Spotbeam, Locked)
11: 52% (Spotbeam, Locked)
13: 45% (Spotbeam, Locked)
15: 68% (Spotbeam, Locked)
17: 55% (Locked, Name Not Acquired)
19: 58% (Locked)
21: 60% (Locked)
23: 54% (Locked)
24: 66% (Locked)
25: 57% (Locked)

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 500 (no I adapter)
Area: 20176
Date/Time: May 26. 10:15pm. Rainy

01: 14% - Spotbeam, Locked
03: 46% - Spotbeam, Locked
05: 63% - Spotbeam, Locked
07: 16% - Spotbeam, Locked
09: 59% - Spotbeam, Locked
11: 84% - Spotbeam, Locked
13: 76% - Spotbeam, Locked
15: 42% - Spotbeam, Locked
17: 38% - Transponder, Locked
19: 40% - Transponder, Locked
21: 52% - Transponder, Locked
23: 46% - Transponder, Locked
24: 62% - Transponder, Locked
25: 55% - Transponder, Locked

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 500 (w/ I adapter)
Area: 29732
Date/Time: 10:30 PM 5/26/09 (mostly cloudy, scattered showers)

01: 25 - locked - spotbeam
03: 26 - locked - spotbeam
05: 62 - locked - spotbeam
07: 21 - locked - spotbeam
09: 78 - locked - spotbeam
11: 77 - locked - spotbeam
13: 63 - locked - spotbeam
15: 28 - locked - spotbeam
17: 44 - locked - transponder - name not acquired
19: 43 - locked - transponder
21: 50 - locked - transponder
23: 46 - locked - transponder
24: 61 - locked - transponder
25: 50 - locked - transponder

Receiver type: 722
Dish: 1000.4
Area: Zipcode 65202
Date/Time: around 9:30pm (5-26-09)

01: 76 Spotbeam
03: 59 Spotbeam
05:
07: 50
09: 13 Spotbeam
11: 18 Spotbeam
13: 53
15: 61
17: 42
19: 45
21: 48
23: 24
24: 53
25: 40

Receiver type: 222
Dish: Dish 300
Area: 03226
Date/Time: 11:00 PM 5/26/09 (clear sky)

01: not locked
03: 89% - locked - transponder - name not acquired!
05: 89% - locked - spotbeam
07: 69% - locked - transponder - name not acquired!
09: 87% - locked - spotbeam
11: 74% - locked - spotbeam
13: 60% - locked - spotbeam
15: 10% - locked - spotbeam - name not acquired!
17: 41% - locked - transponder - name not acquired!
19: 43% - locked - transponder
21: 45% - locked - transponder
23: 44% - locked - transponder
24: 52% - locked - transponder
25: 53% - locked - transponder

Receiver type:622
Dish: Dish 1000.4
Area: Zip Code 72143
Date/Time: around 10:00pm CST 5/26/09 (overcast)

01: 0% (Not Locked)
03: 0% (Not Locked)
05: 0% (Not Locked)
07: 0% (Not Locked)
09: 0% (Not Locked)
11: 0% (Not Locked)
13: 0% (Not Locked)
15: 0% (Not Locked)
17: 38% (Locked, Name Not Acquired)
19: 41% (Locked)
21: 44% (Locked)
23: 41% (Locked)
24: 46% (Locked)
25: 41% (Locked)

Only transponder signals were received.

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000.4
Area: 04062
Date/Time: 5/26/09 around 11PM (Clear skies)

01: 00 - Transponder - Not Locked - Name Not Acquired
03: 66 - Transponder - Locked - Name Not Acquired
05: 70 - Spotbeam - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
07: 64 - Transponder - Locked - Name Not Acquired
09: 67 - Spotbeam - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
11: 50 - Spotbeam - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
13: 34 - Spotbeam - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
15: 00 - Transponder - Not Locked - Name Not Acquired
17: 31 - Transponder - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
19: 34 - Transponder - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
21: 36 - Transponder - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
23: 33 - Transponder - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
24: 37 - Transponder - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West
25: 45 - Transponder - Locked - EchoStar 61.5 West