Here's some numbers to support what I am saying. These are AVG readings for an aligned Dish. (Dish threshold readings)
Tampa - 119 Transponders 14, 15, 16, 21
Tampa - 61.5 Transponders 10, 14, 29, 31
Hartford - 119 Transponders 14, 15, 16, 21
Hartford 61.5 Transponders 10, 14, 29, 31
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News 119 Transponders 14, 15, 16, 21
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News 61.5 Transponders 10, 14, 29, 31
Those numbers for 119 are virtually exactly what I get in Fl. and Ct. The numbers on 61.5 are by a very small amount either a little higher on a transponder or a little lower in Ct, but very close. I no longer have 61.5 in Tampa, but they were low, the reason I went to the WA as Dish is now suggesting. It''s easy to see why rain fade would happen sooner on the EA.