1000.4 Dish Eastern Arc Signal Strengths

mmc-dsm

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Jun 10, 2006
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That is a good signal level. Are you using a 1000.4 dish?

yes and it was a pain to align....believe it or not I did it with an old cheap 10$ analog meter, read afterwards in the forum I shouldn't do that, well....
 

navigates

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Jun 10, 2008
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Los Angeles
yes and it was a pain to align....believe it or not I did it with an old cheap 10$ analog meter, read afterwards in the forum I shouldn't do that, well....

Pointing the dish with a cheap meter is difficult these days specially when the LNB has internal switches. I finally got the AI TURBO S2. And upgraded to the EA 1000.4. Signals haven't been an issue since.
How do you point to the second lnb with the $10 meter?
 

mmc-dsm

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Jun 10, 2006
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Pointing the dish with a cheap meter is difficult these days specially when the LNB has internal switches. I finally got the AI TURBO S2. And upgraded to the EA 1000.4. Signals haven't been an issue since.
How do you point to the second lnb with the $10 meter?

Luck, going back to the receiver and change sat, luck, some check switch and luck. Took me a whole afternoon and the next day.
 

mmc-dsm

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Jun 10, 2006
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I forgot but I went on dishpointer beforehand, if I didn't it would have took me a whole week to align.
 

turk

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Apr 11, 2012
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Toronto
a bit more
I am amazed that you get that high a signal where you are. The spot beam doesn't even get close to you unless the maps on this site are totally wrong. I think someone sid they were wrong but does anyone know the approximate coverage?
 

robstudio

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Apr 13, 2010
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Cambridge, MA
Just because he's getting signal on that transponder doesn't mean he's getting the spotbeam that you're after. Could easily be (and likely is) another spot beam. You won't find an accurate spot map for 61.5. Again, these barely work in NY state..
 

turk

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Apr 11, 2012
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Toronto
Just because he's getting signal on that transponder doesn't mean he's getting the spotbeam that you're after. Could easily be (and likely is) another spot beam. You won't find an accurate spot map for 61.5. Again, these barely work in NY state..
Thanks for that Rob. Never considered that it was another spotbeam. That makes more sense.
 

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